Our LNG data continues to show that only two of India's six LNG terminals have cargoes unloading
8Here again, at Dahej, for example, two cargoes, one for PLL and the other for Arcelor Mittal Nippon Steel, are unloading in twin berths, with the shipments coming in from Ras Laffan and Lake Charles
8Interestingly, as prices stay high, one 145000 cubic meter cargo coming in from Bonny was canceled

Crude, LNG, natural gas, and ethane are the four main feedstocks for RIL's mega refineries
8Of the four types, one ethane cargo is coming in from Houston, with 46,000 tonnes of ethane, and landing at Dahej on the 8th of this month

8A small cargo of crude glycol is expected at Pipavav
8Find out the quantity

8Reliance is shipping in a cargo of cyclohexane
8It will unload at Hazira

8An EDC cargo is currently berthing at Hazira 
8It is a big cargo of around 15000 tonnes

8A caustic soda shipment is coming from Kashima
8It is being imported by NALCO

8Himadri Speciality is importing a CBFS cargo
8The landing port is Haldia

8A mixed chemical cargo is coming from Thailand
8Find out who the importer is

8Indorama's phosphoric acid cargo s expected today
8Around 9000 tonnes is the cargo weight

The Haldia Petrochemicals Ltd's petrochemical venture at Cuddalore has many imponderables
8But contractors are willing to play along for now
8Why is that so?

Crown LNG has an ambitious 7.2 MMTPA LNG unit coming up at Kakinada offshore
8But the company is not putting the cart before the horse yet
8And setting up a terminal may not be all the simple, after all, though the engineering concept for an east coast terminal is strong
8What is the biggest problem that can delay the project?

8GAIL (India) Ltd will invest about Rs 5,000 crore to build a portfolio of at least 1 gigawatts of renewable energy and set up compressed biogas as well as ethanol plants as it steps up efforts to expand the business beyond natural gas.

GAIL's search for an E&P PMC for one its oil blocks has come to an end
8Expect new business development RFQs ahead

We had said earlier that ISGEC as a company is a doughty fighter as was evident from how it was able to come out L-1 from out of a long list of bidders for the SRU unit in Barauni
8But ISGEC can also be on very thin ground
Find out more

On July 2, 2021 Naphtha prices were registered to move up in Japan and Europe on account of positive buying trends in the respective countries.

The international crude oil price of Indian Basket was quoted at around $74.75 per barrel on July 2, 2021.

Here is a small private sector E&P company looking for a workover rig
8Signs are there that smaller E&P players are rising up from deep slumber as oil prices begin to look up

VAM prices have been revised at Hazira.

Acetonitrile prices have soared in the Mumbai market.

A fall in acetic acid prices in the domestic market of Mumbai was noticed on July 2, 2021.

New ethyl acetate prices have been announced at Ex-Ashok.

The following business development opportunities are likely to come up ahead
8GSPC's development of 8 wells in Kheda and Anand
8Five onshore PML blocks by ONGC in the North East
8Meanwhile, integrated PX-PTA project in Paradip refinery is going through final environmental clearance

In some low cost renewable energy regions, hydrogen electrolysers may already be competitive
8This analysis demonstrates two important points. First, that competitive renewable hydrogen in specific markets could be available even before significant cost reductions and performance improvements in electrolysers have materialised. Secondly, low-cost hydrogen from solar and wind may initially rely on areas with excellent solar and wind resources, given the need to achieve high load hours to amortise the costs of relatively expensive electrolysers.

On July 2, 2021, Petrochem sources confirmed that aniline prices have slipped in the Kandla port.

8Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilisers has virtually inaugurated the PSA Oxygen plant set up at Uttar Pradesh