NPK Fertilizer Greenfield Project        
8Cost - Rs 1517 Crore
8Project Event: RFQ for EPC contractor was floated in February 2017 and price bid has been opened, Finalization is due in August 2018 only due to delay in the evaluation. The tender for equipments are likley to be released in September 2018.
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Ammonia-Urea Energy Saving Project  
8Cost - Rs 347 Crore
8Project Event: EOI has already been released for an LSTK contractor in November 2017 and NIT has not been floated yet, and it is likely to be floated at the end of July 2018 due to delay in the specification and evaluation.
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 Ammonia-Urea Annual Maintenance Project            
8Cost - Rs 30 Crore
8Project Event: Tender for a registered maintenance contractor is likely to be released in September 2018.
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8Project Name: Greenfield Thermal Power Project
8Project Cost: 5000 crores
8Project Description: Owner has been granted environment clearance for a 660 MW coal based thermal power plant. Further bids are expected soon.
8Project Event: RFQs for an EPC package are expected by September 2018.
8Expenditure Approval: Q4:2017
8RFQ Date: Sep/2018
8Release Date: Sep/2018
8Start Date: 2020   
8Completion Date: 2024
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8Project Name: Super Thermal Power Maintenance Project 
8Project Cost: 5 crores
8Project Description: Promoter has planned a 35-day scheduled boiler overhaul in the 3000 MW thermal power station. The mandatory jobs includes replacement of boiler pressure parts, checking of generator rotor, replacement of guide bearings of turbine, among others.
8Project Event: RFQs for overhaul of equipment are expected by the August 2018.
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8Project Name: Thermal Power Station : FGD Addition Project
8Project Cost: 300 crores
8Project Description: The owner is planning to install an Flue Gas Desulphurization Unit (FGD) for a 2000 MW thermal power complex in order to comply with environmental norms. Tenders for the same are expected soon. 
8Project Event: RFQs for hiring a consultant for site survey and preparation of feasibility report is expected by the end of July 2018.
8Expenditure Approval: 2017
8RFQ Date: 27/Jul/2018
8Release Date: 29/Jul/2018
8Start Date: Q4:2019
8Completion Date: Q3:2022
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RIL and ONGC have been included for the first time in a group of highest emitting global oil & gas companies who are looking at climate change as a management issue.
8The categorization is in terms of either being unaware, aware and acknowledging and then trying to build capacity to handle climate change and the segmentation is on whether they are integrating climate change policies into their operational decision making.
8There are a set of 16 comparable benchmarks
8Find out how the two companies figure
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If you are looking for jobs, head to the renewable energy sector
81.3 million jobs are to be created by 2022 in India in this segment.
840,000 new jobs will be created in 2017-18 itself, the figure was 29,000 people last year
8There was an exponential jump.
8In comparison, the oil sector is a very poor employer
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The oil marketing companies have embarked on a massive bio fuel expansion plan.
8But globally a debate continues to rage over the use of bio fuels and whether they in fact help bring down carbon emissions.
8Opinion has swung from one end to the other and back. The jury is still out.
8Regulatory controls are likely to come in, even in a country like India, as environmental concerns grow.
8Policies will move rapidly and bio fuel companies may find themselves in a corner.
8Find out more on what is going on with the bio-fuel industry and where is it headed.
8Which feedstocks will eventually pass muster?
8And is it too early to bet big on the bio fuel industry?
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Bangladesh has embarked on a massive drive to raise expensive LNG-based power capacity. A $1.2 billion LNG-based 800 MW power plant is just coming up as also a few others. Where is the funding for such mega projects really coming from?
8The neighbour's power infrastructure is radically different from that of India, as around 30% of its capacity runs on furnace oil and diesel, making LNG a viable option.
8Hydro power and coal make up just 2% and 1.8% of the country's total production.
8The rest of it is all dependent on gas. In the face of rapidly dwindling gas production, Bangladesh has little option but to go in for LNG, first to replace expensive liquid fuel capacity and then to fire existing gas based capacity that is fast running out of domestic gas.
8There are Indian companies eying the gas markets in Bangladesh but they need step in carefully
8The website carries here the project economics of LNG based power in Bangladesh, its viability and its long term sustainability.
8Clearly, power is eventually going to be expensive in Bangladesh and can the country really afford such power?
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8Chhabra thermal power plant: Stake takeover by NTPC delayed.
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Exploratory drilling project for Shale Gas & Oil: RFQs in October, 2018
8G&G evaluation has been completed
8Targeted depth will be 2000 m
8Coring Rig will be hired
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8Project Name: Greenfield Super Thermal Power Station
8Project Cost: 15000 crores
8Project Description: Owner is going on with the construction activities in a 1980 MW greenfield super-critical thermal power plant. Further bids are expected soon.
8Project Event: RFQs for the balance of plant (BoP) package are expected by the August 2018.
8Expenditure Approval: Q3:2017
8RFQ Date: Aug/2018
8Release Date: Aug/2018
8Start Date: Q2:2019   
8Completion Date: Q3:2023
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8Project Name: Greenfield Super Thermal Power Project
8Project Cost: 15000 crores
8Project Description: Promoter along with BTG and ESP contractor is carrying out the construction activities in a 1320 MW greenfield super-critical thermal power plant. Further RFQs are expected soon.
8Project Event: RFQs for procurement of mobile crane and crane of capacity 30 MT and 20 MT respectively are expected by the end of July 2018.
RFQs for the supply, installation, erection and commissioning of a flue gas desulphurisation unit (FGD) are expected in the August 2018.
8Expenditure Approval: Q1:2013
8RFQ Date: 25/Jul/2018
8Release Date: 28/Jul/2018
8Start Date: Q3:2013    
8Completion Date: Q3:2019
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8Project Name: Thermal Power Station : FGD Addition Project
8Project Cost: 820 crores
8Project Description: The owner is planning to install a Flue Gas Desulphurization Unit (FGD) for a 2300 MW thermal power complex in order to comply with environmental norms. Tenders for the same are expected soon. 
8Project Event: RFQs for design, supply, engineering, construction and commissioning of FGD are expected by the end of August 2018.
8Expenditure Approval: Q2:2017
8RFQ Date: Aug/2018
8Release Date: Aug/2018
8Start Date: Q3:2019
8Completion Date: Q1:2021
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While demand goes up, new deliveries of mobile offshore units are also going to move up over this period but at a slower pace than the increase in demand
8Nevertheless, the increase in new deliveries is significant and is likely to keep a lead on rates.
8What will then be required is the scrapping of older offshore units for the market to regain equilibrium
8The historical average annual delivery for offshore vessels for the period 2005-15 is 579 units
8The figure in 2018 is expected to be a mere 275 units but an improvement over 2017. Juxtaposed against that is the fact that less than a 100 mobile units are to be contacted against the historical average of 550 units annually.
8Clearly, a lot of backlog needs to cleared before day rates start moving rapidly northwards
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 Ammonia - Urea & Captive Power Plant Greenfield Project       
8Cost - Rs 10741 Crore
8Project Event: RFQ for LSTK contractor was floated in May 2017 for Generating Ammonia Syn. Gas & Carbon Dioxide Gas and the last date for bid is extended from 28 June to 6 July 2018. The tender for the ammonia-urea plant is extended from 21 May to 30 July 2018.
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Ammonia-Urea Brownfield Project    
8Cost - Rs 6000 Crore
8Project Event: The purchase of major equipment and services is ongoing and NIT for Inert Gas Generation Unit has been released and its bid closing date is 30 July 2018 Details

The last month saw a flurry of activity in the petroleum ministry. A lot got done
850% of the stake in Ratnagiri refinery has been sold. And that is no mean achievement given that India had not been able to woo the Gulf countries to take a stake in an Indian refinery for the past few decades.
8A PPP format for strategic reserves is another big step forward and so was the successful partnership for filling up one underground cavern with foreign-owned crude oil.
8Among the other achievements is the successful conclusion of discovered rounds and OLAP, though critics can argue that foreign companies ignored these rounds altogether unlike in the past.  CGD bidding is expected to cover a large swathe of India.
8Over the last few years, the government has also been successful in extracting political capital out of  its LPG outreach scheme though its impact and reach are still being debated.
8Despite huge political pressure, the government stood its ground and decided not to roll back fuel price reforms.
8But as petroleum minister, many would say that Pradhan has been unsuccessful in his primary task, and that is to raise domestic production of oil & gas. In over more than four years, his track record is less than satisfactory. He did try to goad ONGC and OIL to push for more, but eventually, he could go only so far and no more. One of his big failures is his inability to push up gas production by going for low hanging fruits such as bringing the Daman development project to fruition. What the project is heading into is a scam of sorts which may need further investigation.
8The fact that the deadline for the KG-DWN-98/2 development is not going to be met and delays can be as high as 15 to 24 months is a cause for deep worry. ONGC messed up on the initial development model and by the time it realized that it was a mistake --of not allowing contractors to come up with the best design and implementation model and then selecting one and handing over a contract to it to put it together -- the timelines spun out of control.
8Another big mistake was for the government to allow the domestic ship building lobby to sabotage GAIL's attempt to build a dozen LNG ships. As the LNG vessel market tightens, GAIL may have to end up paying a high price for not having a captive fleet to offtake its US LNG commitments.
8Pradhan still has enough time to make up for the mistakes of the past. What he needs to do is speed up his to-do list of things if he really has to leave a mark as a petroleum minister. Details

8Project Name: Greenfield LNG Terminal Project
8Project Cost: Rs 1800 crore
8Project Description: The owner is planning to install an LNG Floating Storage and Regasification Unit (FSRU) with a regasification capacity of 5 MMTPA.
Major equipment required are: Boil-off gas compressor, High-pressure LNG pump, Gas engine generator, Tube LNG vaporizer with air heater and submerged combustion LNG vaporizer, Pumps, Compressors, Line pipe, Jetty lines, Loading/unloading arms, Loading racks, Couplers, Strainers, Hoses, Meters, Blending equipment, Emergency shut down valve, Grounding protection, Plates, Vapor recovery system, Heating coils, mixers, Gangways, Cranes, Derricks, Davits, gantry equipments, Hoists, Foam generators, Foam monitors, PLC, SCADA, HC detectors, Level gauges.
8Project Event: RFQ for PFR Consultant is expected by July 2018.
 RFQ for the FEED work is expected by September 2018. 
8Expenditure Approval: Q1:2018
8RFQ Date: Sep/2018
8Release Date: Oct/2018
8Start Date: Q1:2019
8Completion Date: Q3:2021
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8Equipment maintenance contractor needed
The owner is planning to float a bid for a maintenance contract for natural gas pipeline for a tenure of five years.
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
8Supply of Valves as per tender specifications Details
8Supply of Hydrocarbon Gas Detectors Details
8Supply of Pipe Fittings as per tender specifications Details
8Coat and wrap Refurbishment work under Northern Region Pipelines Details
8Procurement of Flow Tees for Pipeline Project Details
8Procurement of Insulating Joints for Pipeline Project Details
8Carrying out Pre-Project Electrical Works Details
8Service Contract for Testing and Inspection of Storage Tanks Details
8Procurement of MPLS-TS for Cavery Basin Details
8Spares for Process Monitoring System Details
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following Newsclips:
8NRL becomes first oil PSU to introduce online legal compliance Details
8India has 'Plan D' for Iran oil as Trump adds sanction pressure Details
8India's plans to float 'Oil Buyers Club' with China to cut OPEC's dominance Details
8Iran oil: Sushma Swaraj to take a call on India’s stance Details
8NRL becomes 1st oil PSU to introduce online legal compliance Details
8Gadkari renews calls for alternate fuels as oil on the boil Details
8Oil falls as OPEC output rises, more production planned Details
8Importing LNG to Australia's southeast faces cost hurdles - government Details
8Eight core industries grow at 3.6% in May vs 4.6% in April Details
8ONGC board gives nod to explore group restructuring options Details
8Vedanta chairman's family trust agrees to buy rest of company Details
8Oil rises on Libya force majeure, but demand slowdown holds back market Details
8South Korea turns to Kazakh CPC oil as U.S. sanctions on Iran loom Details
8OPINON: Hedge funds continue selling oil, especially fuels Details
8Rhode Island sues major oil companies over climate change Details
8Taiwan agrees preliminary LNG purchase deal with U.S. producer Details
8Argentina to free retail fuel prices in August Details
8China carbon emissions in retreat after 'structural break' in economy Details
8Corruption rampant in LPG cylinder supply in Akiveedu Details
8MRPL-HPCL merger among options: ONGC board gives in-principle approval to restructuring Details
8ONGC Videsh may decide on investment plans in Iran after India-US meet Details
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Numaligarh refinery is awaiting government sanction for a Rs 20,000 crore refinery.
8It has sought an excise duty concession, capital subsidy and big set of incentives from the state government to ensure project viability.
8Even though the company remains hopeful of a sanction, there are many, including this website, who are skeptical about investing in a subsidy-driven refinery in the North East of India.
8When last heard, a 6 MMTPA refining capacity was sought to be built with a stiff doze of capital subsidy and an excise duty relief running up to a whopping Rs 8400 crore a year! The figures have since been fine-tuned to make them more platable but yet they will be unacceptably high.
8When the refinery is expanded, most of the the extra capacity will only cater to demand originating outside of the North East. The industrial climate in the region is poor and it is unlikely that enough demand for petroleum products will be created there to keep a 9 MMTPA refinery going. There are three other refineries already operational in Assam and jostling for market share. Then again, what is the point of importing crude via a pipeline all the way from the East Coast, and then taking finished products back, perhaps for the same distance to the mainland through a pipeline that will run parallel to the one importing crude?
8The question that immediately comes to mind is why is the government entertaining such a preposterous demand. The only plausible answer is that the Modi led BJP government may see it as a sop to the industry-deficient and militancy ridden North East of India. This was exactly the logic on which the existing refinery was set up when Rajiv Gandhi signed the Assam Accord with the agitating All Assam Students Union in 1984.
8But a lot of a water has flown down the Brahmaputra since then. It is stagnating crude production from the Assam fields that has prompted BPCL, Numaligarh's mother company, to suggest a 1,350 km crude import pipeline all the way from Paradip to feed the refinery expansion. It is also a well established fact that a state-of-art refinery employs very few people and the Numaligarh refinery per say had little or no economic linkages with the rest of Assam's economy. More so, as no refinery related ancillaries have come up in Assam.
8Bangladesh and Myanmar are meant to be target markets for the Numaligarh refinery when its refinery capacity expands. The question is should a subsidised Indian refinery be selling petroleum products to a neighbouring country or to its own people?
8It is also a myth that Numaligarh can help sell Indian petroleum products in Myanmar. The route to Myanmar is long and torturous, and traverses difficult, militancy ridden terrain. A pipeline will be unviable given low offtake in areas bordering India and the fragile border roads will not be able to take the load of tankers ferrying MS and HSD from the plains of Assam to the Burmese border.
8Numaligarh refinery enjoys a 50% excise duty concession on its existing capacity and its GRM was an incongruous $31/bbl in 2017-18. Excluding the excise relief, the GRM came to $11/bbl.
In this context, there is absolutely no reason for grant of any kind of concession to the refinery.
8If anything, the BJP led local government should lobby with the centre that the concession that was meant to be granted to the refinery be pumped back as cash into the state to build schools and hospitals and spruce up its dilapidated infrastructure.
8It is however to be noted that all central governments become a little weak-kneed when it comes to dealing with the North East. Manmohan Singh, before he demitted office, forced GAIL to set up a subsidized petrochemical cracker unit in Dibrugarh, in the easternmost foothills of the Himalayas. The central government continues to foot its capital and fuel subsidy bills.
8The Numaligarh refinery proposal may still elicit a sanction from New Delhi but that will be for the wrong reasons.
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Find out more on the dynamics of global ethane demand and supply and their implications for RIL.
8In the gas vs. ethane debate, especially when both are imported into India, is the sunk cost of building an ethane delivery chain an advantage or a disadvantage for RIL?
8Gas is far more fungible than ethane, as its production will have to stay in sync with demand, particularly on account of the need for a captive evacuation system.
8On the other hand, the core economics of producing petrochemicals from ethane continues to remain attractive in relation to gas.
8The fact that Chinese companies are continuing to build capacities based on imported ethane is a vindication of RIL's strategy. But all this new capacity will continue to keep ethane prices high for the foreseeable future.
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If anyone were to invest in the Indian offshore solar business, it will have to be the oil & gas industry.
8There are lots of synergies here but the status of offshore power remains uncertain as of now and no one knows how the cost economics is going to work out eventually.
8But blueprints have built right up to the pre-FEED level for 150 to 500 MW demonstration projects
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The manoeuvring space for tanker owners is full of challenges these days. Rates are low, competition is tough, and constantly changing regulations must be accommodated.
8In today’s competitive environment, the choice of fuel is clearly an important factor.
8Find out how a big drop in building cost has caused a spate of orders for VLCCs.  Overall, low-prices have pushed the order book of crude and product tankers (over 10k dwt) to 627 ships.
8Even with the recent pullback in new-building prices, historically, they are still at competitive levels, particularly if they include the cost of extra equipment, such as scrubbers and ballast water treatment installations.
8The near future does not paint a rosy picture for oil tankers. The market will have to absorb a lot of new tonnage and it will.
8The market however will have to absorb a lot of new tonnage but that by itself will not be enough.
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8Project Name: CBM Block Development
8Project Cost: Rs 1350 crore
8Project Description: The Promoter is planning  Exploration and Production of a Coal Bed Methane (CBM). The promoter is proposing to drill 39 coreholes, 5 test wells (Phase-I) and 35 pilot wells (Phase-II). Coreholes will be drilled to know the geological formation of coal seams in the earth’s subsurface. All wells will be drilled up to the target depth of 2500m. Surface facilities such as Gas Gathering Station (GGS) and Main Compressor Station (MCS) will be set up for collection of CBM gas. Pipeline of varying diameters from 4 to18 inches will be laid down for gas transport from Wells to GGS and consequently to MCS. Promoter owned drilling rigs are going to be deployed for undertaking drilling activities. The equipment required for the project includes casing pipes, drilling pipes, drill bits, x-mass trees, blow out preventer, cementing services, mud engineering services, hydrofracturing services, CBM well completion and Artificial Lifting services. Further RFQs are expected shortly.
8Project Event: RFQ for the hiring of an EPC contractor for the construction of GGS, MCS and pipeline installation is expected by Q4:2018.
RFQ for the hiring of equipment and services is expected by Q1:2019.
8Expenditure Approval: Q1/2014
8RFQ Date: Q4/2018
8Release Date: Q4/2018
8Start Date: Jun/2020
8Completion Date: Dec/2023
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The Block is covered by 2-D seismic survey
83-D seismic survey currently going on
8Targeted depth will be 5000m
8Drilling rig will be needed on
8RFQ expected by Q4:2018
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