8Here is a major public sector engineering company providing "Virtual Training- Design & Layout of Underground Piping System & Service Corridor Planning in Refinery & Petrochemicals"

8A chemical conference is coming up of all places in Bhubaneshwar

8Many have touted methanol as a future fuel for the shipping industry
8There are now many competing fuels
8How far will methanol go?

8Here is an interesting work on using yeast to create alternative petrochemical processes
8New advances in bio-technology is allowing for novel processes to break through

8Even as companies such as IOC and RIL look for investments from Saudi Arabia in the refinery and petrochemical segment, here is this giant Saudi company setting up a JV with an investment of $6.1 billion to build a mega petrochemical complex in China

8Digitizing chemical & petrochemical plants is the new trend
8Digitization 4.0 is on now
8And the deliverables are very impressive

8Do not ignore Central Asia
8There is big scope for chemical and petrochemical outreach there

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8Naphtha
8MTBE
8Toluene
8Isomer MX
8Ethanol
8Methanol
88Propylene
8PE
8MEG
8PTA
8And recycled plastics

8India is unlikely to be a great specialty super power anytime soon
8India’s exports have climbed a meagre 50% during the past decade, while a few countries like Vietnam been able to quadruple their exports in the same period through aggressive policies
8Clearly, there is a long way to go

8An anti-dumping duty is lifting the fortunes of this company sky high

8Get the latest June, 2021 data for chemical exports and imports
8And for April-June this year in relation to the same period in the previous year

8The DGFT is holding a Grievance Redressal Week

8A revision in PVC prices has been announced by RIL

8RIL has rolled over its PET prices.

8Get a complete roundup of petrochemical price movement today, across all products and all markets
8Find out which prices have changed

8Get a complete roundup of chemical price movement today, across all products and all markets
8Find out which prices have changed

50% of the 1650 km North Eastern Gas Grid capacity has been booked.
8That is a surprisingly optimistic figure
8Also the gas grid is very near full financial closure even as construction milestones are being met

Hydrogen is the new flavor of the season with the current government.
8India would be conducting competitive bids for green hydrogen in next 3-4 months to pave the road for viable usage of hydrogen as a fuel
8India is looking at bids for 4000 MW of electrolyzers capacity

Militancy had forced the LNG project in Mozambique, in which the Indian trio of BPCL, ONGC and OIL heavily invested, to halt work in April, 2021.
8The expected delay at that time was one year
8Now it has become one year to 18 months.
8Already both ONGC and OIL paid a premium to take over stakes in project. That money looks like is stuck for now, and with the original project completion deadline of 2024, additional delays will mean that it will be a long time before a return on investment can come through

Ammonia-Urea Brownfield Project
8Cost - Rs 6000 crore
KBR makes snail-like 2% progress in two months
Ammonia - Urea & Captive Power Plant Greenfield Project
8Cost - Rs 10000 crore
8Project Event: The project is on hold due to Covid. It s likely to be activated in Q3 FY 2021

8A new mobile and small scale LNG plant technology has come on stream

8Tanker scrapping goes up as prices reach record levels
8Get the latest update on gas consumption in India
8Get IOC sustainability report for the year
8A calendar has been drawn up for review of capex plans for public sector oil companies
8Here a global leader on methanol transshipment. Know more about what kind of future methanol has up ahead
8Get the full detailed matrix for laying an MDPE network along with the installation of GI/Cu in a CGD network
8Get the latest gas price charts which are relevant for India
8Roadshow by the petroleum ministry for the E&P sector

The Ministry of Cooperation was announced with much fanfare with Amit Shah as the minister-in-charge
8But after the initial photo ops, there was nothing much heard of what is next
There is no secretary yet for the new ministry but a candidate is on the verge of being selected.

8DAP prices elicited of late has shot through the roof
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8FACT is upbeat about the future
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