8Lummus Technology has has been awarded a technology contract for a grassroots diphenyl carbonate (DPC) plant

8Kaypear Consulting LLP is organizing its fifth seminar on process safety in a chemical plant

8Capacity expansions are coming up in the chemical sector for:
8Synthetic/Natural Organic Aromatic Plant
8Technical pesticides and its intermediates
8Waste water discharge of 447 KLD and disposal of 29 KLD of HTDS effluent
8Another expansion involving technical pesticides

8Kick off meetings have begun for CPCL's Nagapattinam refinery
8CPCL awarded contracts amounting to Rs. 1,538 Crore to Project Management Consultants 8M/s. Engineers India Limited (EIL), McDermott and Tata Consulting Engineers (TCE)

8BASF is showcasing a number of sustainable plastics solutions from October 12-16
8Read more if you are interested

India imports a wide variety of chemicals
8From paraxylene to acetic acid to benzene to butadiene to methanol to sulphuric acid to hexane to base oil to caustic soda to styrene monomer to ethanol
8And as of today evening we are tracking 1.04 million MT of chemical imports

8Get an update of all of dry and bulk vessels arriving into India
8A comprehensive port wise data is carried here

8Here is a daily update on tankers that are bringing in assorted chemicals into India
8From caustic soda to acetic acid to naphtha and more, get all the data here
8Data is available on nearly a 100 shipments

8A total of 7.03 million tonnes of crude imports are getting tracked
8RIL has lined up roughly 2.5 MMTPA of crude imports into India in the coming days

8As of today, Dahej terminal has four cargoes of Petronet and one each of IOCL and GAIL coming up ahead
8Find here daily looking-ahead data on LNG imports

8Among IFFCO’s imports are: Urea, sulphur and rock sulphate 
8We are tracking 1.15k tonnes of fertilizer imports

This is Rs 1500 crore multi-product pipeline is the initial pre-EPC tender stage
8An EPCM is getting finalized
8So expect a lot of action ahead

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

The Candian giant Brookfield, which took over Mukesh Ambani's East West Pipeline is now eying the renewable space.
8The website outlines here the size of this effort
8Find out how high returns are generated out of funds invested

The Cambay oil & gas is expected to  see more action going ahead
8Exploratory and workover programs are on way
8As also possible farm-ins

A group of the world's most well-known energy scientists has come out openly against hydrogen as a solution to all our future energy needs
8Blue hydrogen is ruled out as a solution
8And even green hydrogen should not be used for transportation or in heating or cooling of homes
There is a new counter-cycle movement in the offing overuse of hydrogen

The Indian shipping industry is subject to the vagaries of the market
8Shipping rates can be dizzyingly high one quarter and abysmally low in another
8Here is a company that made profits of more than Rs 450 crore in one quarter and only Rs 9 crore in another
8Playing this game needs grit and steadfast focus

8Two North East exploration blocks are positioned for environment clearance

When is the Dhamra LNG terminal build by Gautam Adani-Total be completed?
8COVID meant a setback, but work is going on to complete the terminal within a specified time

8There is still a lot of confusion over who will be the next PNGRB chairman
8There is no certainty yet on a name, it seems, and three candidates, including an ExxonMobil executive, is in the race

PLL had 50% of its demand sourced from spot LNG.
8That demand has simply disappeared
8Get a comprehensive analysis of what really is going on 

Ammonia and Captive Power Unit Greenfield Project
8Cost - Rs 1920 crore
8Project Event: The project has been elicited the terms of references, The final EIA report preparation is still on, and it is likely to be completed in October 2021. The proposal for the environmental clearance is likely to be submitted at the end of October 2021. RFO for the EPC contractor is likely to be released in November 2021
SSP Greenfield Project
8Cost - Rs 10 crore
8Project Event: The company has hired all the contractors, equipment purchase work is still ongoing. Construction is likely to be started in October 2021.

Shortage and higher prices are forcing a crisis
8And gas prices are to blame

8The Fertilizer Association of India will organize an annual seminar in December 2021.
8The key agenda of this seminar will be the following:
-Challenges of Indian Fertilizer Sector
-Meeting Challenges in Agriculture
-Sustainable Fertilizer Production
-Strategies for Fertilizer Marketing

8A DAP requirement has come up