8The crude oil vessel lineup has reached 0.67 million tonnes
8RIL's crude import slate shows a lot of diversity

8A coal to PVC plant
8Looks the Adanis are serious about it though pruned from the earlier Rs 1 lakh crore coal to petrochemical plans
8And after its deal with the BASF for a big Rs. 30,000 crore investment fell through

Oil India Ltd wanted the Assam State Electricity Board to do a bio-diversity study on the blow-up
8But an international body has stepped in via the central government

An SOP has been put in place to transform LNG tankers into oxygen tankers
8But the steps are fraught with risks. Care will be needed when done

8Monthly POL consumption saw a massive jump in March
8But the balloon will stand deflated in the subsequent months on account of COVID-related consequences

RIL-BP's 30 mmscmd of gas, plus ONGC's 14 to 15 MMSCM of gas plus Cairn India's up to 4.5 mmscmd of gas, all of it together will cause a step-function change
8And the demand side stays some what fuzzy
8There are around three large projects where the total demand can go up to 10 mmsmcd. But start-up date is now put off, and may now be well into to 2022 becasue of big mess ups in construction and contracted, not helped by two rounds of COVID, when more gas will come in from indigenous sources
8There are huge upsides from ONGC's West Coast fields, like the Daman upside project, all held up by the government for now because of low prevailing prices. But that cannot be held up for too long as gas is lying there waiting to be tapped
8The gas pricing regime needs a complete overhaul or else there will more issues ahead
8We have an estimate of how much incremental domestic gas will be available year wise in India and it is a large quantity

8Work is on from an LNG terminal to build an 18 mmscmd pipeline

Top government brain says green hydrogen will save $180 billion of imports
8Is it all hype or there are some data-based facts to it
Find out for yourself

It is back like the last time around.
8Spot cargo demand has all but disappeared for India
8And spot prices are falling.
8But do not depend upon them to keep falling

This is one multinational hanging into its niche market in the production of Below Zero Carbon Intensity renewable natural gas and renewable fuels
8It does it for airplanes, trucks, cars, and electric vehicles
8In the process learning more and hanging in to pick up the fruits of their hard work

Is it possible to make carbon-free steel?
8It has been estimated that 100 Mt of 'green steel' would require approximately 37-65 GW of electrolyzer capacity, producing approximately 6.6 Mt of hydrogen per year
How achievable is that?

8Cairn wants to use drones for its E&P and pipeline operations
8But getting permissions is easier said than done

8Gas is currently flared in ONGC acquired deepwater field KG-DDU field
8Safety for some reasons is foremost on everyone's mind

Hardy Oil &Gas has had a pretty bad track record
8All returns are negative over the last five years, turning worse over the COVID-infested 2020

Plastic recycling has become a serious business.
8About 95 percent of the value of plastic packaging material, or $80 to $120 billion annually, is lost to the global economy when it is not recycled after its first use. This is particularly true for low and medium-income countries.
This indicates there is a significant economic opportunity for recyclers in a country such as India, even if only a fraction of this value is captured. Viewing discarded plastic as an opportunity for value creation is also an important step in India's transition towards more circular economy models of material and resource use.
8And the scope and the challenge are enormous
8There are huge digital dividends to be reaped

The USD 20 billion liquefied natural gas project in Mozambique, where Indian firms hold a 30 per cent stake, has been suspended indefinitely after an escalation of violence in the area, according to a regulatory filing.

8Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilisers, chaired a meeting with fertilizers companies of Public Sector, Private Sector as well as Co-Operative sector to explore possibility of production of oxygen in their plants

8Beyond this there is more requirement coming in for DAP
Find out

8The phosphate industry is going through a year of tremendous pressure
8When is the situation going to turn around?

8Chinese shipments are indeed coming into India
8Find out what the shipments lined up ex-chain for the month of May

8Two big companies have successfully completed an ammonia unit revamp project
8The capacity of the project is estimated to be around 2500 TPD

8One Sulphuric acid shipment is coming up on 30 April 2021
8One DAP shipment is coming up on 2 May 2021

Single/Triple Super Phosphate Greenfield Project
8Cost - Rs 30 crore
Ammonia-Urea Energy Saving Project
8Cost - Rs 10 crore

Acetic acid and ethyl acetate prices have been revised by GNFC Group.

POM imported prices have drifted down in the Ahmedabad market.