8Refinery performance improvement programme (Phase-II) in India under the aegis of the Centre for High Technology has got the usual crop of paticipants
8No one else seems to be interested

There are lots of companies providing expertise on refinery digitization
8But here is a multi-refinery initiative that has drawn up its own gameplan

8Cairn seems to have drilled its first well in a major hydrocarbon-bearing region
8And it has turned out to be dry

8LanzaTech is in discussions for a feasibility report for ethanol production out of refinery offgases

8Current estimated catalyst market in India is around 8 TMTPA for Fixed Bed Hydroprocessing, 40 TMTPA for FCC Catalyst and Additives which is valued at about Rs. 2800 Crore per year
8By the year 2025 requirement is set to increase to 18-21 TMPTA for Fixed Bed, and 70 TMT for FCC catalyst per annum
8The industry is considering setting up a number of Ebullated Bed Resid Hydrocracking units, which will result in new demand of 10-15 TMTPA for EB catalyst
8A large number of global companies have lined up to produce catalysts in India
Find out more on who these companies are

8Consultants Solomon has got itself a long term deal to do refinery benchmarking up to the year 2028
Find out more

8Cochin Shipyard has turned in a better-than-expected performance
8The ship repair segment, which was lagging since Covid, has now kicked in strong revenue and margins adding thrust to Cochin’s overall performance

8Here is an EPC-cum-O&M for a LPG plant

8Please find included daily import intelligence as of today evening for chemicals
8Also find the latest COVID-19 updates on Indian ports

8Philips Black Carbon is importing a huge cargo of CBFS
8This cargo is being sourced from Houston

8Asian Paints is importing a mixed chemical cargo
8Find out what these chemicals are

8We have spotted several methanol cargoes lining up at different ports
8Find out who is importing them

8A cargo of ethyl alcohol is coming from Galveston
8Find out who is importing it

812000 tonnes of molasses is waitng at Kandla

8A cargo of heavy aromatics has just off-loaded
8It was brought in by Arham Petrochem

8A big cargo of DEA is coming in
Find out who is importing this cargo from Singapore

8A cargo of light paraffin is berthing at Mundra
8This cargo is coming from Sohar

Three cargoes are now expected at Shell's Hazira terminal.
8And two of them are from GAIL
8And one from Arcelor Mittal Nippon Steel Ltd

How many LNG cargoes came in from the US in the first quarter of 2021?
8Get the full update here

Daily fertilizer import data
8Get all the details here

The IEA has made it clear that a time has come for peak oil demand
8What does the IEA say and how does it eventually impact crude tanker demand?

Price changes in the Mumbai polymer market have been reported by our analysts.

Demand for PVC is gradually falling in the domestic market.

A major producer from Singapore, T.C.R PTE Ltd has offered its PS in Bangladesh.

ABS (HI121H) prices were assessed lower in the Ahmedabad market today.