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Mar 2026
8The official statements are reassuring. Total fertilizer reserves stood at 177.31 lakh tonnes as of 6 March, up 36.5% year on year. The Fertilizer Association of India says stocks are adequate for Kharif. The Department of Fertilizers says farmers are the priority and their interests will not be compromised. All of this is true, and none of it is the whole story.
8The whole story is told in vessel manifests, maintenance schedules, subsidy arithmetic, and the silence where tenders used to produce offers. It is told in a ship called the *MV Perseas* loading 65,000 tonnes of NPK at *Ust Luga* for Indian ports, and in a vessel called the *MV Al Dhafra* taking sulphur from Annaba, Algeria, rather than from the UAE because the UAE is behind a closed strait. It is told in Poland’s *Grupa Azoty* suspending all new nitrogen fertilizer orders on 3 March, in OCP of Morocco withdrawing phosphate offers, and in RCF’s early March tender for 90,000 tonnes of complex fertilizers drawing not a single response.
8Twelve days after the Strait of Hormuz closed — effectively if not formally, de facto if not de jure — India’s fertilizer sector is in the early stages of a supply and cost crisis that will reach peak intensity precisely when the country needs fertilizer most: in April and May, when kharif procurement must be locked in, and in June, when sowing begins. The calm visible in the inventory numbers today is real. It is also temporary. What follows is an attempt to state clearly, product by product, what is actually happening and what it means.
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8The whole story is told in vessel manifests, maintenance schedules, subsidy arithmetic, and the silence where tenders used to produce offers. It is told in a ship called the *MV Perseas* loading 65,000 tonnes of NPK at *Ust Luga* for Indian ports, and in a vessel called the *MV Al Dhafra* taking sulphur from Annaba, Algeria, rather than from the UAE because the UAE is behind a closed strait. It is told in Poland’s *Grupa Azoty* suspending all new nitrogen fertilizer orders on 3 March, in OCP of Morocco withdrawing phosphate offers, and in RCF’s early March tender for 90,000 tonnes of complex fertilizers drawing not a single response.
8Twelve days after the Strait of Hormuz closed — effectively if not formally, de facto if not de jure — India’s fertilizer sector is in the early stages of a supply and cost crisis that will reach peak intensity precisely when the country needs fertilizer most: in April and May, when kharif procurement must be locked in, and in June, when sowing begins. The calm visible in the inventory numbers today is real. It is also temporary. What follows is an attempt to state clearly, product by product, what is actually happening and what it means.
No one provides an update on the crisis like we do
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8New Delhi issued a Natural Gas Supply Regulation Order on 9 March. Read carefully, it is not a rescue plan.
8It is a rationing framework — the first India has imposed on natural gas in the modern era of the LNG market.
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8It is a rationing framework — the first India has imposed on natural gas in the modern era of the LNG market.
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8Where only the likes of EIL, VCS and Mecon are mostly in the game
8Clearly, its overheads are high, but then it will get that game right eventually
8It bid competitively enough to beat a competitor
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8Clearly, its overheads are high, but then it will get that game right eventually
8It bid competitively enough to beat a competitor
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8EIL is now grabbing consultancy jobs in highly competitive segments
8And this is as Rs 123 crore win
8What makes it so battle ready now?
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8And this is as Rs 123 crore win
8What makes it so battle ready now?
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8Why did Ingenero and Tractebel make the grade
8And Kavin could not
8We go into the reasons why
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8And Kavin could not
8We go into the reasons why
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8At long last, IOCL's Rs 61000 crore Paradip petrochemical expansion is firing on all cylinders.
8The consultancy process is currently on, the final round of PMCs are in process, and expect a rush of tenders and a lot of work for all kinds of vendors
8Find out what kind of timelines we are talking about from here on
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8The consultancy process is currently on, the final round of PMCs are in process, and expect a rush of tenders and a lot of work for all kinds of vendors
8Find out what kind of timelines we are talking about from here on
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8The barriers had to be shifted
8Just so that adequate competition is there
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8Just so that adequate competition is there
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8In a crowded E&P vendors field, why did Bvishal get disqualified?
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8Bundled drilling service for offshore rigs is always a complex job
8And ONGC has gone through a series of amendments
8It is learning by doing by an experienced oil & gas company of the highest order. It was expected that it knew its job, but clearly it did not
8First it was for a single rig, and now it is for two
8Eventually ridiculously unsuitable conditions, like not being able to subcontract, has been dropped
8But amendments keep coming nevertheless, prodded by bidders who have to wave through the maze of conditions
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8And ONGC has gone through a series of amendments
8It is learning by doing by an experienced oil & gas company of the highest order. It was expected that it knew its job, but clearly it did not
8First it was for a single rig, and now it is for two
8Eventually ridiculously unsuitable conditions, like not being able to subcontract, has been dropped
8But amendments keep coming nevertheless, prodded by bidders who have to wave through the maze of conditions
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8Bidders are required to implement and fund sophisticated site management systems for warehousing, welding, and transport. These "Digital Technology Solutions" are mandated for compliance with project specifications but carry no dedicated budget line. Contractors must instead "spread" these substantial IT costs across their physical work rates.
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8NRL is a small one-refinery unit
8Yet its chemical diversification ambition exceeds those of the larger refineries
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8Yet its chemical diversification ambition exceeds those of the larger refineries
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8The Press Note 3 amendment covers investment.
8The restriction that actually matters for Chinese participation in Indian oil and gas — equipment supply, services contracting, EPC work — is there any meaningful changes in that?
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8The restriction that actually matters for Chinese participation in Indian oil and gas — equipment supply, services contracting, EPC work — is there any meaningful changes in that?
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8PNGRB seeks stakeholder feedback on draft Data Bank and Information System Regulations, 2025 [PNGRB] Details
8BPCL names Vedveer Arya to board as government nominee, while independent director Sushma Agarwal exits [BPCL] Details
8HPCL revamps board representation as ONGC’s Vikram Saxena joins as government nominee director [HPCL] Details
8CRISIL reaffirms Gujarat Gas at AAA/Stable, flags Middle East supply risks amid merger nearing completion [GGL] Details
8Appointment of Government Nominee Director [GAIL] Details
8Reliance to divert KG-D6 gas to priority sectors, boost Jamnagar LPG output under government energy-security plan [RIL] Details
8Appointment of Shri Vinod Seshan as Government Nominee Director [ONGC] Details
8Shapoorji Pallonji files revised disclosure on pledge of 1.22 crore Afcons shares after exchange query [Afcons] Details
8United Drilling Tools bags Rs.3.73 crore ONGC order for offshore casing pipes, boosts order book visibility [UDTL] Details Details
8BPCL names Vedveer Arya to board as government nominee, while independent director Sushma Agarwal exits [BPCL] Details
8HPCL revamps board representation as ONGC’s Vikram Saxena joins as government nominee director [HPCL] Details
8CRISIL reaffirms Gujarat Gas at AAA/Stable, flags Middle East supply risks amid merger nearing completion [GGL] Details
8Appointment of Government Nominee Director [GAIL] Details
8Reliance to divert KG-D6 gas to priority sectors, boost Jamnagar LPG output under government energy-security plan [RIL] Details
8Appointment of Shri Vinod Seshan as Government Nominee Director [ONGC] Details
8Shapoorji Pallonji files revised disclosure on pledge of 1.22 crore Afcons shares after exchange query [Afcons] Details
8United Drilling Tools bags Rs.3.73 crore ONGC order for offshore casing pipes, boosts order book visibility [UDTL] Details Details
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8HPCL partners with Volvo Group India to develop LNG, BioLNG and hydrogen solutions for heavy-duty trucks Details
8In crunch, government says domestic PNG, CNG, LPG production priority Details
8Piyush Goyal assures no fuel shortage in India amid West Asia crisis Details
8India to boost coal use for summer power as Mideast crisis hits LNG supplies Details
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8Russia's oil gains & Ukraine's loss, Iran conflict's impact on global geopolitics Details
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8Trump announces $300B Texas refinery deal with Reliance: ‘thank you our partners in India’ Details
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8CRISIL reaffirms AAA/stable rating for Gujarat Gas bank facilities worth Rs.3,350 crore Details
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