India’s LNG policy will be tested by price, not politics. Patna District City Gas Distribution Project. Cuttack District City Gas Distribution Project. Downstream contracting briefs: Awards. Downstream contracting briefs: Technical bids. Downstream contracting briefs: Part I. Downstream contracting briefs: Part II. Sole bidder for this boiler BOO package. Second extension granted for cooling-water pump bid for BPCL Polypropylene Project Kochi. NRL's project contracting updates. IOCL Barauni VRU EPCC-15 tender gets sixth extension: Why is Toyo struggling with it?. E&P contracting brief: Part II. E&P contracting brief: Part I. ONGC holds the line on relocation cap and timeline in Madanam GDU-DPH replies. Seismic SJS + SHD with tight MGS, narrow standby and season-bound clocks, in multi-sector 2D/3D campaign. Aframax mother-tanker with SBM–STS call-outs hardens Mumbai High evacuation with voyage-time discipline . Closed-loop control replaces manual well visits on offshore platform. Altitude-hardened bundled drilling with H?S systems frames ONGC’s next Puga geothermal push. National bio-diesel hunt: Rules have been tightened. Andhra refinery: Licensor search opens for Gasoline Treating Unit under EIL audit-heavy framework. Age of minimum load discipline: Find out how this will help gas based power. Today's update in E&P & Midstream-Downstream sector. Synergia energy (AIM: SYN) provides operational update on Cambay field work programme . Announcements. Daily forward looking import matrices. Why CGD always wins: Visibility wins subsidies, industrial consumption does not. India has potential to emerge as world’s green hydrogen hub: NITI CEO. E&P contracting brief: Part I. E&P contracting brief: Part II. 3000 HP rig hire: There are developments. GDU/DPD awards across three schedules in ONGC multi-asset gas treatment. Shivganga Drillers wins two-well air-hammer scope at Rs 62.32 crore ONGC Cuddapah Basin.. Downstream contracting briefs: Part I. Downstream contracting briefs: Part II. Downstream contracting briefs: Technical bids. Downstream contracting briefs: Awards. Yokogawa takes DCS augmentation under BPCL Bina BPREP. Petrochemical unit: Bid cancelled. Seven firms file technical bids for GAIL’s financial appraisal empanelment. Rhodium AcAc vendor pool: Make in India does not work.
India’s LNG policy will be tested by price, not politics
Dec 31: 8A flatter Asian curve means fewer excuses. 8If landed LNG stays under $10, domestic gas reforms will need to match it Click on Details for more
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Nov 05: 1) Tolani Projects wins IOCL Panipat–Rewari station conversion package 8A closely-contested IOCL pipeline station contract has gone to Tolani Projects after two addenda and a narrow 4 % price band. The award covers Panipat and Rewari stations under the Mundra–Panipat pipeline conversion project. Tight bidding and unchanged scope show market stability despite compressed execution cycles.
2) EIL awards Dahej PDH-PP Material Handling Works 8Bids for the limited-scope Dahej PDH-PP package converged within five percent, signaling high cost discipline under EIL’s zero-deviation policy. 8FInd out who the winner is
Nov 05: 1) Nine bidders enter technical race for NREP mechanical add-on 8NRL has pushed its mechanical add-on deadline by a week to accommodate field contractors under tight mobilisation. The Rs 49 lakh EMD tender for NREP’s fire-water and utility works drew nine entrants, marking a healthy response. Evaluation now moves to technical compliance before price bids open.
2) IOCL Gujarat Refinery opens technical bids for power-trading services; four Category-I traders compete under new open-access contract. 8IOCL’s first refinery-level power-exchange tender moves to evaluation stage with PTC, NTPC VVN, Tata Power Trading and Powerpulse in the fray. The scope covers day-ahead and real-time market bidding for the refinery and its OXO Alcohol unit. An unusual waiver of EMD and security deposit marks a trust-based procurement model.
3) Integrated PMC for dual siding in BPCL Bathinda 8BPCL has merged LPG and POL railway siding consultancy into a single GeM package. The design-to-commissioning scope demands unified engineering under Gati Shakti alignment. The PMC will navigate parallel statutory paths with Northern Railway and OISD oversight.
4) Pipeline construction for quality surveillance: Six bidders 8Find out why they are 8And for what pipeline it is
Nov 05: 1) Catalyst weigh scale tender: IOCL Panipat refinery opts for short-cycle procurement under EPCM-3 8IOCL’s Panipat refinery has floated a five-month supply tender for a flameproof catalyst weigh scale (22-LZ-3101) through thyssenkrupp Uhde India. The package follows a tight delivery logic without PBG or PQC filters and uses item-wise lowest evaluation.
2) BPCL launches GeM-based surveyor ARC for Mumbai and Kochi exports 8BPCL has opened a one-year ARC tender on GeM for certified surveyors to supervise fuel-export loading at Mumbai and Kochi. The contract enforces continuous attendance, tank fitness certification, and multi-level reporting. Rate discovery will occur port-wise under a floor-price-protected evaluation with no EMD or PBG.
3) HPCL Visakh Refinery tenders two-year O&M contract for VRCFP substations via GeM platform. 8HPCL has invited bids for round-the-clock operation and maintenance of its electrical substations at Visakh Refinery under a two-year GeM service contract. The scope merges field and remote assets, introducing attendance-linked reimbursements and defined overtime rates.
Nov 05: 1) Four bid extensions mark cautious progress in Petronet LNG’s rotary-lobe pump tender for Dahej PDH-PP project 8EIL’s pump package under Petronet LNG’s PDH-PP complex has now seen four date shifts, stretching the bid window to early November. Each extension signals continuing NDA-linked compliance and bidder-qualification reviews rather than scope revision. The drawn-out cycle reflects how confidentiality and competition are being balanced in India’s first PDH-PP downstream build.
2) Seven-day extension for NHGU steam-turbine generator package clears Diwali bottleneck 8All three turbine OEMs sought an extra week citing festival downtime and pending design clarifications. BPCL accepted, resetting the bid close to 11 November. The move signals a flexible procurement stance under tight technical windows.
3) Bid window extended twice for Mathura tank-engineering tender: IOCL seeks stronger field-ready participation 8IOCL has stretched its GeM tender for design adequacy and safety checks of Mathura Refinery’s storage tanks to 12 November. The fortnight’s extension follows high documentation and on-site validation requirements under OISD/API standards. Bidders now have limited breathing room to align tank-group audits and layout digitisation plans before reverse auction.
Nov 05: 8It is a 20-year BOO model 8Find out who got the deal Click on Details for moreDetails
Second extension granted for cooling-water pump bid for BPCL Polypropylene Project Kochi
Nov 05: 8Engineers India Ltd has pushed the LCWS pump bid deadline from 27 October to 11 November 2025, marking a two-step extension in its zero-deviation limited enquiry. The shift comes amid mandatory NDA clearances linked to the licensed PMcc revamp package. Vendors gain time for compliance, but the 7-month delivery clock remains unchanged. Click on Details for more
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NRL's project contracting updates
Nov 05: 1) Multiple extensions tighten vendor discipline in NRL Instrumentation PFCC/MS Block tender (Group A) 8NRL’s PFCC Instrumentation tender has slid from September to mid-November through six sequential extensions. Thyssenkrupp Uhde issued fresh TPI and BOQ clarifications while holiday-listing two vendors. The combined timeline stretch and vendor screening signal a go-slow toward risk-proof contracting under EPCM-1.
2) Successive six-step extension reshapes instrumentation tender in NRL NREP Group B 8NRL’s PFCC-MS Block instrumentation tender has seen six staggered extensions since September, pushing closure to 11 November 2025. While the schedule slipped, addenda also tightened man-day rules and pruned inspection agencies. The pattern reveals a shift from calendar urgency to quality control and bidder realignment.
3) NRL extends Instrumentation (Group A) bid to 11 Nov amid scope and inspection revisions in NREP EPCM-1 tender sequence tightens. 8Numaligarh Refinery has pushed its Instrumentation (Group A) bid deadline to 11 November after four successive extensions. Alongside, the approved inspection list was recast and man-day rules re-written to plug interpretive gaps. Bidders now face a clearer but narrower compliance corridor heading into the final submission window.
4) NRL extends Group B instrumentation tender to 11 Nov 2025 as inspection list tightens 8Numaligarh Refinery’s Group B instrumentation package for its 9 MMTPA expansion has seen four extensions and a revised inspection roster. The latest addendum drops TÜV Rheinland and Real Forge from approved lists while pushing the bid deadline to 11 November. Compliance stringency appears to be driving timelines more than vendor inertia.
5) Multiple bid extensions and inspection-list revisions mark NRL’s regeneration loop coalescer tender as NREP tightens QA filters 8Five extensions in two months and the removal of two firms from approval lists show NRL’s caution on vendor governance. The MSB-unit package now closes on 11 November 2025 after staged clarifications. Contractors face tighter inspection norms even as bid timeframes broaden.
IOCL Barauni VRU EPCC-15 tender gets sixth extension: Why is Toyo struggling with it?
Nov 05: 8There is too much to-and-fro going on 8This should stop Click on Details for more
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E&P contracting brief: Part II
Nov 05: 1) ONGC hard-codes currency segregation and PoA hygiene in clamp-on EPC 8The clamp-on EPC pack gets a currency rewrite: INR for India-sourced scope, FX only for true imports. 8A new power-of-attorney note closes a common bid-signing loophole. 8SIMOPS and scrap obligations stay firm, keeping execution risk on the marine-ready EPCs.
2) ONGC shifts empanelment deadline by 23 days, holds all terms in place 8The digital-transformation SI empanelment slides to 27 November 2025. 8ONGC keeps every other condition intact, favouring documentation quality over scope change. 8The contest now moves to who can land airtight QBS evidence without losing velocity.
3) SunPetro pushes Hazira fishing-tools bid to 10 November without loosening guardrails 8The Hazira fishing-tools RFQ gets a two-week breather. 8Bid bond stays, delivered pricing holds, and CIF rules for foreign bidders remain. 8The contest shifts to who can land a fully compliant, certificate-clean pack on time.
Nov 05: 1) Six-vendor, L1-matched civil roster to accelerate 327 drill-site readiness 8ONGC is recoding its Mehsana site-civil into a six-slot, L1-matched rate contract to keep rigs moving. 8The split quantum and turnover tie-break aim to police price while spreading capacity across 327 indicative sites. 8The catch is LD and TPI gating that shift schedule and quality risk squarely onto the contractors.
2) Single-rig 1400 HP charter with tight bid discipline for Mahanadi onshore 8OIL is ring-fencing a one-year, 1400 HP land-rig charter for Mahanadi with a hard pre-bid freeze and strict banning triggers. 8A Rs.1.30 crore EMD, 5% PS and e-BG acceptance shape a serious-bidders-only field. 8The real pivot is compliance: Land-border tests and beneficial-owner declarations that will decide who even gets to show up.
3) Apave TIV takes L1 for work-over rig TPI as ONGC Assam tightens API/NDT gates 8A limited, single-packet GeM buy for rig TPI has closed with Apave TIV at the bottom of a tight price band. 8The scope hard-codes API and NDT on zero-vintage packages before first-site release. 8The spread tells you how governance-heavy work-over checks are being priced in Assam.
4) Tight L1 band seals PSV service award as ONGC Tripura hard-codes PESO/API/NABL gates 8A PSV lifecycle contract in Tripura has closed on a narrow price band at the top and a steep drop-off below. 8The scope pushes PESO-recognised certification, NABL-traceable test benches and API/ASME conformance into annual cycles across six rigs. 8The delivery trick is mobilizing fast and finishing every cycle in six months without mob/demob support.
ONGC holds the line on relocation cap and timeline in Madanam GDU-DPH replies
Nov 05: 8The pre-bid query replies keep relocation at 60 days and the cap at 1.5% of contract value. 8ONGC also declines balance fixed-charge payouts on early closure while tightening deliverables to PNGRB-aligned temperatures. 8The risk now shifts to how bidders price schedule certainty and liquidity lock-ups. Click on Details for moreDetails
Seismic SJS + SHD with tight MGS, narrow standby and season-bound clocks, in multi-sector 2D/3D campaign
Nov 05: 8ONGC has split a multi-basin seismic push into six GeM schedules with RA and sector-specific clocks. 8MGS rules, active-channel payments and narrow standby windows price daily productivity into cashflow. 8The real test is whether node mandates and PPE-gated governance can hold cadence through tough terrain and short seasons. Click on Details for moreDetails
Aframax mother-tanker with SBM–STS call-outs hardens Mumbai High evacuation with voyage-time discipline
Nov 05: 8ONGC is recoding its SBM–STS hire around a single Aframax mother tanker on call-out, with DPR-driven replacements to protect uptime. 8A 12-knot voyage baseline and on-board mooring upkeep shift schedule and reliability risk onto the hull. 8The quiet variable is RoFR-steered competition under DG Shipping norms—and how bidders price weather and time over-runs. Click on Details for moreDetails
Closed-loop control replaces manual well visits on offshore platform
Nov 05: 8Three sentences: The EOI codifies real-time monitoring and autonomous valve actuation to optimize gas-lift continuously. 8Operator trips and manual tweaks give way to algorithmic control with SCADA oversight. 8That compresses the detection-to-action loop at the platform. Click on Details for moreDetails
Altitude-hardened bundled drilling with H?S systems frames ONGC’s next Puga geothermal push
Nov 05: 8OEC’s geothermal EoI pulls drilling, mud cooling, ETP, and H?S cascade into one bundle built for Ladakh’s altitude. 8The de-rated 50 MT rig and explicit logistics bands indicate a sterner filter born of field experience. 8The twist is an opening for oversize rigs—if bidders can credibly promise mobilisation at height. Click on Details for moreDetails
National bio-diesel hunt: Rules have been tightened
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Andhra refinery: Licensor search opens for Gasoline Treating Unit under EIL audit-heavy framework
Nov 05: 8BPCL has invited proven FCC gasoline-hydrotreating licensors for its 700 KTPA GTU at the upcoming Ramayapatnam refinery. 8The document marks EIL’s new three-tier qualification and direct verification regime. 8How these clauses reshape licensor participation will define the early technology spine of India’s newest refinery-petchem hub. 8Find out what kind of licensors will qualify given EIL’s multi-layered filters Click on Details for more
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Age of minimum load discipline: Find out how this will help gas based power
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The power sector has ushered in an age of minimum load discipline 8Not peak load. Not annual MU. The new grid discipline is how low your coal plant can go without falling apart 8And this is going to help gas-based power projects 8We tell you how Click on Details for more
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Today's update in E&P & Midstream-Downstream sector
Nov 05: 8Here's what's happening today in the E&P and midstream-downstreamsection Click on Reports for more DetailsDetails
Synergia energy (AIM: SYN) provides operational update on Cambay field work programme
Nov 05: For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders: 8Three year rate contract for hydrotesting of self-contained breathing apparatus cylinders Details 8Tender for experience record proforma for wet gas compressor Details 8Annual rate contract for muck/oil recovery by super sucker from various locations in PRPC complex Details 8Procurement of consumables for DYIP block Details 8Procurement of M/s BEA Technologies SPA make filter elements for feed filter 107-G-001 Details 8Procurement of M/s Anderson Greenwood Crosby Sanmar Limited make PSV Details 8Procurement of M/s Burckhardt Compression India Pvt. Ltd. make compressor spares Details 8Procurement of M/s Positive Metering Pumps (I) Pvt. Ltd. make pump spares Details 8Procurement of M/s Patels Airflow Limited make soot blower seal air fan Details 8Supply and installation of chemical media, pre/fine filters, and refurbishment of fresh/return air system Details 8Procurement of spares for M/s Kirloskar Pneumatic Company Limited make reciprocating compressor Details 8Tender for operations & maintenance contract for OMC CUF oil Details 8Tender for procurement of studs Details 8Rate contract for transportation of CNG through light commercial vehicle / medium commercial vehicle Details 8Comprehensive corrosion control program for DL & D II overhaul system Details 8Tender for hot repair and painting of LPG cylinders Details 8Tender for procurement of ammonium polysulphide Details 8Supply, installation, and commissioning of online wireless temperature monitoring system in critical UPS and VFD Details 8Tender for expert supervisory services from OEM M/s AERZEN for overhauling & troubleshooting of blowers in LAB plant Details 8Supply of corded and cordless telephone instruments Details 8Procurement of motor siren control panel for 4 nos. of city gate stations Details 8Contract for reconditioning of suction & discharge valves of two-stage recycle gas compressor in PP unit & offsite Details 8Tender for support services for sludge removal and cleaning jobs Details 8Supply of safety caps for self-closing valves of LPG cylinders Details 8Supply and in-situ application of hot insulation (spray) for 121-TG-1 turbine Details 8Procurement of lapping plates for refurbishment of seal faces Details 8Procurement of licenses and support for multichannel marketing platform implementation and operations Details 8Tender for procurement of tamper evident seals Details 8Annual rate contract for Thermax-make VAM units installed in SS-35 and BS-VI control room Details 8Supply of inline pressure control valve (PCV) for aviation refuellers Details 8Tender for procurement of hydraulic lifting tools Details 8Procurement of spring-post safety road bollards Details 8Supply of KSB MIL-make control valve spares for new units Details 8Supply of GE-make VMS system spares for new and existing units Details 8Hiring of one 32+ D-seater and one 44+ D-seater staff bus with drivers and helpers Details 8Design, manufacture, supply, installation, testing, and commissioning of 80 MT electronic weighbridge Details 8Tender for supply of solid state decoupler Details 8Tender for procurement of earthing rod Details 8Procurement of air heater VFD panel spares Details 8Tender for hiring of creative agency Details 8Tender for integration of borewells for auto replenishment of fire water Details 8Tender for engagement of custom house agent for clearance of bulk LPG vessels Details 8Procurement of 150 nos. type III/IV CNG/CBG mobile cascades Details 8Tender for procurement of 520 MT non-ferric alum Details 8Procurement of 3-inch on-off valve for new pipeline from side reboiler inlet to DM reflux drum in C2C3 recovery plant Details 8Tender for procurement of digital multimeter (Q3) Details 8Tender for charter hire of one 1400 HP (minimum) drilling rig package for drilling, completion, testing, and abandonment of exploratory wells Details 8Supply of 500-ton splicing machine for wire rope including cutter Details 8Hiring a onetime service for obtaining borewell NOC from ground water board, Kolkata against repeater station-11 (corrigendum no-1) Details 8Tender for construction of CC/RCC foundation, construction of approach road, plinth, hard standing area to suit CH-14 Jaybee (E-2000) rig outfit (corrigendum-1) Details 8Tender for drilling service providers for providing bundled services including deployment of rig/s capable of drilling 1,000 m deep geothermal wells in Puga and nearby areas Details 8Hiring of services for supply, installation, commissioning of autonomous gas lift system Details 8Tender for auction for sale of company-owned flats Details 8Tender for Eagle Burgmann make seal spares Details 8Hiring of services for overhauling of 13 nos. of transformers Details 8Hiring of Aframax size tanker for storage and transportation of crude oil along with STS operation on call out basis for a period of 2 years Details 8Rate contract for civil works for deployment of drilling rigs Details 8Rate contract for construction of foundation of drill sites and approach roads Details 8Design, engineering, supply, erection, testing, and commissioning of DCS-based control system and associated works on EPC mode for the project Details 8Contract for concreting below pipe rack from LLDPE-2 BL to PC-2 flare area Details 8Tender for membrane bio-reactor (MBR) based sewage treatment plant Details 8Tender for dam break analysis for red mud dam and return water dam Details 8Supply of know-how/license, basic engineering design package (BEDP), proprietary catalyst, proprietary items, and related services for gasoline treating unit Details 8Supply of distribution transformers for BPCL Bina Petrochemical and Refinery Expansion Project Details You can also click on Tenders for more For reference purposes the website carries here the following Newsclips (These are public domain newsclips and the website is not responsible for their content): 8Petronet LNG hosts first finance & IT meet Details 8Pakistan's LNG cargo cancellation: a strategic move towards energy optimization Details 8Petronet LNG hosts first finance & IT meet Details 8Coal ‘scam’ case: court lets off two ex-officials Details 8Adani power deal under scanner as Bangladesh interim govt flags ‘massive corruption’ Details 8India holds world’s third-largest clean industry pipeline; only six projects reach investment stage Details 8India may cancel green power projects struggling to find clients Details 8YPF, Eni sign agreement with ADNOC's XRG to develop Argentina LNG project Details 8UAE: Sharjah discovers fifth onshore gas field at Al Hadiba Details 8Turkish fuel supplier raises diesel prices, citing Russia sanctions, document shows Details 8India’s carbon black capacity to rise 25–30% by FY27; export demand, specialty products to drive growth Details 8Oil slips on stronger dollar, oversupply fears Details 8Fuel exports plunge 21% in October due to domestic demand and refinery issues Details 8Saudi Aramco's third-quarter profit slips on lower crude prices Details 8Pakistan revives offshore exploration with 23 oil block awards Details 8Oil demand to rise through 2032 as energy transition stalls Details 8Asia LNG imports slip on weak China, but Europe gain compensates Details 8GAIL eyes 134 MMSCMD volumes by FY27, plans to bolster LNG infra through terminal tie-ups & Dhabol expansion Details 8Asia’s LNG imports slump as China and India pull back Details 8Delhi: over 20,000 challans issued for polluting vehicles under GRAP-2 Details 8India refuses to say goodbye to petrol — nostalgic 1998 car makes an unexpected modern comeback Details 8Reasons behind drop in pollution levels Details 8MSRTC to open fuel stations, EV charging points, and retail stores to boost revenue Details 8Towards clean mobility: transition to greener, smarter road transportation Details 8Biogas: India’s untapped energy goldmine Details 8Synergia energy (AIM: SYN) provides operational update on Cambay field work programme Details 8More LPG carriers are spoofing loadings in Russia. It’s not entirely clear why Details 8AD Ports Group signs landmark agreements with Nimex Terminals to establish LNG and LPG terminal hubs at Khalifa Port in a deal valued at over AED 30 billion Details 814 injured in cylinder explosion in Jodhpur village Details 8Petrol and diesel prices remain steady on November 5 for 11th month straight Details 8Shipping corporation of India appoints R. Lakshmanan as government nominee director Details 8Daily news wrap-up: Indian Oil floats 1 MW solar EPC tender Details 8India’s crude oil imports from US in October hit highest level since 2021 amid steady Russian purchases Details 8US crude oil flows back into India after four-year hiatus Details 8Trade tension, differences over oil imports — but Donald Trump keeps dialing PM Modi: White House says trade team in 'serious discussions' Details 8India’s Russian oil imports plunge to 1.19 mn barrels per day Details 8Oil and gas hunt stepped up in 7 sedimentary basins across India: Hardeep Puri Details 8QatarEnergy signs 17-year LNG supply agreement with India’s GSPC Details You can also click on Newsclips for more