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Mar 2018

A big new player is readying itself for a CBM splash
8The block delineation has been completed
8In all about 80 sq km acreage has been identified
8Large business orders are expected going ahead
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Brent crude prices rallied earlier in 2018, supported by a host of temporary factors., it seems
8These include supply disruptions in North Sea and Venezuela and colder-than-usual winter in North America.
8However, once the impact of these comes through fully, oil market fundamentals are expected to look similar to last year:
8OPEC supply discipline being off set somewhat by stronger US production.
8US supply remains the most significant factor supporting the supply-demand imbalance. Strong growth in US production to a new record suggests US producers are reacting swiftly  to higher prices. Although US inventories have reduced sharply to last 5-year average levels, there is believe these will begin to recover soon given these production levels.
8For a quicker re-balancing of markets however, OPEC would have to agree to a further extension of output cuts. Given the history of disagreements and non-compliance by OPEC
members, such an extension cannot be taken for granted.
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We are the only site which covers the fertilizer projects in a great amount of detail. We know the business well. We have been doing it for the last 15 years. Here are a few leads for the day
Urea (Granular) and Captive Power Unit Expansion Project    
8Cost - Rs 700 Crore
8Project Event: Discussion process is going on, and RFQ for the EPC contractor is likely to be released in April 2018.
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Ammonia-Urea Energy Saving Project     
8Cost - Rs 481 Crore
8Project Event: Thermax has been selected for an energy saving project of a big fertilizer company and Tender for equipment is likely to be released in April or May 2018.
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Customize Blending Unit for NPK Fertilizer & Ammonia Storage Tank Greenfield Project        
8Cost - Rs 90 Crore
8Project Event: RFQ for the EPC contractor is likely to be released in April 2018.
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
8Chemical Cleaning of Heat Exchangers Details
8Procurement of Spark Plugs for Gas Engines Details
8Hiring of Supervisory Expert Service Agency during Overhauling and Breakdown Maintenance of Rotary Equipment at refinery Details
8Procurement of Di-Methyl Ether Details
8Supply of CS Forgings for 27 Refinery Vessels Project Details
8Comprehensive Corrosion Control Programme in AVU at refinery Details
8Procurement of Mechanical Seal Spares Details
8Coat and wrap Refurbishment work of pipeline under Northern Region Pipelines Details
8Procurement of Globe Valves Details
8Procurement of Service Regulators Details
8EOI for Supply and Operation of Quick Production Facility/ Oil and Gas Processing Facility for CB/OS-2 Details
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following Newsclips:
8Death of Iran’s nuclear deal could set oil bulls loose Details
8What I read this week: Oil prices may touch $100 again; it's time we give RBI more powers to regulate PSBs Details
8FPIs pour Rs 64 bn in equities on easing oil prices, earnings expectations Details
8Aadhaar news: IOC plans more Aadhaar enrolment via rural outlets in Manipur Details
8Six of top 10 Sensex firms lose Rs 52,000 crore in market value; check out which ones Details
8Proposed GAIL pipeline draws ire of villagers in Tamil Nadu Details
8Oil rises with Wall Street, heads for weekly gain Details
8FPIs turn positive on Indian equities; infuse Rs 6,400 crore so far in March Details
8India’s first home-delivery of Diesel kicked off in Pune by IOC Details
8Indian Oil Corporation’s 5 Kg LPG cylinders go on sale in Pune Details
8Oil PSUs merger: IOC, BPCL may buy 26 per cent stake each in GAIL Details
8US crude exports becoming bigger presence in global oil Details
8Need EV policy for India-specific transportation model: Niti Aayog VC Details
8President of India inaugurated ICT Mumbai-IndianOil Bhubaneswar campus, lays foundation stone SDI – Bhubaneswar  Details
8Total Pays $1.45 Billion for Abu Dhabi Offshore Oil Stakes Details
8Iraq's SOMO chief says targeting more crude sells to Asian markets Details
8Living sensor may detect gas pipelines leaks in real time Details
8Saudi Aramco keen on majority stake in Rs 3 lakh crore Ratnagiri refinery Details
8Environment Ministry debars consultant BS Envi Tech for a year Details
8Oil major Total to seek waiver if U.S. reimposes Iran sanctions -UAE newspaper Details
8Oil prices fall as increased U.S. drilling points to higher output Details
8Pipeline plan for south Bengal Details
8need2know: 11 macro triggers that should matter for market today Details
8OPINION | PM Narendra Modi drops 2019 hints in News18 rising India speech Details
8Opening bell: Asian markets slip; IndiGo, Fortis, oil PSUs in news Details
8Mexico's AMLO says he would ask Pena to halt new oil contracts  Details
8Abu Dhabi awards France's Total stakes in oil concessions Details
8India must be rescued from 'incompetent' economic managers: Congress Details
8What the latest WPI inflation levels indicate about future prices in India Details
8Gail India proposes 7 U.S. LNG cargo swaps from Cove Point facility Details
8Cargo traffic at major ports rose by 5 per cent in April-February Details
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8Project Name:  Procurement of LP Turbine Blades in Thermal Power Station
8Project Cost: 10 crores
8Project Description: The owner's procurement for new LP turbine blades in a Thermal Power Station is getting hampered due to delay in administrative approval. Further RFQs for LP turbine blades are expected soon.
8Project Event: RFQ for purchase of a LP turbine blades is expected by May 2018, instead of March 2018.
8Expenditure Approval: Q3:2017
8RFQ Date: May/2018
8Release Date: Jun/2018
8Start Date: Oct/2018
8Completion Date: Dec/2018
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8Project Name: Thermal Power Project
8Project Cost: 900 crores
8Project Description: The developer is carrying out clearance activities for a 250 MW coal based thermal power plant. The project is to be implemented in two phases. The project is getting delayed on account of coal linkage. Bids will come out package wise. The owner will come out with the main plant package (CFBC boiler, turbine) after getting EC.
8Project Event: RFQs for main plant package are expected by Q3 2018.
8Expenditure Approval: Q4:2017
8RFQ Date: Q3:2018
8Release Date: Q4:2018
8Start Date: 2020
8Completion Date: 2024
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8Project Name: Thermal Power Station - FGD Addition Project
8Project Cost: 400 crores
8Project Description: The owner is scheduled to install a Wet Flue Gas Desulphurization unit for 900 MW at its 1500 MW  thermal power plant. Feasibility report has been submitted to the state government for appraisal. RFQs for supply of FGD are expected soon.
8Project Event: RFQs for Wet Flue Gas Desulphurization unit are expected by Q2 2018.
8Expenditure Approval: Q3:2017
8RFQ Date: Q2:2018
8Release Date: Q3:2018
8Start Date: Q2:2019
8Completion Date: Q3:2021
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8Project Name: Refinery LAB Expansion Project
8Project Cost: Rs 400 Crore
8Project Description: An owner is planning to revamp its LAB plant in its refinery. A private company is appointed as the licensor of this project.
8Project Event: RFQ for PMC contractor is expected by August 2018.
8Expenditure Approval : Q4:2017
8RFQ Date: Aug/2018
8Release Date: Sep/2018
8Start Date : Q4:2018
8Completion Date : Q4:2021
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8Project Name: Power Plant Project
8Project Cost: Rs 250 Crore
8Project Description: An owner is planning to install a gas-based power plant. A private company was appointed as an EIA Consultant.
8Project Event: RFQ for PMC Contractor to be expected by June 2018.
8Expenditure Approval : Q3:2017
8RFQ Date: Jun/2018
8Release Date: Jul/2018
8Start Date : Q4:2018
8Completion Date : Q4:2020
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8Project Name: Brownfield LPG Bottling Plant Project
8Project Cost: Rs 90 Crore
8Project Description: An owner has selected an EPC contractor to expand its LPG bottling plant capacity. RFQ for the equipment is already out.
8Project Event: RFQ for electrical and erection work is expected by June 2018.
RFQ for the installation work is expected by September 2018.
8Expenditure Approval : Q2:2017
8RFQ Date: Jun/2018
8Release Date: Jul/2018
8Start Date : Q2:2018
8Completion Date : Q1:2020
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8Multi Thousands Pipeline is planned more RFQs are coming soon. Details
8 Project Name: Group Gathering Station.
8Project Cost: Rs 100 Crore.
8Project Description: Promoter is planning construction of Group Gathering Station. The project had been delayed due to the reason that promoter had listed the GGS as a standalone facility. But now the issue is resolved as the promoter has submitted a corrected version to the environment ministry. Further the Civil tender for the project is already out as predicted by us. Further RFQs are expected shortly.
8Project Event: RFQ for the electrical equipment is expected by April instead of March 2018.
8Expenditure Approval: Q2/2015
8RFQ Date: Apr/2018
8Release Date: May/2018
8Start Date: Q2/2018
8Completion Date: Q4/2019.
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8 Project Name: Development Drilling Project
8Project Description: RFQs for promoter's oil and gas field had been delayed a bit as the manpower hiring process was going on in the project for various roles on account of a few resignations. The hiring has now been completed. An EOI is also expected for various drilling services. Further RFQs are expected shortly.
8Project Event: RFQ for hiring a consultant for oil field studies and analysis is rescheduled to May 2018 from March end 2018.
RFQ for EOI for various oil and gas services is expected by June 2018.
8Expenditure Approval: Q3/2017
8RFQ Date: May/2018
8Release Date: Jun/2018
8Start Date: Sep/2018
8Completion Date: Dec/2019
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8Project Name: Oil Field Development
8Project Cost: Rs 700 crore
8Project Description: The Promoter is planning exploratory drilling of 19 wells. The exploratory drilling is planned in two phases. The upper section of about 1000-1200m is to be drilled using Air Hammer Drilling Technology contractually to achieve better drillability and reducing Rig time and cost. Subsequently, Promoter owned electrical type rig is proposed to be deployed for undertaking deviation drilling in the reservoir section using turbo/appropriate rotary drilling technique. An EIA Consultant has already been hired for the project. Further RFQs are expected shortly.
8Project Event: RFQs for the hiring of Oil field services are expected by Q3:2018.
8Expenditure Approval: Q4/2017
8RFQ Date: Q3/2018
8Release Date: Q3/2018
8Start Date: Oct/2019
8Completion Date: Dec/2021
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Some calculations have come up on the economics of LNG when compared to liquid fuels.
8LNG vs. alternative fuels economics up to 2020 is documented.
8Interestingly enough, by this arithmetic, GAIL's US cargoes turn out to have the cheapest landed price.
8Overall, the data shows gas-to-oil economics to be stable for term LNG contracts like those with RasGas, as ex-terminal price (net of taxes) would be similar to FO at $65/bbl Brent price assumed in FY19.
8Due to high Kochi regas tariff, Gorgon LNG contracted to the terminal is more expensive. However, the LNG out of  the terminal allows for positive economics for refineries, fertilizers and industries
8Spot LNG prices are high now but are expected to settle at an average of $8-9/mmbtu (13% slope), which is at par with FO or else winning the battle with liquid fuels will be difficult.
8If supply infrastructure is available, and if there is just the right kind of policy push, gas consumption can gain in what is a highly competitive market in India
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How really are new terminals going to fare once they come on stream?
8RLNG supply will decline initially on account of a switch off by RIL after the full commissioning of its Petcoke gasification project.
8Shell's Hazira terminal could see a significant fall in utilisation as RIL’s volume drops.
8Know more on when the Dabhol terminal can go to full 5 MMTPA capacity
8When does Mundra go on stream and how much offtake is possible from Ennore without trunk pipeline connectivity?
8When will Jafrabad, Dhamra and Chhara going to start up?
8The expectation is for a steady ramp up on a low base for now from all new terminals
8Why is there increasing uncertainty now about H Energy’s Jaigarh and Digha terminals?.
8And why is there no bets yet on the Kakinada FRSU?
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
8Operation and Maintenance Services for Polypropylene Warehouse Management Details
8Supply of high density foam pigs with Integral Pig Locator Cavity in refinery Details
8Removal of Chemical sludge/ Sulphur from Sulphur yard at refinery Details
8Instrumentation ARC for Old Units, MSQ, SRU block and OMS-2 at refinery Details
8Transportation of Indane LPG Cylinders in vertical position on unit rate basis Details
8ARC for Rewinding/ Repairing Work of HT Motors of refinery Details
8Shifting of mainline pipes from various project sites Details
8Corrigendum: Supply of Multi Reactor Catalyst Evaluation Pilot Plant Details
8Annual Maintenance Contract for G&G Data Interpretation Software Details
8Supply of MV Power and Control Cables for GTU Project at refinery Details
8Item Rate Contract for the maintenance of sections of the JHBDPL Pipeline Network Details
8Carrying out high oily sludge processing Details
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following Newsclips:
8Venezuela could tip global crude oil market into deficit: IEA Details
8Exports in Feb up 4.5 per cent to USD 25.8 billion: Commerce Secy Details
8Global crude oil demand picks up but still lags rising supply - IEA Details
8Shell says LNG buyers have not taken advantage of buyer's market Details
8Govt bans strikes by Oil and Gas sector employees in Assam under ESMA Details
8BPCL to invest Rs 28,000 crore through 2020-21: Fitch Ratings Details
8China CNPC plans new gas storages, to expand existing ones Details
8Relief for state-run oil companies in FY18: Oil PSUs to pay 16% less dividend to government Details
8India offers Rs 1 lakh crore business in bio-fuel, bio-energy: Dharmendra Pradhan Details
8Oil, Gas leaders warn Trump he risks harming their industry Details
8How Indian economy will continue to be strong, explains MD & CEO of Ashok Leyland Details
8CNG stations to make city debut Details
8HPCL, GSPC deals to hit oil PSU dividends in FY18 by at least 17% Details
8Indian Oil Corporation pipeline may take gas tankers off road Details
8BP is said to offer Egyptian Oil assets for sale as focus shifts Details
8India likely to push for dropping ‘Asian premium’ on oil prices Details
8India's February trade deficit at USD 12 billion takes steep fall Details
8U.S. regulators ask power/gas utilities to look at rates after tax cut Details
8Diesel price in India today up by 2 paisa Details
8Shell, Eni Misled Nigeria Regulators on Oil Spills, Amnesty says Details
8Exports from India jumped 4.5 pct, imports by 10.4 pct; trade deficit estimated at $12 bn: Rita Teaotia Details
8Opening bell Asian markets open higher, RCom, HUL, Tata Motors in news Details
8Soon, buy a mini cylinder at any fair price shop Details
8Plea seeking to bring petrol and diesel under GST, dismissed Details
8Petrol price in India today down by 2 paisa; global crude stable Details
8Oil prices extend gains, but higher output caps rise Details
8Libya's NOC to stage oil and gas conference in Benghazi Details
8Oil reverses 2 days of decline, but OPEC still worried Details
8Rising US output, shale oil boom put OPEC in a tight spot Details
8Global oil demand picks up but still lags rising supply - IEA Details
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A new set of calculations are coming forth on how domestic gas production is going to behave for the next 10 years.
8The output profile from ONGC's KG-DWN-98/2 block and RIL discoveries in KG D-6, R Series and Satellite fields are projected over the next 10 years
8This output however peaks quickly after starting up in 2020-21 before declining from 2023-25 onwards.
8The total domestic output will however come from a host of other fields, primarily those of ONGC and OIL, but will also include others JV and private blocks.
8Juxtaposed against this domestic output is a series of old and new LNG terminals which will be offloading imported gas.
8An estimate of their capacity utilization levels going up the next 10 years is daringly attempted here.
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It may not be an easy for RIL and ONGC to market new gas supplies coming in from their KG Basin discoveries.
8The reason being the pipeline ferrying cost to demand centers where LNG is preponderant will be expensive
8If $6/mmbtu is target price of new gas from ONGC and OIL, the delivered price of gas would cross $8/mmbtu
8LNG suppliers are also claiming that with a lower peak production level, it will not be easy to coax customers away from their long term LNG GSPAs to go for short tenure domestic gas. But there is the possibility of ONGC and RIL attempting to replenish the shortfall with imported LNG to honour long term contracts.
8The thinking right now is that new deepwater domestic gas will, in probability, have to hunt for new customers
8In any case there will be a tug-of-war between imported LNG suppliers and domestic gas producers for customers
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What is the latest status of Petronet LNG Ltd's plans for:
-- Sri Lanka FSRU
-- Bangladesh Terminal
-- Stakes in domestic terminals
-- A stake in Qatar liquefaction capacity expansion
8Also know more about what kind of regas charges can PLL expect to levy going ahead?
8Know more on how PLL plans to find demand for 18 MMTPA of planned capacity.
8Is IOC in discussion for additional 2.5 MMTPA of incremental capacity at Dahej?
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Get a low down on how demand is going to behave as supply improves
8How quickly will fertilizer demand go up?
8And how does demand grow from the CGD sector?
8Also, how will gas demand fare from refineries and the industrial sector?
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The website carries here a series of write-ups on new technologies that oil & gas companies need to look out for.
8Here is a 2018 listing of top 100 clean technology companies in world. They were short listed from a total of 12,600 entrants.
8These companies have been selected because they may have the greatest impact in the businesses they are in over the next 5 to 10 years.
8A lot of them are start ups and Indian oil companies can look at buying into some of them if there is a business fit.
818 countries were represented in these companies. India does not figure in the list even though ONGC had kick started a bunch of such startups with the hope of that at least one of them will eventually become a unicorm. Clearly more due diligence and foresight are needed to select such companies in India.
8Of the 100, 40 are in the energy and power space
8These companies represent the food and agriculture, energy & power, materials and chemicals, resources and environment, industrial and manufacturing and materials and logistics sectors.
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Here are some of the key takeaways from the 100 clean tech companies which were chosen as winners.
8There is a great diversity of opinion among judges about the solar companies which are included in the list. This may reflect the diversity that naturally comes with a mature market. However, some of the more cutting-edge applications, such as thin-film and organic photovoltaics, are controversial for either being too challenging a technology to commercialize, or too expensive to reach necessary levels of deployment.
8Investors are reluctant to engage with energy storage startups too, unless they have established and proven technology or have a niche application that is not being served by alternative battery chemistries. The competition that exists in the Li-ion market also causes concern about market share. There was also a view among selectors that Li-ion technology is ‘not the future.'
8A surprising omission from the list on mobility is Uber. Find out why
8There are differences of opinion on blockchain energy trading, free heating, and pavement-based electricity generation. Some see them as ‘extremely innovative’ and ‘the future,’ whereas others have entirely different perspectives, seeing these technologies as un-commercial, unscalable, not new, and difficult technology to apply or rely on.
8There are several underlying themes in materials and chemicals which large Indian chemical and petrochemical companies should perhaps look into, including industrial biotechnologies, carbon sequestration and reuse, and innovative new applications of existing materials.
8Also find out more about how giant companies are increasingly buying into these startups to get a head start on technologies that are new but akin to their businesses.
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Here is an analysis of technological trends in the Indian petrochemical sector.
8What is the status of domestic R&D in this segment?
8What are the latest technological trends?
8Does Indian research stand up to what is being done globally?
8Also know more about the current trends in the Indian petrochemical sector
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There is also an analysis of 130 game changing energy technologies across the globe.
8The litmus test here is that the technology should be able to meet increasing demand for energy while bringing down carbon emission levels.
8Of the 130 technologies, as few as 34 of them are capable of bringing about energy savings of up to 40% of current supply by 2050
8In digitization, four different horizons of changes in the future are identified. We are currently at horizon 2 and we need to travel up to stage 5  to a world of  bio chips, quantum and optical computing, quantum sensors and Li Fi,
8There will be a move towards embedding intelligence in silicon. While the world may think of artificial intelligence running on mammoth computers, as in sci-fi movies, that approach is becoming a thing of the past. In the near future you will see the emergence of true intelligence being deployed in tiny blocks of silicon – even more disruptive than the transition from tubes to microelectronics.
8The website carries here the potential increases in production and efficiency till 2050 in different E&P asset classes on account of deployment of new technology.
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Drilling wells is going to get more sophisticated -- self-regulating, sensing and reacting to the reservoir, automatically optimizing production, minimizing intervention requirements, and lowering overall costs per barrel.
8Inspection and maintenance can also benefit from automation and digitization. Today, many inspection tasks are carried out manually but that will change soon.
8Robotics, high-performance computing, and artificial intelligence are extending the range of tasks machines can do better than humans.
8A drone system recently reduced inspection time from over a month to a few days, eliminating the need for a rope crew and cranes.
8Looking to developments in infrastructure, non-metallic flexible pipes made from composite materials are offering game-changing advances in the ‘risers’ that transport oil and gas from offshore fields to the surface, with reductions in weight (lowering by 30%), system complexity, and cost (lowering by 20%), as well as risk.
8Elsewhere, as renewables generate more capacity, there will be increasing need for storage systems to cove their intermittency. Liquid Air Energy Storage (LAES) and Compressed Air Energy Storage (CAES) systems can provide large scale, long duration energy storage that can deliver 5–200MW of power.
8These disruptors represent just a few of the emerging technologies now starting to have an impact.
8Others include additive manufacturing or 3D printing, molecular and nanoscience, novel forms of carbon capture, and advances in energy recovery.
8Taken together, these technologies are set to modernize working practices, increase efficiency, lower costs, and change the face of the oil & gas industry.
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Areas in which technologies are most effective in increasing access to oil and gas reserves include seismic exploration, enhanced recovery and smart wells.
8Quick advances are expected in seismic imaging and the processing and interpretation of the vast volumes of data acquired. One example is the use of ‘full waveform inversion’, in which complex algorithms enable accurate predictions of reservoir behaviour.
8The analysis indicates the largest impact will be onshore where with improved imaging, explorers can optimise well locations.
8Improved and enhanced oil recovery (IOR/ EOR) technologies continue to develop, with new techniques such as modified salinity water and use of nanoparticles supplementing more established methods.
8The estimates suggest that IOR/EOR could deliver around 500 billion additional barrels of oil, or a 10% aggregate increase in total remaining recoverable resources, by 2050.
8Well technology development offers potential volume increases from stimulation, completions and intervention, with the greatest benefit for those, mostly unconventional, resources developed using large numbers of wells.
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Once crude oil has been produced, much of it is converted to fuels in refineries.
8Mainstream refining processes are mature technologies and only incremental efficiency or process improvements and cost reductions will be noticed than transformational changes, with the possible exception of processing of bio-products.
8Generally, operational excellence, in areas such as cost performance, availability, and product optimization, is anticipated to be more significant in reducing costs than new conversion technologies.
8By the mid-2020s, energy facilities are routinely expected to use remote-controlled maintenance, real-time process optimization and autonomous inspections.
8Technologies that enable such developments include data standardization, big data, wearables – such as smart watches or activity trackers – artificial intelligence, robotics and edge computing, where computers located at the sources of data complete some processing functions whilst also interacting with others over the networked computers of the ‘cloud’
8With such technologies, refinery maintenance can increasingly become preventative rather than reactive, minimizing downtime and maximizing productivity.
8The prize is significant, given that a 1% increase in mechanical availability has been estimated to result in greater safety and a 10% reduction in maintenance costs.
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Big Oil companies refuse to believe that electric cars will be competitive to conventional cars anytime soon.
8In their latest analysis, the costs of buying, running and fuelling electric and hybrid cars in Europe fall to become competitive with those of ICE-driven models before 2050.
8Fuel cell vehicles (FCVs), which are essentially powered by hydrogen, are expected to come in much later.
8FCVs, almost three times as expensive to purchase as an ICE car today, could see their overall costs more than halve by 2050, but appear to remain uncompetitive with other mid-sized car types owing to their relatively high capital costs.
8Since electric and conventional cares become very closely competitive, it may be that factors other than technology-related costs, particularly government policies, will play a decisive role in determining the shape of the vehicle fleet of 2050.
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Naphtha to Natural Gas Feedstock Conversion Project  
8Cost - Rs 250 Crore
8Project Event: Three companies are in the race for supply cum erection of NG Preheater (D1153) and NG feed Preheat Coil (D1206). Tender is likely to be finalized in April 2018.
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Single/Triple Super Phosphate Greenfield Project      
8Cost - Rs 30 Crore
8Project Event: Detail Project Report preparation is going on and proposal for environmental clearance is likely to be submitted in April 2018. Tender for an EPC contractor is likely to be released in May 2018.
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Phosphoric Acid Greenfield Project        
8Cost - Rs 10 Crore
8Project Event:  Tender for an EPC contractor is likely to be released in May 2018.
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Our website's facility and unit monitoring tool can accurately project gas demand in the energy, petrochemical, refinery and fertilizer sectors accurately.
8Our design and actual capacity matrix for products, raw materials and intermediates used by individual industrial units provide a first-hand, ground-up and very accurate estimate of incremental all-India demand for these segments.
8Input and output matrices, whether planned or active, can accurately project the timing of the new requirements
8Comprehensive utility matrices, including gas demand and gas connectivity, along with GIS mapping tools help locate the incremental demand points
8Data on up to 10 departmental heads within a facility such a fertilizer unit or an ammonia-urea unit will provide a range of contacts. All you have to do is pick up the phone and call
8Then again, our pricing software can provide LNG daily delivered price at the factory gate in industrial demand centres along with attendant liquid fuel prices. Historical price curves are also available in a downlodable format
8We also carry daily global FOB LNG prices along with LNG vessel rates
8This all-in-one package is available for viewing in through an easy-to-use app
8A backend CRM makes the job of collecting, storing and assigning this information easy.
8Dedicated analysts are available to help you out five days a week.
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Our project monitoring tool allows for equipment-wise search tools. If you are a supplier of equipment or a service, put your requirements in our search fields and we will list out all the projects in the midstream and downstream segments of the oil & gas industry where RFQs for your requirements are likely to come up. We also tell you whether it will be the owner of the project in collaboration with the PMC or an LTSK contractor of a subcontractor will float the RFQs. We also search out the key contacts which will be responsible for the buying decision. And should you have a query or if you want a clarification, we have a dedicated analyst to handhold you through the entire process.
8Project Name: Refinery Greenfield Project
8Project Cost: Rs 900 Crore
8Project Description: An owner is planning to construct a new unit and existing continuous catalytic reformer of the refining unit at its refinery, which will increase the current output of the facility. At present, a private company is appointed as LSTK contractor as well as pre-commissioning and assistance-with-commissioning services.
8Project Event: RFQ for the equipment is expected by June 2018.
8Expenditure Approval : Q2:2017
8RFQ Date: Jun/2018
8Release Date: Jul/2018
8Start Date : Q2:2018
8Completion Date : Q3:2020
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8Project Name: FSRU Terminal Project
8Project Cost: Rs 600 crore
8Project Description: An owner is planning to install a greenfield Floating, Storage and Regasification Unit (FSRU). A private company was appointed as an EIA Consultant.
8Project Event: RFQ for PMC Contractor to be expected by June 2018.
8Expenditure Approval : Q3:2017
8RFQ Date: Jun/2018
8Release Date: Jul/2018
8Start Date : Q4:2016
8Completion Date : Q4:2020
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8Project Name: Terminal Cum Bottling Plant Expansion Project
8Project Cost: Rs 600 crore
8Project Description: An owner along with EPC contractor is planning to expand its POL terminal while also planning to construct a new bottling plant. At present, civil and structural work is going on
8Project Event: RFQ for electrical and instrumentation erection work is expected by July 2018.
8Expenditure Approval : Q1:2017
8RFQ Date: Jul/2018
8Release Date: Aug/2018
8Start Date : Q2:2018
8Completion Date : Q2:2020
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Finally, the feasibility report is in for an offshore wind project
8The capacity being talked about ranges from 150 to 500 MW
8Three wind turbine generator sizes of 4 MW, 6 MW and 10 MW have been considered in the modeling.
8The use of O&M strategy is based on work boat access.
8All kinds of cost estimates are available including possible generator models
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End of newspaper advertisements for oil & gas tenders is around the corner
8Print advertisements for tenders are now on their way out.
8All tenders will now be on the websites of the respective companies.
8BD managers will not longer be able to look up newspapers to find their tenders
8 It is indeed the end of an era
8Our website carries a comprehensive oil & gas tenders section where all relevant tenders are available in one place in an easy-to-use format. A search button helps look up tenders easily, while a start and end date warns those wanting to participate about deadlines
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In effect, we provide comprehensive solutions for our oil & gas clients. We include all current tenders on our site, giving you a full view of opportunities in hand. Our project monitoring software then allows you to survey all tenders and RFQs which the oil & gas sector will throw up in the future. It becomes a comprehensive package.
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Is a vessel owner liable for consequences if a charterer defaults in his payment obligations to appellants in regard to activities of the vessel while it was under charter?
8The vessel owner was sought to be pulled in as the the charter hire agreement made the chatterer the "beneficial owner
8The vessel was arrested on an interim order based on the complaint of the appellants, who were owners of support vessels and were owned dues by the charterer of a seismic vessel.
8Eventually, however, the vessel was released after it was agreed that despite the charter agreement, the owner of the vessel cannot be made liable for dues run up by the charterer.
8The ruling has implications for the Indian shipping industry, particularly those operating the oil & gas industry.
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Keeping track of technological tends have become imperative for the oil & gas sector
8What are the latest projections on deep decarbonization?
8Is the world going to be divided into two zones -- sunny and not so sunny?
8Battery technology is changing rapidly too. Some of the most intriguing start-ups are working on thermal batteries, using phase-change materials, salts, clever thermodynamics, or just big chunks of concrete or tanks of hot water.
8And yet, there are significant benefits to continuing to power a large proportion of the world’s heating with solid, gas or even liquid fuels.
8What is the future of hydrogen as a fuel for a vehicle or as a raw material for the value added industry or as a store for power?
8Does nuclear power have a future? Will  IV-Generation designs can generate cost-competitive power?
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Tanker market spot freight rates continued to drop as seen in the previous months.
8Average dirty tanker spot freight rates declined further by 6% in February. Lower rates were seen in all reported dirty classes as limited tonnage demand and lengthy tonnage lists prevented rates from rising in several regions, despite some weather and ports delays.
8The clean tanker market was mostly quiet in February and spot freight rates were generally weak, due to holidays and insufficient activity despite cold weather and occasional delays.
8But analysts continue to insist that the market is at the bottom of the cycle and things are going to look up from here onwards
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India and Russia are looking at not just one but several pipeline routes to transport hydrocarbons to India
8Find out more on which routes are these
8Will an undersea route be more feasible
8The Indo-Russia energy relationship is getting increasingly complex, now that the Chinese are a big force to reckon with
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Astonishing progress is being made on super-efficient industrial processes, connected and shared vehicles, electrification of air transport, precision agriculture, food science, synthetic fuels,  industrial biochemistry, new materials like graphene and aerogels, energy and infrastructure blockchain, additive manufacturing, zero-carbon building materials, small nuclear fusion, and so  many other areas.
8These technologies may not be cost-competitive today, but they all benefit from the same fearsome learning curves as we have seen in wind, solar and batteries.
8In addition, in the same way that ubiquitous sensors, cloud and edge-of-grid computing, big data and machine learning have enabled the transformation of our electrical system, they will unlock sweeping changes to the rest of our energy, transportation and industrial sectors.
8In the end, clean technologies will outcompete fossil-fuel-based approaches.
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Key contacts, dedicated analyst support, search fields involving dozens of project, a backend CRM and plant parameters are among the benefits that our project monitoring software offers. We carry as many as 10 leads everyday encompassing the entire oil & gas sector. No other site provides this amount of detailing in India. A large team of dedicated engineers are at work to fulfill the client's quest for a deal.
8 Project Name: Development Drilling Project
8Project Cost: Rs 4000 Crore.
8Project Description: Promoter has planned development drilling of 100 oil wells. The project also involves 11 production installations and laying of a pipeline. The EIA consultant has not been finalized as of now. Further RFQs are likely in upcoming months.
8Project Event: RFQs for hiring EPC contractor for the laying down of pipeline and production installations are expected by June instead of March 2018.
RFQs for the mechanical equipment is expected by June 2018.
8Expenditure Approval: Q3/2016
8RFQ Date: Jun/2018
8Release Date: Jul/2018
8Start Date: Q4/2018
8Completion Date: Sep/2021
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8 Project Name: Development Drilling Project
8Project Description: Promoter is planning the development of an oil field. The project involves workover of 3 temporarily abandoned wells and development drilling 6 wells spread over an area of 20 sq. km. Moreover, the project also involves laying of pipelines for connecting the oil field with the nearest production facility. After a long delay on account of a few resignations, the RFQs for the project are expected soon.
8Project Event: RFQ for hiring a consultant for EIA services is expected by May end instead of March end 2018.
RFQ for hiring rigs and other oilfield services is expected by June instead of March end 2018.
8Expenditure Approval: Q2/2017
8RFQ Date: May/2018
8Release Date: Jun/2018
8Start Date: Q3/2018
8Completion Date: Q4/2019
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8Project Name: Oil Field Development
8Project Cost: Rs 1700 crore
8Project Description: The Promoteris planning exploratory drilling of 150 wells spread over several blocks. The locations are proposed to be drilled by promoter owned electrical type rigs but it depends on the availability of rigs at the time of drilling activity. An EIA Consultant has already been hired for the project. Further RFQs are expected shortly.
8Project Event: RFQs for the hiring of Oil field services such as Drilling services, cementing services, material supplies etc are expected by Q3:2018.
8Expenditure Approval: Q3/2017
8RFQ Date: Q3/2018
8Release Date: Q3/2018
8Start Date: June/2019
8Completion Date: Dec/2021
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Phosphoric Acid Expansion Project 
8Cost - Rs 1100 Crore
8Project Event: The discussion process for selection of an EPCM contractor is going on and RFQ for the EPCM contractor is likely to be released in April or May 2018.
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Ammonia-Urea Energy Saving Project     
8Project Event: A winner has been selected for an energy saving project of a big fertilizer company at its three unit in India. The winning contractor, in turn, is likely to release RFQs for equipment in April 2018.
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
8Procurement of MDPE Fittings and Valves Details
8Supply of Heat Exchanger Tubes in refinery Details
8Implementation of Pipeline Integrity Management Software and associated items in Pipeline Group of Western Offshore Details
8Supply of Temperature Gauges for refinery Details
8Procurement of Mass Flow Meters Details
8Supply of Sodium Hydroxide Caustic Soda Lye Details
8Supply of Valves in refinery Details
8LPG Cylinder loading and unloading Contract at LPG Bottling Plant Details
8Overhauling, Repair, Maintenance and Trouble Shooting of Reciprocating Compressors installed at refinery Details
8Storage and Handling of Packed Bitumen at Fatuha Details
8Storage and Handling of Packed Bitumen at Muzzaffarpur Details
8Storage and Handling of Packed Bitumen at Bhagalpur Details
8Storage and Handling of Packed Bitumen at Gaya Details
8Engagement of Project Management Consultant (PMC) for two projects Details
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following Newsclips:
83 reasons why Indian economy is poised to grow faster than expected in 2018 Details
8Income tax department asks 10 PSU firms to pay more tax Details
8Amidst uncertainty, IOC completes construction of LPG import jetty at Kerala's Puthuvype Details
8Liquid in LPG turns water! Details
8Qatar says to curb transfers to its Sovereign Fund until 2022 Details
8Norway shows interest in investing in Punjab Details
8OMCs ready to pay higher offtake for biofuel: Pradhan Details
8Wholesale inflation eases to 7-month low Details
8Saudi Arabia turns to nuclear power to curb oil addiction Details
8Dhamra Port Co's mega expansion to go under Odisha govt's scrutiny Details
8Indian Oil, ONGC, Coal India most profitable PSUs in FY17, know about worst performers Details
8Diesel will continue to play key role, nobody can change over the weekend: JLR CEO Ralf Speth Details
8Petroleum regulator cancels GAIL’s license to build gas pipeline Details
8S.Korea fuel oil imports soar as coal, nuclear plants shut Details
8World Bank plans to boost India lending by $1 bn every year for next 5 yrs: India head Details
8World Bank projects India's FY19 GDP growth at 7.3 per cent Details
8New industrial policy to focus on Industrial Revolution 4.0: Suresh Prabhu Details
8Philippines says new oil, gas discovery has commercial quantities Details
8IOC, Tata Motors to jointly develop hydrogen fuel cell technology Details
8Moody’s raises oil price forecast to $45-65 per barrel Details
8GAIL's 1,724-km Surat-Paradip natural gas pipeline project terminated Details
8Moodys raises oil price forecast Details
8India growth story credible; GDP to grow at 7.3% in FY19: World Bank Details
8Canadian Oil curve indicates relief from glut may be on the way Details
8Oil India gains 2% on fixing record date for 1:2 bonus issue Details
8OPEC sees crude oil supply surge from rivals, countering its cuts Details
8Is OPEC moving the goalposts for its oil market scoreline? Details
8Oil prices stable on healthy demand, but oversupply looms later in 2018 Details
8Iran and Russian firm to develop oil fields under $742 million deal Details
8OPINION: Oil market shrugs off rising threat to Iran deal: Kemp Details
8Sensex, Nifty close marginally lower as oil stocks drag Details
8Oil companies temper Iraq's dreams of production expansion Details
8GAIL work in full swing Details
8GAIL’s Hawa Badlo campaign to combat pollution affecting traffic Police Details
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8The data can be mined not just by equipment and service suppliers but also by raw material suppliers, banks and financial institutions, analysts looking for ground-up macro analytics, insurance companies looking for business or third parties looking to accurate validation of information given by project owners.
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8Call our marketing team to fully understand what we have to offer. Details
8Project Name:  Gas Turbine Power Station - O&M Supply Project
8Project Cost: 5 crores
8Project Description: The owner's replacement of an existing inlet air filter house in the 101 MW Gas Turbine Power Station is on hold due to delay in getting administrative approval. The procurement team of the owner will come out with a bid for the new inlet air filter house soon.
8Project Event: RFQ for purchase of a new inlet air filter house is expected by May 2018, instead of March 2018.
8Expenditure Approval: Q4:2017
8RFQ Date: May/2018
8Release Date: Jul/2018
8Start Date: Sep/2018
8Completion Date: Oct/2018
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8Project Name: Hydro Power Station - Renovation, Modernization and Life Extension Project
8Project Cost: 50 crores
8Project Description: The owner is going on with renovation, modernization and life extension works for a 90 MW Hydo Power Station. The owner will come out with bids for short lead equipment for runner and brake-jack system.
8Project Event: RFQs for brake-jack system and short lead equipment of runner are expected by May 2018
8Expenditure Approval: Q1:2017
8RFQ Date: May/2018
8Release Date: Q3:2018
8Start Date: Q2:2017
8Completion Date: Q1:2020
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Contacts are an important tool in the hands of a business development manager. We put in great efforts to get you validated telephone numbers of departmental heads within the power industry.
8A new finance general manager in a major NTPC plant. He is likely to be involved with business development activity in the plant.
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8Project Name: Refinery Captive Power Greenfield Project
8Project Cost: Rs 1200 Crore
8Project Description: An owner has hired LSTK contractor to install a gas turbine based captive power plant at its refinery. Main plant award will be given by contractor itself. The EPC contractor will come out with bids for civil works and related transportation activities along with short lead equipment of gas turbine soon.
8Project Event: RFQ for civil works and related transportation activities along with short lead equipment of gas turbine is expected by Q2, 2018.
8Expenditure Approval : Q4:2016
8RFQ Date : Q2:2018
8Release Date: Q3:2018
8Start Date : Q4:2018
8Completion Date : Q4:2020
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8Project Name: Refinery Expansion - Revamp of Catalytic Reformer, Naphtha Hydrosulphurization units
8Project Cost: Rs 900 Crore
8Project Description: An owner along with EPCM contractor and licensor is conducting detailed engineering to convert the Catalytic Reformer unit to an Isomerization unit while also revamping the Naphtha Hydro-Desulfurization unit to a Naphtha Hydro-Treating unit to maximize isomerate yield and octane number and produce products like food grade hexane at its refinery. A slight delay in electrical and instrumentation work.
8Project Event: RFQ for electrical and instrumentation work is expected by April instead of March 2018.
RFQ for Mechanical work is expected by July 2018.
8Expenditure Approval : Q2:2016
8RFQ Date: Apr/2018
8Release Date: May/2018
8Start Date : Q2:2016
8Completion Date : Q2:2020
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8Project Name: Greenfield LPG bottling Plant Project
8Project Cost: Rs 80 Crore
8Project Description: An owner is planning to install an LPG Bottling Plant with a bottling capacity of 120000 MTPA by installing 3 X 600 MT mounded storage vessels. At present, land preparation work is going on.
8Project Event: RFQ for the EPC contractor is to be expected by July 2018.
8Expenditure Approval : Q3:2017
8RFQ Date: Jul/2018
8Release Date: Aug/2018
8Start Date : Q3:2018
8Completion Date : Q3:2020
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8Project Name:  Procurement of Compressor Casing and Turbine Casing in Gas Power Station
8Project Cost: 10 crores
8Project Description: The owner is planning to procure a compressor discharge casing and turbine casing for a gas turbine in unit-3 of a 120 MW gas power station. Currently, the power station is shut down due to cracks in the turbine casing. The owner will come out with bids for compressor casing and turbine casing after getting an appraisal from the state electricity department.
8Project Event: RFQs for compressor casing and turbine casing are expected by Q3 2018.
8Expenditure Approval: Q2:2017
8RFQ Date: Q3:2018
8Release Date: Q4:2018
8Start Date: Q2:2019
8Completion Date: Q1:2020
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8Project Name:  Hydroelectric Power Greenfield Project
8Project Cost: 2000 crores
8Project Description: The promoter's 330 MW (3x110 MW) drilling and drifting bids for a greenfield hydroelectric power station is getting hampered due to delay in preparation of NIT. Currently, site survey activities are ongoing at the site for preparation of DPR. The owner will come out with bids for consultant for DPR preparation and drilling and drifting works soon.
8Project Event: RFQs for consultancy services for DPR preparation and drilling and drifting activities are expected by third week of March 2018.
8Expenditure Approval: 2017
8RFQ Date: 20/Mar/2017
8Release Date: Q2:2018
8Start Date: Q2:2020
8Completion Date: Q3:2025
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After running into trouble with ONGC, Deep Industries is striking out into a more diversified base to increase its footprint
8Is there life beyond ONGC?
8Which are the other companies that Deep can deal with?
8And where does it go from here?
8Will this now impact its dealings with other public sector companies?
8Will a ban by one public sector company automatically qualify for a ban by others?
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How is the transport logistics for LPG handled in India?
8What is the railway handling capacity and what are its augmentation plans?
8LPG truck capacity and rates are also carried here
8There is a massive expansion in bottling capacity, find out where the business development opportunities are
8How is the storage infrastructure likely to develop going ahead
8Which are the major opportunity segments in the LPG industry in India?
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The website carries here a guide of about 350 odd companies in the Indian E&P business with whom you should never do business
8A detailed list is carried here
8Many of these companies have used unfair means to gain business advantages and have since been in the crosshairs of authorities
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What are the real logistics and infrastructure of LPG in India?
8What is the market share of different segments? How does it evolve in the next 15 years?
8What are the demand projections going up to 2025 and then onwards to 2032 taken into account by IOC, the biggest player in the business
8What is the shipping distance by number of days to India from its largest suppliers of LPG? Also get a country-wise break up of importers of LPG into India? Will this market share change?
8What is the name plate and achieved capacities of LPG terminals in India? How many new terminals are coming up? Are there business development opportunities available for suppliers of equipment and services to these terminals?
8Where are the business development opportunities coming up in the spate of new pipeline planned?
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Shipping company in India must have adequate forecast data in hand to project how the market is going to behave going forward
8A lot of decisions depend on how the market is perceived
8And accumulation of data and robust forecasting help make the right decisions
8Order book as percentage of total fleet is at its lowest point today in the last decade-and-half..
8The website carries here an avalanche of data to buttress its point that while the market is far from a steady recovery, the only way out is up from here on
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Utilization and fixing rigs for offshore rigs have gone up
8One primary reason for this has been the high numbers of floaters and jackups which have been scrapped
8More than 100 floaters scrapped since the downturn started late 2014
8Find out the scrapping rates per quarter and total scrapped so far
8AHTS utilization, vessels > 10,000 BHP seems to be showing activity but is still not far out from the historic lows
8PSV utilization, vessels > 2,000 DWT is showing an upward tendency
8The other positive is a large volume of second-hand sales of offshore vessels. This is a positive sign of higher liquidity in the market. All-time high level of asset sales in 2017 (106)is an indication of rising confidence
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A consummate amount of data is being forwarded to project a recovery of the shipping market
8The view here is that the IEA potentially underestimates demand growth and overestimates non-OPEC supply growth
8The forecast, backed by the reputation of large research agencies, is for a fairly balanced market for 2018 for oil
8Latest data shows breakeven levels of key offshore players have fallen further (please see data in the Reports section)
8Jackup rig fixing activity is up from 174 in 2016 to 217 in 2017 though floater activity is down. Cancellation of contracts in floaters was near zero in 2017, down from substantial cancellations in 2016
8YoY rig fixing activity is in positive territory for the first time since 2013
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Those who believe that the shipping market will never recover is way off the mark.
8An innovative shipping cycle modeling says that the crude tankers are at the very bottom of this cycle and the only way out is up. A very extended boom period is expected going ahead
8The offshore E&P market is slightly higher up on this cycle, but preceded by LPG and product tankers.
8Higher up on the pecking order are chemical specialty tankers, container ships and LNG carriers
8The market is, however, lead by the dry bulk segment as of the moment
8Those who are pessimistic about the immediate market and beyond must see how far out the market has to go from here
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Cairn India Plc is looking at not $1.2 billion but a $2.6 billion award against Indian authorities under the UK-India Bilateral Investment Treaty
8The final hearing is coming up in the Hague and company analysts are looking forward to a favorable outcome
8Cairn is seeking restitution under the UK India treaty for losses resulting from the attachment of its shares in Vedanta by Indian tax authorities and failure to treat the company and its investments fairly and equitably.
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India's onshore rig count seems to have gone down from a high of 87 in 2015
8On the other hand, the offshore rig count has been on the rise
8The onshore rig market went through a period of restructuring after the largest domestic player, Shiv Vani, went bankrupt after it was blacklisted by ONGC
8Find out which are the players in India in the rig market and who owns how many rigs
8The onshore rig market is slated to go up dramatically because of a spate of new projects planned not just by the public sector majors but also by fledging private sector operators who have descended on the market
8The best updates on future RFQs along with key contacts are available through this website's project monitoring software. We have 100% coverage of all onshore and E&P offshore activity
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While market leader Deep has been put on the blacklist, other companies are trying to grab the gas dehydration business in ONGC.
8One company in particular, with a long track record of dealing with ONGC, has stepped in forcefully after Deep's exit
8It is mobilizing resources to invest in dehydration units as the order booked as jumped.
8The business has taken off after the government made it mandatory to use dehydration units in a gas pipeline after the GAIL pipeline blast in 2004
8The capital intensity nature of the industry coupled with the relevant technical expertise act as an entry barrier for new entrants.
8Other players are trying to get in quickly after Deep's departure from ONGC
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