8The current cargo load at Sikka is made up of 10000 tonnes of methanol brought from Mesaieed
8There is also 15000 tonnes of paraxylene and some orthoxylene and benzene

8Around 9 lakh tonnes of assorted chemicals are being imported into India over the next couple of weeks
8Get the schedules and all accompalying details from us

8The full matrix of fertilizer import line-up at Indian ports is carried here

8Get the LNG daily cargo matrix here
87512236 cubic metres of LNG is coming to India

8India centric crude tonnage we are currently tracking is at 7.5 million tonnes

Ammonia supplies are tight and prices are sky high
8Indian buyers are in deep trouble and some of them have been forced to shut shop because of non-availability
8As much as 35% of Indian phosphate producers are in a spot because of lack of ammonia

8The time has come for ammonia-fuelled ships
8The technology is coming sooner than was anticipated earlier

COVID may have hit 2020 badly
8But one thing is clear, refinery-cum-petrochem complexes are doing better than pure refinery plays
8The future is in petrochem

8Japanese majors had shut petrochemical production after a big earthquake
8But the units are getting reopened slowly

IPA producers did roaring business during the lockdown
What is the status of the business now?
8What is the status ahead?
8Get the best analysis here

8Benzene prices are set to rise higher
8Find out why

Is the single-use plastic ban really working?
8Find out what the latest status report is, get a state-wise update on the laws which have been set in place
8Also know what the results have been

Deepak Fertilizers is all gung-ho after posting the best 9-month performance ever
8This is despite COVID
8Besides fertilizers, IPA and nitric acid delivered results
8Know more about what the company plans to do going ahead

8We bring you today's grade wise coverage of petrochemical prices

8Get India's most comprehensive daily coverage of chemical prices

The chemical import database is tracked for the following ports:
8Mundra, Kandla, Sikka, Pipavav, Dahej, Magdalla, Hazira, Mumbai, Digi, Karwar, New Mangalore, Cochin, Tuticorin, Chennai, Ennore.Kakinada, Vizag, Paradip, Haldia

IOC has two LNG cargoes lined up in the next few days
8One at Dahej
8The other at Ennore

8The Nayara LOIs have finally been handed out, it is learned

8Engineers India Ltd (EIL) today announced it has decided to bid for acquiring 61.65 per cent stake held by Bharat Petroleum Corp (BPCL) in Numaligarh refinery as part of a consortium with Oil India Ltd (OIL).

Private equity firm Brookfield has been in the limelight in the oil & gas industry because of its acquisition of the East-West Pipeline
8It held on to the pipeline for quite a while after spending a lot of money before it began ferrying gas from RIL's KG Basin discovery this year. This is the kind of staying power few would have
8Clearly this is a different class of investor and our hunch is that it is only beginning to get interested in the midstream segment of the industry
8Watch out for more action from this PE going ahead

8Megha Engineering & Infrastructures Ltd (MEIL) is now becoming a dogged competitor in the downstream segment
Find out why it may end up winning contracts

The Prime Minister has promised that GST will be promulgated on gas soon.
8Where is the immediate pressure to do so coming from?
8Also where is the opposition coming from?

8PLL's Sri Lanka terminal may be under a bit of cloud

SSP/NPK Greenfield Project     
8Cost - Rs 70 crore
8Project Event: Project activities affected due to COVID-19, Still, feasibility studies are ongoing, The company is planning to submit the proposal for the environmental clearance in March 2021 due to delay in the studies, RFQ for the a contractor is likely to be released in May 2021

DAP Greenfield Project  
8Cost - Rs 200 crore
8Project Event: The proposal for the term of references has been accepted and studies are still ongoing, proposal for the environmental clearance is likely to be submitted in March 2021. The company has applied for a loan, RFQ for the EPC contractor is likely to be released at the end of April 2021