8BPCL has pegged its investment portfolio at a massive 100,000 crore
8Of this Rs 30,000 crore will be in petrochemicals
8But the problem is, the company is to be privatized, and it will be the new owners who will decide the scale of investment
8But petrochemicals is a lucrative investment and every owner surely be willing to play along

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8PTA
8Polypropylene
8Recycled PET
8Propylene
8Oxo Alcohols
8Methanol
8MTBE
8Isomer-MX
8Toluene
8Naphtha
8Ethanol

Get to know of the expansion plans of:
8Actavia Pharmaceuticals
8Ubia Lifesciences
8Sunrise Industries
8Asha Resins
8Global Calcium

8Under the terms of the Merger Agreement, Kraton stockholders will receive $46.50 in cash for each share of Kraton common stock they own

8Apart from the future growth potential, which might be driving the stock price performance to a great extent, there is no doubt that the earnings delivery of Indian Specialty Chemicals companies has been far superior compared to any other sector indices
8But there could be risks ahead

8U.S. chemical production dips slightly
8Production Regional Index (U.S. CPRI) fell 0.3% in August following a 1.1% gain in July and a 3.4% gain in June, according to the American Chemistry Council

8Want to participate in the consultation process with the European Commission for revising CLP Regulation No 1272/2008?
8The objective of revising the Regulation on the classification, labelling and packaging of chemical substances and mixtures is to ensure safer use of chemicals and to simplify existing rules
8Based on the public consultation and the impact assessment, the Commission will come up with revised regulations

8Khaitan Chemicals is selling off a plant

8The website carries here our weekly outlook for BAM
8Find out how prices are going to behave ahead

8Find out our weekly analysis, price charts and projections on MEG price movements for the coming week

8The website carries here a weekly outlook on toluene prices
8Find out what our analysts are saying about how prices will behave ahead

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It is a four-well drilling programme in this DSF field by Oil India Ltd in Tripura
8RFQs are expected ahead

US imports of LNG into India
8Get all the data points here

8There is panic buying of fuel as Britain faces several crises: an international gas price surge that is forcing energy firms out of business, a related shortage of carbon dioxide that threatens to derail meat production, and a shortage of truck drivers that is playing havoc with retailers and leaving some shelves bare
8So the post-COVID world is turning out to be a little scary at this juncture

NPK-DAP Greenfield Project
8Cost - Rs 987 crore
8Project Event: The project has elicited environmental clearance in August 2018, RFQ for the LSTK contractor is likely to be released in Q2 FY 2022.
DAP/NPK /Phosphoric acid Greenfield Project (New)
8Cost - Rs 500 crore
8Project Event: The project is under the process of environmental clearance, RFQ for the LSTK contractor for the DAP/NPK plant is likely to be released in Q3 FY 2021-22.

Work is going on in GAIL's 16.5 mmscmd, 1755 km Mumabi-Nagpur-Jharsuguda natural gas pipeline. Project cost: Rs. 7845 crore
8Some consultants and contractors are in place, but many RFQs are still ahead
8Get the names of the various contractors and service providers associated with this project to know if sub contracts are going to be available going ahead
8Commissioning is in 2023

Why are gas prices so high?
8What are the underlying fundamentals
8How do look at the next year, in terms of Q-1 or Q-2?
8Will the uncertainty continue or will it all settle down

8What is the latest update on Swan LNG?
8How far has the project progressed?

8Even though H-Energy is stuck in Jaigarh, it is being goaded by timelines set by the PNGRB to start work on a the Kanai Chhata to Shrirampur stretch of the Indo-Bangladesh pipeline

8Privatisation-bound Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) plans to invest over Rs 1 lakh crore over the next five years in raising petrochemical production capacity, gas business, clean fuel and augmenting marketing infrastructure, its chairman Arun Kumar Singh said on Monday.

8Leading fertilizer company Paradeep Phosphates has received Sebi go-ahead to mop up funds through an initial public offering (IPO).

8Clean energy policies are not to blame for recent spikes in gas and electricity prices, and the soaring prices should not derail Europe's green transition, International Energy Agency executive director Fatih Birol said on Monday.

8Gujarat State Fertilizers & Chemicals (GSFC) jumped 4.61% to Rs 129.45 after the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) proposed anti-dumping duty for caprolactam.

8Yes Securities has buy call on Rashtriya Chemicals Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd. with a target price of Rs 100. The current market price of Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers is Rs 85.65.