8As the world recovers from a global pandemic, leaders face an unprecedented challenge: to identify what works for a new and evolving today and what will be required to thrive tomorrow

8Stricken by lockdowns, India has been importing less of petrochemicals
8South Korea’s imports of PVC to India is the lowest in May

Performance Chemiserve Limited, a subsidiary of Deepak Fertilizers, is setting up an ammonia manufacturing facility of 1,500 MTPD (~500,000 MTPA) at Taloja, Maharashtra, close to the existing facilities of DFPCL.
8The project cost is estimated at about Rs. 4,350 crore which would be funded in debtto equity 61:39
8The project is expected to be commissioned by Q1 FY 2024
8Find out more about what is up on this front

8The fertilizer segment has done well ever since COVID broke out
8Deepak Fertilizers gets ratings upgrade

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8Bloom Seal Containers manufactures conventional as well as double-barrier HDPE containers which finds its application in storage of hazardous and non-hazardous chemicals
8During FY2020, the company shifted its manufacturing facility to Panoli (Ankleshwar, Gujarat) from Vapi, Gujarat
The rationale was to attain proximity to end-consumers and suppliers. At present, the company has annual production capacity of 5,000 MTPA.
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Torrent Power has brought in a cargo of LNG all the way from Sabine Pass for its power plants
8Torrent is one of the few power companies running their gas-based power plants on LNG
8The fact that they have their own captive distribution set up helps in the offtake of power, which otherwise would not pass muster under India's merit order power offtake rules
8Find out more on this cargo, coming in now at Dahej LNG terminal

8With lockdowns getting relaxed, around 1 MMT of chemicals is lined up for Indian ports
8Get the latest import data as of today evening

8A whopping 8.61 MMT of crude is getting lined up
8Find out who is bring in what

8Denatured alcohol is getting imported
8The 20000 tonne cargo is being brought in by Various

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

8A shipment of methylene chloride is coming in
8The shipment will unload at Vizag

8Haldia port will see an assorted range of chemicals coming in over the next one week
8And these will include: butadiene, CBFS, LAB, benzene among others

8FACT is importing a cargo of phosphoric acid
8Around 8000 tonne is the cargo weight

8A shipment of epichlorohydrin is coming from Ma Ta Phut
8The date of arrival is June 19

8A cargo of styrene monmer is jointly brought in by two companies
8The cargo is coming from Singapore

8A methanol cargo is being shipped in
8SABIC is shipping it in

8Two ethyl alcohol cargoes are expected at Pipavav
8One cargo is of 5000 tonnes and the other 7000 tonnes

8A huge 42000 tonnes CBFS cargo is berthing at Sikka
8Find out who is bringing it in

8A detailed coverage of petrochemical prices are carried here
8Here is our multi-grade, multi-city price list for petrochemicals

8A wrap-up of all chemical prices
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8Two recent McDermott downstream projects in India will involve multi-country teams working on them
8The projects will be executed by the McDermott team in Gurgaon, India, with some support from Perth, Australia and Brno in the Czech Republic

In Mozambique, insurgents had attacked the strategic port of Mocímboa da Praia killed over 50 soldiers, sank a Mozambique Naval Ship with a rocket-propelled grenade, and, eventually took physical control of the port
8The government had since employed private military contractors to handle the insurgents
8How bad is the situation in Mozambique, where the Indian trio of ONGC, OIL and BPCL are heavily invested in an LNG project?

8Attempt to limit NRL's expansion contracts to traditional bidder fails.
8Field left wide open to all

8E&P work is anathema in South India
8In this particular state, passions are getting inflamed again