8Sumitomo Chemical India Limited (SCIL) is on firm footing to tap contract manufacturing opportunities from its parent
8SCIL has taken first step in this direction for supply of five proprietary molecules to its parent with one molecule expected to be commercialized by Q2FY22 and remaining four by FY2022-end

8New manufacturing facility of SSP/GSSP and Zincated/Boronated Fortified SSP/GSSP fertilizers is coming up
8Clearly there is money to be made in fertilizers

8Chinese cosmetic chemicals have their own regulations
8Anyone in the business must understand the intricacies well

There are some newsworthy developments in
8Zuari Global
8Deepak Fertilisers and Petrochemcials
8Ishan Dyes & Chemicals
8Continental Petroleums
8CIL Nova Petrochemicals
8Advance Petrochemicals
8Omkar Speciality Chemicals

8The recycled economy is here
8And many companies globally are finding innovative ways of using recycled plastics
8Here is a sample of what companies are doing

8Here is a review of current methods of plastic waste management
8And what kind of future prospects are available

Among the main shippers for crude cargoes of RIL are:
8Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation
8Glencore Energy
8Vitol Inc
8Saudi Arabian Chevron Inc
8Chevron
8Somo
8Adnoc/Total SA/Dubai Petroleum
8Tengizchevroil

As per the latest data, only two of India's six LNG terminals continue to be active.
8Since most Arcelor Mittal Nippon Steel India cargoes go through Shell's Hazira terminal, it is assumed that the two have an exclusive unloading agreement
8But that we found out is not the case, as the steel company also brings in cargoes at PLL's Dahej terminal

8Methanol is geeting imported
8The 13000 tonne cargo is coming from Sitra

8A shipment of chemicals has come in
8Brought in by Various

818000 tonnes of sulphuric acid is getting imported
8Find out who the importer is

8We have spotted two caustic soda cargoes at Vizag
8Find out more on these cargoes

8Assorted companies are importing a methylene chloride cargo
8Find out who these companies are

8An MEG shipment is coming in
8It will unload at Hazira

8Acetic acid is coming from Singapore
8The 7000 tonne cargo is expected on July 15

8Arky Organics unloads a cargo of crude glycol
8Port Qasim was the discharge port

8Two butadiene cargoes shipped in by OPaL has just off-loaded
8The landing port was Pipavav

8A molasses shipment is spotted at Kandla
8Find out the cargo weight

8A small LAB cargo is berthing at Mundra
8The cargo is brought in by Laxmi Agro

8The website carries a detailed coverage of petrochemical prices
8Get our multi-grade, multi-city price list for petrochemicals as of today

8A wrap-up of all chemical prices
8Get it all here for the day

860 new plants are coming up in this gas cluster
8And this can push gas volumes up significantly
8And because of a mix of lower-priced domestic gas and spot LNG, the price to consumers has been kept below competing fuels

Ethanol blending with petrol is currently well below the 20% mark set by the petroleum ministry
8What is the roadmap ahead, and what is the ethanol industry looking for

ONGC is slated to buy around Rs 800 crore of pipes going ahead
8The purchases are for casing pipes, line pipes, tubings and drill pipes
8Chemical purchases will total up to around Rs 100 crore
8Get the full break-up here

ONGC plans to spend around Rs 6400 crore on the following items:
8ONGC is planning to hire as many as 10 helicopters
8And 4 MSVs for five years
82 additional OSVs for three years
8One 150 tonne AHTS for three years
8As also acquire seismics in Jorhat
Find out more on what kind of internal price tags have been attributed by the company for each of these items