What is the outlook ahead for:
8Paraxylene
8Benzene
8Styrene
8PTA
8Propylene
8Ethylene
8Poiypropylene
8Methanol

Astec Life Sciences Limited: is involved in manufacturing and sale of intermediates, active ingredients and formulations, with a focus on the agro-chemicals sector.
8The company has four manufacturing plants in Mahad (Maharashtra) and one R&D centre in Dombivali (Maharashtra)
8Find out on more on what the company is up to

8Coromandel International Limited is on a roll
Find out what business outlook is going ahead

8Get full details on last week's import of fertilizers in India

As of today, only two of India's six active LNG terminals are actively unloading LNG vessels
8Dahej has a long line up of cargoes, while Shell's Hazira terminal has three cargoes lined up

ONGC seems to be changing its way of reaching out to its vendors.
8The format is dramatically different
8Instead of a staid old tender format, the company is fancifully calling them "roadshows", for high value items
8The roadshows also provide a standard "model contract"

Nayara has a large refinery
8And it has a gas consumption of gas
8And it is looking at a fully dedicated pipeline only from the gas fields of Cairn India, and so is its supplier

8L&T is doing some serious introspection going on about its downstream business
Find out why

Virtual pipeline owners and those planning to set up a LNG dispensation stations along highways or elsewhere are having a tough time.
8And they are now trying out new possibilities.
Find out why that is so.

Bangladesh shuts in an LNG sale
8But at a high price

Sulphuric Acid and Captive Power Unit Expansion Project
8Cost - Rs 300 crore
8Project Event: The project is still awaiting environmental clearance, the public hearing is likely to be completed in August 2021, RFQ for the PMC contractor is likely to be released in September 2021.
GSSP/GBSSP/GZSSP/GPG/BSP/BSG Expansion Project
8Cost - Rs 48 crore
8Project Event: The proposal for the term of references has been granted, the final EIA report preparation is still ongoing. proposal for environmental clearance is likely to be submitted in July 2021. RFQ for the EPC contractor is likely to be released in August 2021

There were few takers for the job of an MD for Brahmaputra Valley Fertilizer Corporation Ltd
8Is it because the head office is in Namrup, a remote town in Upper Assam?
8Eventually, one had to be selected
8This job is important as the company will soon undertake a Rs 6000 crore ammonia-urea expansion project, once a cross-country gas pipeline goes all the way to Namrup

8Are India's plans to become self-sufficient in Phosphatic Fertilisers realistic?
8By when will self-sufficiency be induced, if at all?
8What is the government's plan of action on this subject?

8The time has come to expand fertilizer manufacturing across Africa
8According to GlobalData, Nigeria is in the third position with countries, like Iran and India that will lead the global urea capacity growth by 2030

8Why the EU’s targeted sanctions on Belarus potash exports won’t work
8Know more

The Ahmedabad market recorded low VAM (imported repack) prices today.

On June 29, 2021, ethyl acetate prices fell in the imported market of Chennai.

A fall in dioctyl phthalate prices in the domestic market of Chennai was noticed on June 29, 2021.

Cyclohexane prices were assessed lower in the Ahmedabad market today.

On June 29, 2021, ethyl acetate prices moved down in the imported market of Ahmedabad.

VAM prices have increased in Delhi.

APM prices have bottomed out no doubt
8But this player believes it will rise by 50-60% in the next revision (i.e. starting Oct’21) on its current base of USD1.79/mmbtu

A cut in ethyl acetate prices has been noted in Kolkata today.

Naphtha prices have been registered to drift down in Japan and Europe owing to sluggish demand trends in the region.

The international crude oil price of Indian Basket was quoted at around $74.19 per barrel on June 29, 2021.