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Daily forward looking import matrices.  ONGC invests in two JV companies in partnership with Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd, Japan.  Seraikela-Kharsawan District City Gas Distribution Project.  Dewas District City Gas Distribution Project.  Announcements.  ONGC's Pipeline Replacement Project under stress: Has work been snatched from existing contractor?.  PNGRB has little or no idea most of the time-I: It is always a shot-in the dark for participants in pipeline bids.  PNGRB has little or no idea most of the time-II: Tenders cancelled.  Proposed phosphatic fertilizer project: Update.  EIL is getting more competitive everyday.  MECON undercuts hard as GAIL’s Vijaipur to Bina pipeline PMC tender.  LMBU IHCD–SDA EPCC: Winner overwhelms L&T.  Dahej water block package sees three technical bidders.  Retender resets PLL’s Dahej PDH-PP upstream powder EPC.  Andhra Refinery Update.  Jack-up tender reset: ONGC abandons open shortlist, locks in five-year empanelled hire .  Downstream contracting briefs.  Bid deadline pushed  again for 3000 hp rig hire .  WBDF western offshore tender: Technical bid opening extended again.  E&P contracting brief for the day.  Today's update in E&P, Midstream-Downstream & CGD sector.  Daily forward looking import matrices.  Gwalior (Except already authorized) District and Sheopur District City Gas Distribution Project.  Unnao District City Gas Distribution Project.  India’s Reliance to buy sanctions-compliant Russian oil in February and March, sources say.  Announcements.  Low cost ammonia gets funding .  Deep beats John, John beats Deep.  India's LNG battle in 2026 will be fought in summer, not winter.  Gas supplier in a corner: Consultant hired to figure out which way to go.  India’s gas market has stopped responding to price signals .  Gas pipeline company is bleeding: And its network is still unfinished.  HP-HT well services pricing: Going at a steep discount.  Worker tagging stopped in ONGC: Was it too intrusive?.  Three bidders clear ONGC’s post-bid clarification gauntlet for CPF Gandhar ARC as one drops out .  E&P contracting brief for the day.  Refinery shutdown tendering: Updates.  Downstream contracting briefs: Awards.  Downstream contracting briefs: Part I.  Downstream contracting briefs: Part II.  

Daily forward looking import matrices

Jan 23: It is easy to get month-old import data but it is difficult to solicit forthcoming shipment information in India. We go through a laborious process of data collection to get you full import information, including company-wise, quantity-wise, port-wise, vessel-wise cargoes which are coming into India in the next 15-to30 days.
Get the daily updates for :
8LNG
8Crude
8Chemicals
8Fertilizers
8Ammonia
8Coal & Coke
8All tankers
8Bulk and Dry cargo
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ONGC invests in two JV companies in partnership with Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd, Japan

Jan 23: For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
8Annual maintenance contract for Yokogawa DCS Details
8Procurement of seal oil accumulator with mandatory spares for GCU-1 cracked gas compressor Details
8Tender for fugitive emission survey Details
8Tender for remodelling services for Yokogawa NIR and BPC-BRC controllers Details
8Tender for supply of octane booster additive Details
8Tender for remodelling services for Yokogawa NIR and BPC-BRC controllers Details
8Tender for repair, reconditioning, and balancing to be performed by OEM M/s Burckhardt Compression (India) Pvt. Ltd. Details
8Comprehensive testing, water filling facility and radar gauges for storage vessels with AMC Details
8Procurement of phacoemulsification machine Details
8Tender for procurement of online dew point analyser Details
8Tender for supply of anti-block agent (silica) Details
8Procurement of spent caustic liquid oxidation catalyst Details
8Tender for modification of existing LDS system of PRRPL for Meeramandali CUF project Details
8Annual operation and maintenance contract for 350 TR hot water-fired VAM Details
8Tender for procurement of wrought fittings (AG) Details
8Tender for supply of oleyl alcohol antifoam Details
8Procurement of hazardous area goods-cum-passenger elevator for PDH-PP plant project Details
8Tender for retrofitment of air circuit breakers (ACBs) at the electrical substation Details
8Hiring services for calibration of gas flowmeters (corrigendum-1) Details
8Tender for supply of safety leather shoes Details
8Composite tender for mechanical, electrical and instrumentation works, Bina refinery expansion Details
8Hiring of services for carrying out remedial measures for soil settlement in OGT Details
8Procurement of SS and CR manifolds and traps Details
8Tender for training on DAQ 10 and Rigsense based advanced instrumentation system Details
8Tender for supply of AUMA make spares Details
8Tender for supply of octane booster Details
8Supply, installation, testing and commissioning of hydraulic baling press machine Details
8Tender for catalyst replacement jobs during shutdown in OHCU and HCU units Details
8Tender for operation of in-house statutory testing and painting Details
8Tender for procurement of vaseline Details
8Providing security intelligence and ancillary activities in mainline RoW, station security Details
8Tender for replacement of bottom cast APH module in HCU unit Details
8Supply, commissioning and installation of explosion-proof CCTV cameras Details
8Procurement of complete panel SHP EV-1 Details
8Supply of ammonium polysulphide (APS) in tanker Details
8Tender for procurement of DVD binoculars Details
8Procurement of pillow block bearings Details
8Tender for procurement of desuperheater Details
8Tender for calibration and certification of master and standard instruments Details
8Procurement of vibration sensor with transmitter Details
8Procurement of digital UHF hand-held radio sets Details
8Tender for rebabbitting and refurbishment of journal bearings of GT generator Details
8Tender for monitoring, upkeeping, and cleaning of substations, transformer yard, UPS, and battery bank Details
8Tender for stacking of 30-inch HBPL ML project surplus pipes Details
8Tender for annual contract for operation, maintenance and testing of fire fighting system Details
8Providing service assistance during maintenance activities Details
8ARC for supply of manpower for operation assistance in production units of MCR units Details
8Procurement of copper piping with insulation for 2-ton split AC Details
8Procurement of PCB board for micro distillation unit Details
8Expert supervisory services from M/s MECS India Private Limited for shutdown and troubleshooting of SAR unit Details
8Supply of tamper-proof plastic seals for tanker lorries and sample containers Details
8Procurement of strainers for various applications Details
8Supply and installation of office furniture Details
8Two-year annual rate contract for LT and HT motor overhauling Details
8Providing assistance services for obtaining permissions/NOCs for Malkapur–Hyderabad ATF pipeline Details
8Supply, installation, testing and commissioning of hydrocarbon detector Details
8Annual maintenance contract for DG set along with AMF panel Details
8Procurement of spares for 4 MW solar power plant PCU inverter Details
8Procurement of spares for IL make control valves Details
8Procurement of OBARD additive for octane booster Details
8Tender for procurement of thyristor module Details
8Supply, installation, testing and commissioning of telescopic booms Details
8Procurement of fibre optic cables for networking Details
8Rate contract for rewinding of LT motors above 15 kW and up to 160 kW Details
8Tender for supply of octane booster Details
8Procurement of mobile hydraulic scissor lifting platform for industrial use Details
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 8Henry Hub surges sharply over past week Details
 8EIA sees USA gasoline price under $3 in 2026 and 2027 Details
 8Glenfarne says Texas LNG capacity fully committed Details
 8Why Russia's diesel exports are suddenly soaring Details
 8EIA confirms crude oil inventory builds in US Details
 8Vitol extends Brunei LNG supply deal through 2031 Details
 8Alpha Gas returns to LNG newbuilding market with $500m Hanwha Ocean deal Details
 8HPCL to start crude processing at Rs.73,000 crore Barmer refinery by month-end Details
 8Government notifies greenhouse gas emission intensity targets for 208 more carbon-intensive industries Details
 8Ethanol plants stare at closure in Bihar after sharp procurement cut Details
 8Indian Oil lines up Rs.1 lakh crore for 18 GW green energy bet Details
 8NTPC Green Energy signs MoU with UP govt to develop renewable energy, green hydrogen projects Details
 8Indian Oil officers push back against plan to shrink company board Details
 8Oil slides 2% as Trump tones down threats toward Greenland and Iran Details
 8Rupee recovers marginally from all-time low, settles at 91.62 against US dollar Details
 8HPCL to begin crude processing at Barmer refinery by end of month Details
 8Clean fuels require subsidies and mandates to survive in free market: Trafigura CEO Details
 8Chevron in final talks with Eneos, Glencore on Singapore assets sale Details
 8Skoda evaluating CNG for India, but EVs remain stuck in limbo Details
 8Adani Total Gas posts first profit rise in five quarters as CNG sales grow Details
 8Venezuelan crude may present opportunities despite challenges, says HPCL Details
 8IOC chairman says ample crude supply keeping oil prices stable despite geopolitical tensions Details
 8HPCL expects higher LPG under recoveries in January–March 2026 Details
 8Usage of LPG, smartphones among details to be sought during census Details
 8India's oil & gas PSUs evolving into future-ready energy firms: Puri Details
 8Mizoram CM assures follow-up on Eighth Schedule proposal for Mizo language Details
 8Sources say in upcoming February and March, Reliance Industries India is expected to import sanctions-corresponding Russian oil Details
 8Indian Oil lines up Rs.1 lakh crore for 18 GW green energy bet Details
 8Trump sanctions impact: India eyes alternatives to Russian crude; imports oil from Guyana, Saudi Arabia but Russia still top supplier Details
 8BPCL anticipates strong Q3 results and potential interim dividend amid favorable market conditions Details
 8ONGC appoints Bijay Rajeev as executive director Details
 8ONGC invests in two JV companies in partnership with Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd, Japan Details
 8NTPC Green Energy Ltd signs MoU with Govt of Uttar Pradesh for development of green hydrogen projects Details
 8Adani Total Gas Q3 profit rises to Rs.159 crore, revenue crosses Rs.1,639 crore Details
 8EnviTec switches on new Cremona biomethane plant, feeds gas into Italy’s grid Details
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Seraikela-Kharsawan District City Gas Distribution Project

Jan 23: 8Project Name: Seraikela-Kharsawan District City Gas Distribution
8Project Cost: Rs 300 crore Click here for more details Details

Dewas District City Gas Distribution Project

Jan 23: 8Project Name: Dewas District City Gas Distribution
8Project Cost: Rs 300 crore Click here for more details Details

Announcements

Jan 23: New Page 1 8Cambay PSC update: C-78 gas shows and stabilised production at 40 bopd [Synergia] Details
8Additional session in auction market [IGX] Details
8Extension of closing date for comments on PNGRB LNG terminal amendment regulations, 2025 [PNGRB] Details
8Amalgamation of step-down wholly owned subsidiaries with Reliance New Energy Limited [RIL] Details
8Audio recording of Q3 post-earnings conference call [HPCL] Details
8Financial results for the quarter and nine months ended December 31, 2025 [ATGL] Details
8ONGC appoints Shri Bijay Rajeev as executive director [ONGC] Details
8ONGC acquires 50% stake in two ethane shipping joint ventures with Mitsui O.S.K. Lines [ONGC] Details
8Presentation on performance highlights of the company [Selan] Details
8Financial results for the quarter and nine months ended December 31, 2025 [Selan] Details
8Presentation on performance highlights of the company [GSPL] Details
8Financial results for the quarter and nine months ended December 31, 2025 [GSPL] Details Details

ONGC's Pipeline Replacement Project under stress: Has work been snatched from existing contractor?

Jan 22: 8Find out what ONGC has done
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PNGRB has little or no idea most of the time-I: It is always a shot-in the dark for participants in pipeline bids

Jan 22: There is no guarantee that these pipelines will eventually see the light of day.
8Shikrapur–Goa–Hubli LPG pipeline:  Requests for coordinates, data access letters, and exclusivity comfort are largely met with silence, leading bidders uncertain
8Jalandhar–Jammu LPG pipeline: The regulator has no idea about coordinates, RoU ownership cues, and bottling plant interface data.
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PNGRB has little or no idea most of the time-II: Tenders cancelled

Jan 22: 8One was about a consultant. A single bidder ended up in the show, and then faced a cancelled tender
8Then there is this pipeline contract. No body had any idea about  gas availability, operating parameters, and a capacity mandate that could match visible demand. So after the bids came in, it was cancelled
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Proposed phosphatic fertilizer project: Update

Jan 22: 8This is coming up with a total capacity of 2,37,300 MT per annum.
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EIL is getting more competitive everyday

Jan 22: 8It was L1 for consultancy services in a refinery
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MECON undercuts hard as GAIL’s Vijaipur to Bina pipeline PMC tender

Jan 22: 8The price gap is a whopping 164% between L-1 and L-2
8And it is so wide that it points to fundamentally different staffing and scope assumptions.
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LMBU IHCD–SDA EPCC: Winner overwhelms L&T

Jan 22: 8The price gap is massive.
8How did that happen
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Dahej water block package sees three technical bidders

Jan 22: 8But the real filter is how each prices unresolved hydraulics and tender-set inconsistencies.
8The PMC pushes battery-limit conditions into detailed engineering, shifting integration risk to the package contractor
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Retender resets PLL’s Dahej PDH-PP upstream powder EPC

Jan 22: 8PLL’s Dahej PDH-PP upstream powder EPC has been retendered after the earlier round was cancelled post financial bid opening, resetting the competitive field.
8The visible deltas are not cosmetic: pre-bid engagement is switched off, the calendar is rebuilt, and the post-mechanical phase is reframed around commissioning.
8The deeper question is whether this reset tightens risk transfer or simply prices in process uncertainty
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Andhra Refinery Update

Jan 22: 1) VCM licensor tender slips 57 days as EIL extends bid due date
8The extension is not just a date change: bid validity and certain security logistics move with the “final” deadline, quietly reshaping bidder behaviour.
 
2) Technical amendment tightens flare philosophy, feed specs and sop-linked pricing for GTU licensor package
8The licensor selection just shifted from “pick a technology” to “prove the design logic on paper,” with SIL now expected to show up in the P&ID trail. The amendment also rewrites key gasoline feed-property assumptions and forces bidders to declare how they are counting mitigated versus unmitigated flare loads.
 
3) PVC licensor package tender extended
8The tender’s heavy reference-and-verification burden means the extra time could reshape who stays compliant and who drops out. But the extension extract is unusually light on revised dates, creating a coordination risk unless bidders pull the full CPPP corrigendum.

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Jack-up tender reset: ONGC abandons open shortlist, locks in five-year empanelled hire

Jan 22: 8Find out what is going on
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Downstream contracting briefs

Jan 22: 1) Bina refinery SAF (ATJ and other pathways) PFR consultancy sees repeated bid deadline extensions
8BPCL is asking for an ATJ-anchored pre-feasibility with capex and IRR outputs before a licensor is even locked in, and bidders are treating that as a financing problem. The company’s stance on third-party payments and licensor inputs shifts cost and schedule risk onto the consultant, tightening the compliant bidder pool.
 
2) FRE revamp BDEP study extended, as “new-only” deliverables quietly expand to existing systems
8The technical clarifications are not neutral: bidders are being pushed from “new-only” design expectations toward covering existing exchangers and revamp-wide integration outputs. The question now is whether the calendar drift is a participation problem, a scope-clarity problem, or both.
 
3) Zero Waste to Landfill empanelment loosens experience recency gate and stretches timeline
8The owner has quietly rewritten the experience clock, pulling the qualifying “completed by” date forward by three years. At the same time, documentation proof norms are being softened in ways that could reshape who actually gets into the limited-tender funnel.
 
4) IOCL extends LuPech N2O2 unit O&M bid while hard-coding a fixed-part price floor
8The more consequential move sits inside the buyer-added terms: a non-quotable fixed-part floor that can reshuffle how bidders game reverse auction pricing. What bidders do next will reveal whether the market’s hesitation is about operational liability, compliance load, or simple participation scarcity.
 
5) PMC gatekeeping for 14 TPD CBG plant tightened with higher capacity benchmarks and added site-risk studies
8A corrigendum quietly changes who can even enter the race by rewriting the experience yardstick around much larger processing capacities. The pre-bid replies then slam the door on itemised inspection man-days and broader force majeure language, forcing bidders to absorb field-friction costs inside lumpsum rates.
 
6) GAIL’s Uran–Usar pipeline balance + HDD tender gets a deadline shift
8The tender set signals that methodology and cross-discipline execution (not just rates) could decide who survives evaluation and who bleeds at site.
 
7) Owner tightens scope baseline for bina refinery energy optimization PMC
8This is being done with corrected SOW and hard rejection trigger.

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Bid deadline pushed  again for 3000 hp rig hire

Jan 22: 8Amendments quietly rewires equipment acceptability across the rotary table, pumps, casing handling, and well-control documentation.
8The question now is whether the widened technical envelope offsets the longer bid security lock-up and brings in the rigs OIL needs without diluting control over compliance proof.
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WBDF western offshore tender: Technical bid opening extended again

Jan 22: 8The consortium India-incorporation gate is removed
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E&P contracting brief for the day

Jan 22: 1) ONGC disqualifies two while eleven clear techno-commercial stage in Mehsana asset
8ONGC’s Mehsana chemical dosing pumps tender ends the participation phase with 11 bidders qualified and two disqualified, signalling a clear filter at the techno-commercial gate.
8The outcome reflects how experience continuity, documentation hygiene, and clarification-bound interpretations now outweigh aggressive pricing posturing.
8For participating bidders, the message is blunt: clean credentials and defensible operating assumptions decide survival before commercials even open.
 
2) ONGC’s Tripura work over rig civil ARC tightens to two winners with match L-1 pressure
8ONGC’s Tripura work over rig civil ARC quietly narrows the prize to two winners and then dares everyone else to match L-1.
8A third-party verification layer turns “experience” into an auditable product, not a narrative.
 
3) Corrigendum hardens MSE preference ladder and enforces 25% option clause in 10k PTS hiring — ONGC Rajahmundry
8ONGC has rewritten the award preference mechanics inside a non splitable service bid for a 10k production testing surface spread at Rajahmundry.
 
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Today's update in E&P, Midstream-Downstream & CGD sector

Jan 22: 8Here's what's happening today in the E&P, midstream-downstream, and CGD section
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Daily forward looking import matrices

Jan 22: It is easy to get month-old import data but it is difficult to solicit forthcoming shipment information in India. We go through a laborious process of data collection to get you full import information, including company-wise, quantity-wise, port-wise, vessel-wise cargoes which are coming into India in the next 15-to30 days.
Get the daily updates for :
8LNG
8Crude
8Chemicals
8Fertilizers
8LPG
8Ammonia
8Coal & Coke
8All tankers
8Bulk and Dry cargo
Click on Reports for more. Details

Gwalior (Except already authorized) District and Sheopur District City Gas Distribution Project

Jan 22: 8Project Name: Gwalior (Except already authorized) District and Sheopur District City Gas Distribution
8Project Cost: Rs 350 crore Click here for more details Details

Unnao District City Gas Distribution Project

Jan 22: 8Project Name: Unnao District City Gas Distribution
8Project Cost: Rs 250 crore Click here for more details Details

India’s Reliance to buy sanctions-compliant Russian oil in February and March, sources say

Jan 22: For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
8Tender for renewal of Commvault journaling Details
8Procurement of electrical spares Details
8Procurement of door frame metal detector (Q2) Details 
8Operation and Maintenance (O&M) Contract for 500 kW Solar Power Plant Details
8Tender for charter hiring of 04 nos. of MLT BMC jack-up rig for 05 years Details
8Fabrication, supply and installation of current transformers of HT switchgear panel of SCA process complex Details  
8Annual Rate Contract (ARC) for Fabrication and Erection of MOC for Augmentation of Existing Refinery Rainwater System Details
8Procurement of actuators for GTG and PGC gas fuel valves of B193 platform Details
8Tender for calibration of master instruments for ICP, BHS and SCA process complex Details
8Tender for revamp of centrifugal horizontal pump (SPP) for Bina petrochem and refinery expansion project Details 
8Appointment of Consultant for Development of Non-Fuel Retail Business Details
8Tender for instruments (tuning fork and capacitance) for BPCL, Bina petrochem and refinery expansion projects Details
8Tender for PP upstream of powder section for PDH-PP plant with ethane and propane handling facilities Details
8Procurement of UN-certified CS drums for catalyst Details
8Procurement of PTA-grade sodium carbonate Details
8Tender for supply of complete vessel Details
8Procurement of ST3514 (hydrogenated castor oil) Details
8Supply of barrier spares for critical control system of JR refinery Details
8Supply of GT air filter cartridge element Details
8Tender for procurement of cupric carbonate Details
8Supply of propane (industrial-grade refrigerant) Details
8Third-party testing of motor gasoline (MS) and high-speed diesel (HSD) samples Details
8Annual maintenance contract for mechanical maintenance and safety works Details
8Providing environmental hygiene services for maintenance work Details
8Tender for supply of oxygen analyser Details
8Supply of pressure vacuum valves with silica gel trap Details
8Annual maintenance contract for 12 nos. of Julabo make circulating chillers Details
8Safety audit as per IS 14489:2018 and Schedule-8 Rule-10 of MSIHC Rules, 1989 Details
8Supply of AFC gearbox spares Details
8Tender for gate pass management and watch & ward services for green belt Details
8Procurement of power cylinders, positioners and accessories from SMC & Nepack Details
8Procurement of multimedia projector (MMP) (Q2) Details
8Tender for procurement of mechanical seal Details
8Procurement of spares for Howden make SRU blowers Details
8Procurement of HACH LDO analyser spares Details
8Tender for procurement of attapulgite clay Details
8Tender for supply of XBIS conveyor belt Details
8Procurement of multi-function calibrators (Q3) Details
8Tender for procurement of octane additive Details
8Procurement of rising stem gate valves Details
8Annual maintenance contract for Endress+Hauser make TFMS Details
8Procurement of hydrochloric acid (HCl) on two-year rate contract basis Details
8Supply of portable fire extinguishers (V3) Details
8Supply and installation of glass vessel with mechanical lab stirrer (flame-proof, 20-litre capacity) Details
8Non-comprehensive annual maintenance contract for PWMC group-B Details
8Supply of octane booster additive Details
8Procurement of rubber latex on rate contract basis Details
8Supply of tank protection devices – flame arrester Details
8Procurement of material handling equipment Details
8Provision of manpower services for territory assistance work Details
8Tender for miscellaneous LPG SAP operations at LPG plant Details
8Annual rate contract for servicing of GE make LT air circuit breakers Details
8Supply and installation of ASTM colorimeter Details
8Tender for painting of pipeline Details
8Rate contract for operation and maintenance of water supply valves Details
8Supply of light blue envelopes for ultrasound Details
8Tender for financial advisory services Details
8Supply of breathing apparatus set with cylinders Details
8Supply of live working gloves made of insulating material (V2) Details
8Supply of electrical rescue rod Details
8Procurement of ordinary water monitors Details
8Procurement of fasteners for storage and WWTP unit Details
8Procurement of hydraulic tools for DT Kandla O&M base Details
8Hiring of optical fiber cable (OFC) maintenance services Details
8Annual maintenance contract for servicing of listed instruments Details
8Tender for mobilization and demobilization services for rope access Details
8Annual rate contract for shifting of furniture between quarters or from city to township on as-and-when-required basis Details
8Design, fabrication, supply and commissioning of coalescer package for motor spirit service Details
8Tender for development of VR-based safety briefing and fire safety simulation system Details
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 For reference purposes the website carries here the following Newsclips (These are public domain newsclips and the website is not responsible for their content):
 8Global LNG supply set to jump in 2026, limiting prices and spurring demand Details
 8LNG supply surge set to ease prices in 2026 Details
 8Kinder Morgan posts record earnings as LNG demand fuels pipeline growth Details
 8Construction of Canada’s multibillion-dollar LNG project nears 60% Details
 8Actis puts on block Indian green energy unit Athena Details
 8NITI Aayog suggests setting up of national agency to implement green transition for MSMEs Details
 8Rupee plunges to record low of 91.64 against US dollar Details
 8BPCL buys Iraqi, Oman crude via one-year import tenders, sources say Details
 8“We can process Venezuelan crude if made available”: IOCL chairman Details
 8Indian refiners shift oil strategy; trim Russian buys and turn to Middle East Details
 8HPCL Q3 FY26 profit rises 58% to Rs. 4,011 crore on stronger refining margins Details
 8Delhi govt rationalises bus routes in West Delhi as old CNG buses exit fleet Details
 8BPCL’s Vision 2026: leading India’s shift to natural gas Details
 8BPCL launches national PNG & CNG drive 2.0 Details
 8US propane at 14-month low to WTI in Jan Details
 8Delhi govt to gift free LPG cooking gas cylinders; here’s how and when to avail it Details
 8India’s upstream sector undergoes major shift after reforms: Hardeep Puri Details
 8Tecnimont enters US LNG market via strategic agreement for Argent LNG export facility in Louisiana Details
 8Venezuelan crude oil likely to flow to US, Europe and India: Rystad Energy Details
 8‘Our refineries are robust!’: India can process Venezuelan crude oil when available; here’s what IOCL chairman said Details
 8IEA raises forecast of global oil demand growth in 2026 Details
 8U.S. natural gas prices surge 45% in two days due to Arctic cold Details
 8Halliburton beats Q4 estimates as international revenue soars Details
 8Indian refiners boost Middle East supply to offset lost Russian oil Details
 8Falling crude prices cut India’s oil import bill by 8.5% in December Details
 8India’s BPCL secures Middle Eastern crude deals amid Russian supply pivot Details
 8India’s Reliance to buy sanctions-compliant Russian oil in February and March, sources say Details
 8HPCL reports strong Q3 FY26 performance with net profit of Rs. 4,072 crore Details
 8Gujarat Gas appoints B. N. Patel as Executive Director Details
 8BPCL completes major modernisation of Vadinar–Bina pipeline to boost energy security Details
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Announcements

Jan 22: New Page 1 8Oil and gas snapshot of states – Edition III (Apr–Dec) 2025 [PPAC] Details
8Vedanta delivers India’s largest employee equity grant in manufacturing worth Rs.2,500 crores Details
8Annulment of bidding process for Mallavaram–Srikakulam natural gas pipeline authorization [PNGRB] Details
8Clarifications to prospective bidders for LPG pipeline authorization from Jalandhar to Jammu [PNGRB] Details
8Clarifications to prospective bidders for LPG pipeline authorization from Shikrapur to Goa and Hubli [PNGRB] Details
8Audio recording of post-results earnings conference call [GGL] Details
8Appointment of Shri B. N. Patel, GAS Selection Scale, as Executive Director [GGL] Details
8Receipt of NCLT order [GNRL] Details
8Voting results of the postal ballot and scrutinizer report [GNRL] Details
8Financial results for the quarter and period ended December 31, 2025 [HPCL] Details
8Stellar financial performance with 206% growth in 9M PAT and commissioning of RUF at Visakh Refinery [HPCL] Details
8Investor presentation [HPCL] Details
8Release of pledge shares [Confidence Petroleum] Details
8Intimation of board meeting for approval of unaudited financial results [Welspun] Details
8Change in senior management team [EKCL] Details
8Intimation of board meeting and earnings conference call [GES] Details Details

Low cost ammonia gets funding

Jan 21: Some of the biggest companies are backing this low cost ammonia technology
8What the technology pushes is a lower-temperature, lower-pressure ammonia reactor
8The company claims its process can operate at sharply reduced pressure and temperature versus conventional Haber-Bosch Details

Deep beats John, John beats Deep

Jan 21: 8This is how the rig business has evolved in India
8Caught between the two of them.
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India's LNG battle in 2026 will be fought in summer, not winter

Jan 21: 8Global oversupply” does not protect India from summer price spikes
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Gas supplier in a corner: Consultant hired to figure out which way to go

Jan 21: 8This gas supplier is facing a strategic corner Industrial volumes are being swallowed up by cheaper alternative fuels
8CNG is adding volumes but not enough
8So it has hired a high profile consultant to look at its portfolio, and its overall footprint, its pricing posture, sourcing strategy and future road map
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India’s gas market has stopped responding to price signals

Jan 21: 8India’s gas market is no longer price-responsive in any meaningful sense.
8Falling LNG prices are now coinciding with lower import volumes — the opposite of what a price-elastic market would show.
8Gas demand in India is effectively administrated, with policy, not price, determining volumes.
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Gas pipeline company is bleeding: And its network is still unfinished

Jan 21: 8This gas pipeline company has run into mounting losses
8It has now withdrawn into a corner, with the network still to be fully built Details

HP-HT well services pricing: Going at a steep discount

Jan 21: 8The winning bid sits far below the only competing offer in a technically unforgiving HP-HT environment.
8What this signals for service margins and future KG onshore tenders is where the real story lies.
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Worker tagging stopped in ONGC: Was it too intrusive?

Jan 21: 8A workforce tracking bid tried to fuse hazardous-area hardware, plant-wide RF coverage and five-year managed operations
8The technical promise was crisp—15 m location accuracy, two-minute display latency and 3,300 certified badges
8But then it was cancelled
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Three bidders clear ONGC’s post-bid clarification gauntlet for CPF Gandhar ARC as one drops out 

Jan 21: 8Find out what was going on
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E&P contracting brief for the day

Jan 21: 1) ONGC picks Figment as L1 for GST compliance management consultancy
8ONGC’s GST “consultancy” award is actually a platform-heavy compliance control tower spanning IMS actions, reconciliations, and litigation workflows.
8The price curve is orderly up to the Big-4 band, then breaks with a +1514.8% outlier that hints at radically different scope interpretations.
8What matters next is whether the L1 bid priced the toolled operating model the scope demands, or just the manpower veneer.
 
2) ONGC extends the MOPU R-series pre-bid query deadline again, pushing the clarification window further out
8ONGC has shifted the MOPU R-series query deadline twice, turning a mid-January clarification cutoff into a late-January gate.
8The bigger signal is not the extra days, but the instruction that queries must be consolidated “in one go,” with ONGC reserving the right to ignore piecemeal submissions.
8The move quietly reshapes who can bid cleanly in a “reject without clarifications” tender architecture.
 
3) ONGC widens digital transformation SI empanelment to top six with a 60-mark floor and hardens bid compliance controls
8ONGC’s latest corrigendum quietly changes the math of who gets into its digital transformation vendor pool.
8The shift is not just a date push—it rewires empanelment size, tie-break logic, and the compliance burden bidders must carry at submission stage.
8The real story is what this does to competition and risk transfer once post-empanelment limited tenders start flowing.
 
4) Bid closing pushed as Dandewala GSU EPC tender keeps resetting the market
8Oil India has extended the Dandewala gas sweetening unit tender again after a multi-amendment rewrite cycle.
8The date move lands on top of qualification and performance-governance changes that can still reject bids deep into evaluation.
8The tender’s real story is how CO2-handling integration and “guarantee realism” are being enforced, not just how long the bid window stays open.
 
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Refinery shutdown tendering: Updates

Jan 21: 1) IOCL Panipat’s de-hexaniser and caustic tower shutdown package
8The tender’s equipment age caps and third-party certification expectations look capable of filtering the bidder pool before rates even come into play. Reverse auction mechanics then set up a second round where only the technically clean bidders get to chase the final number.
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Downstream contracting briefs: Awards

Jan 21: 1) Lube blending plant IATF consultancy: Winner declared
8Lube blending plant IATF consultancy award lands after a technical filter that appears to have thinned the field sharply. The L1 sits well below the estimate, but the real story is what the disqualifications and clause design imply for delivery risk and audit outcomes. The tender’s all-inclusive pricing and “IATF-only experience” gate set up a quality-versus-competition trade that could echo into adjacent certification and quality tenders.
 
2) BPCL awards April-2026 Mumbai Refinery turnaround pigging package for sea cooling and DHT-KHT headers
8With only an L1 outcome visible in the award line, the participation and pricing tension signals are pointing in one direction.

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Downstream contracting briefs: Part I

Jan 21: 1) BPCL Kochi refinery tightens “zero deviation” posture for PFCCU revamp DCS upgradation
8BPCL’s PFCCU revamp controls package is being structured as a single-point accountability play, bundling system supply, site work, and commissioning-through-sat responsibilities. The sharpest lever is not upfront EMD but how schedule discipline is enforced through a broadened price reduction base tied to what bpcl treats as the “basic” delivery value.
 
2) Five deadline pushes push IOCL’s PP unit weigh scale bid window
8The corrigenda show repeated “from/to” edits with no stated reason in the pages provided. The net effect is a 79-day drift that delays price discovery and award. The unanswered question is whether the promoter is chasing participation or waiting out compliance bottlenecks.
 
3) IOCL panipat refinery extends 2G ethanol feed dust removal LSTK tender after four deadline resets
8The extensions look like a participation-and-clarity fix, but the document trail keeps the risk allocation intact while tightening safety consequences. The real story is how LSTK interface risk meets reverse auction price pressure in a tender that refuses to “rebalance” on paper.
 
4) HPRGE extends GeM DFR tender after three pushes
8Beneath the calendar, bidder queries expose scope arithmetic and control-document inconsistencies that can reshape pricing and compliance risk. The real contest is whether reverse auction can coexist with “mandatory” MSW field-and-lab depth without hollowing out deliverable quality.
 
5) HPCL pares back chemical dosing O&M obligations in technical amendment
8HPCL’s latest technical amendment quietly deletes the most operations-heavy part of the package: six months of chemical dosing system monitoring, running and maintenance. The move may widen bidder participation and reduce defensive pricing, but it also shifts day-to-day reliability risk back onto the owner immediately after commissioning.

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Downstream contracting briefs: Part II

Jan 21: 1) IOCL extends PBR Panipat E&I works tender deadline, keeping RA pressure intact
8IOCL’s 8-day deadline push hints at bidder-density anxiety before reverse auction kicks in, but it does not loosen the eligibility window. With interest on claims structurally choked and HSE staffing ratios recalibrated, the risk-and-margin maths is shifting in ways many bidders will miss.
 
2) BPCL tightens baseline for Bina refinery energy optimisation EPCM bid
8This is while replacing earlier scope and making corrigendum submission a rejection trigger
 
3) IOCL hard-sets bank guarantee valuation and LOI-adjusted payable basis in spent hydrotreating catalyst rejuvenation bid
8IOCL has moved to lock down two historic flashpoints in catalyst rejuvenation contracts: custody collateral and payable mass definition. Corrigendum-1 fixes the per-MT spent catalyst valuation for BG and makes IOCL’s lab LOI outcome binding on billing weight. The tighter text reshapes who can bid, how they finance the job, and how aggressively they can play reverse auction.
 
4) Cancelled: MRPL’s aromatic complex RGC motor-drive feasibility bid hits an OEM-dependency wall before award conversion
8MRPL framed a short-cycle feasibility study that behaves like a complex-wide energy integration exercise, not a package-level desktop report. Bidders pushed back on OEM dependence and missing baselines, while MRPL insisted on OEM anchoring without carrying OEM time or cost risk. The cancellation now leaves the market guessing whether MRPL will re-tender with softer interfaces or double down on risk transfer.

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Daily forward looking import matrices

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8Crude
8Chemicals
8Fertilizers
8Ammonia
8Coal & Coke
8All tankers
8Bulk and Dry cargo
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ONGC invests in two JV companies in partnership with Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd, Japan

Jan 23: For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
8Annual maintenance contract for Yokogawa DCS Details
8Procurement of seal oil accumulator with mandatory spares for GCU-1 cracked gas compressor Details
8Tender for fugitive emission survey Details
8Tender for remodelling services for Yokogawa NIR and BPC-BRC controllers Details
8Tender for supply of octane booster additive Details
8Tender for remodelling services for Yokogawa NIR and BPC-BRC controllers Details
8Tender for repair, reconditioning, and balancing to be performed by OEM M/s Burckhardt Compression (India) Pvt. Ltd. Details
8Comprehensive testing, water filling facility and radar gauges for storage vessels with AMC Details
8Procurement of phacoemulsification machine Details
8Tender for procurement of online dew point analyser Details
8Tender for supply of anti-block agent (silica) Details
8Procurement of spent caustic liquid oxidation catalyst Details
8Tender for modification of existing LDS system of PRRPL for Meeramandali CUF project Details
8Annual operation and maintenance contract for 350 TR hot water-fired VAM Details
8Tender for procurement of wrought fittings (AG) Details
8Tender for supply of oleyl alcohol antifoam Details
8Procurement of hazardous area goods-cum-passenger elevator for PDH-PP plant project Details
8Tender for retrofitment of air circuit breakers (ACBs) at the electrical substation Details
8Hiring services for calibration of gas flowmeters (corrigendum-1) Details
8Tender for supply of safety leather shoes Details
8Composite tender for mechanical, electrical and instrumentation works, Bina refinery expansion Details
8Hiring of services for carrying out remedial measures for soil settlement in OGT Details
8Procurement of SS and CR manifolds and traps Details
8Tender for training on DAQ 10 and Rigsense based advanced instrumentation system Details
8Tender for supply of AUMA make spares Details
8Tender for supply of octane booster Details
8Supply, installation, testing and commissioning of hydraulic baling press machine Details
8Tender for catalyst replacement jobs during shutdown in OHCU and HCU units Details
8Tender for operation of in-house statutory testing and painting Details
8Tender for procurement of vaseline Details
8Providing security intelligence and ancillary activities in mainline RoW, station security Details
8Tender for replacement of bottom cast APH module in HCU unit Details
8Supply, commissioning and installation of explosion-proof CCTV cameras Details
8Procurement of complete panel SHP EV-1 Details
8Supply of ammonium polysulphide (APS) in tanker Details
8Tender for procurement of DVD binoculars Details
8Procurement of pillow block bearings Details
8Tender for procurement of desuperheater Details
8Tender for calibration and certification of master and standard instruments Details
8Procurement of vibration sensor with transmitter Details
8Procurement of digital UHF hand-held radio sets Details
8Tender for rebabbitting and refurbishment of journal bearings of GT generator Details
8Tender for monitoring, upkeeping, and cleaning of substations, transformer yard, UPS, and battery bank Details
8Tender for stacking of 30-inch HBPL ML project surplus pipes Details
8Tender for annual contract for operation, maintenance and testing of fire fighting system Details
8Providing service assistance during maintenance activities Details
8ARC for supply of manpower for operation assistance in production units of MCR units Details
8Procurement of copper piping with insulation for 2-ton split AC Details
8Procurement of PCB board for micro distillation unit Details
8Expert supervisory services from M/s MECS India Private Limited for shutdown and troubleshooting of SAR unit Details
8Supply of tamper-proof plastic seals for tanker lorries and sample containers Details
8Procurement of strainers for various applications Details
8Supply and installation of office furniture Details
8Two-year annual rate contract for LT and HT motor overhauling Details
8Providing assistance services for obtaining permissions/NOCs for Malkapur–Hyderabad ATF pipeline Details
8Supply, installation, testing and commissioning of hydrocarbon detector Details
8Annual maintenance contract for DG set along with AMF panel Details
8Procurement of spares for 4 MW solar power plant PCU inverter Details
8Procurement of spares for IL make control valves Details
8Procurement of OBARD additive for octane booster Details
8Tender for procurement of thyristor module Details
8Supply, installation, testing and commissioning of telescopic booms Details
8Procurement of fibre optic cables for networking Details
8Rate contract for rewinding of LT motors above 15 kW and up to 160 kW Details
8Tender for supply of octane booster Details
8Procurement of mobile hydraulic scissor lifting platform for industrial use Details
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 8Henry Hub surges sharply over past week Details
 8EIA sees USA gasoline price under $3 in 2026 and 2027 Details
 8Glenfarne says Texas LNG capacity fully committed Details
 8Why Russia's diesel exports are suddenly soaring Details
 8EIA confirms crude oil inventory builds in US Details
 8Vitol extends Brunei LNG supply deal through 2031 Details
 8Alpha Gas returns to LNG newbuilding market with $500m Hanwha Ocean deal Details
 8HPCL to start crude processing at Rs.73,000 crore Barmer refinery by month-end Details
 8Government notifies greenhouse gas emission intensity targets for 208 more carbon-intensive industries Details
 8Ethanol plants stare at closure in Bihar after sharp procurement cut Details
 8Indian Oil lines up Rs.1 lakh crore for 18 GW green energy bet Details
 8NTPC Green Energy signs MoU with UP govt to develop renewable energy, green hydrogen projects Details
 8Indian Oil officers push back against plan to shrink company board Details
 8Oil slides 2% as Trump tones down threats toward Greenland and Iran Details
 8Rupee recovers marginally from all-time low, settles at 91.62 against US dollar Details
 8HPCL to begin crude processing at Barmer refinery by end of month Details
 8Clean fuels require subsidies and mandates to survive in free market: Trafigura CEO Details
 8Chevron in final talks with Eneos, Glencore on Singapore assets sale Details
 8Skoda evaluating CNG for India, but EVs remain stuck in limbo Details
 8Adani Total Gas posts first profit rise in five quarters as CNG sales grow Details
 8Venezuelan crude may present opportunities despite challenges, says HPCL Details
 8IOC chairman says ample crude supply keeping oil prices stable despite geopolitical tensions Details
 8HPCL expects higher LPG under recoveries in January–March 2026 Details
 8Usage of LPG, smartphones among details to be sought during census Details
 8India's oil & gas PSUs evolving into future-ready energy firms: Puri Details
 8Mizoram CM assures follow-up on Eighth Schedule proposal for Mizo language Details
 8Sources say in upcoming February and March, Reliance Industries India is expected to import sanctions-corresponding Russian oil Details
 8Indian Oil lines up Rs.1 lakh crore for 18 GW green energy bet Details
 8Trump sanctions impact: India eyes alternatives to Russian crude; imports oil from Guyana, Saudi Arabia but Russia still top supplier Details
 8BPCL anticipates strong Q3 results and potential interim dividend amid favorable market conditions Details
 8ONGC appoints Bijay Rajeev as executive director Details
 8ONGC invests in two JV companies in partnership with Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd, Japan Details
 8NTPC Green Energy Ltd signs MoU with Govt of Uttar Pradesh for development of green hydrogen projects Details
 8Adani Total Gas Q3 profit rises to Rs.159 crore, revenue crosses Rs.1,639 crore Details
 8EnviTec switches on new Cremona biomethane plant, feeds gas into Italy’s grid Details
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Seraikela-Kharsawan District City Gas Distribution Project

Jan 23: 8Project Name: Seraikela-Kharsawan District City Gas Distribution
8Project Cost: Rs 300 crore Click here for more details Details

Dewas District City Gas Distribution Project

Jan 23: 8Project Name: Dewas District City Gas Distribution
8Project Cost: Rs 300 crore Click here for more details Details

Announcements

Jan 23: New Page 1 8Cambay PSC update: C-78 gas shows and stabilised production at 40 bopd [Synergia] Details
8Additional session in auction market [IGX] Details
8Extension of closing date for comments on PNGRB LNG terminal amendment regulations, 2025 [PNGRB] Details
8Amalgamation of step-down wholly owned subsidiaries with Reliance New Energy Limited [RIL] Details
8Audio recording of Q3 post-earnings conference call [HPCL] Details
8Financial results for the quarter and nine months ended December 31, 2025 [ATGL] Details
8ONGC appoints Shri Bijay Rajeev as executive director [ONGC] Details
8ONGC acquires 50% stake in two ethane shipping joint ventures with Mitsui O.S.K. Lines [ONGC] Details
8Presentation on performance highlights of the company [Selan] Details
8Financial results for the quarter and nine months ended December 31, 2025 [Selan] Details
8Presentation on performance highlights of the company [GSPL] Details
8Financial results for the quarter and nine months ended December 31, 2025 [GSPL] Details Details

ONGC's Pipeline Replacement Project under stress: Has work been snatched from existing contractor?

Jan 22: 8Find out what ONGC has done
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PNGRB has little or no idea most of the time-I: It is always a shot-in the dark for participants in pipeline bids

Jan 22: There is no guarantee that these pipelines will eventually see the light of day.
8Shikrapur–Goa–Hubli LPG pipeline:  Requests for coordinates, data access letters, and exclusivity comfort are largely met with silence, leading bidders uncertain
8Jalandhar–Jammu LPG pipeline: The regulator has no idea about coordinates, RoU ownership cues, and bottling plant interface data.
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PNGRB has little or no idea most of the time-II: Tenders cancelled

Jan 22: 8One was about a consultant. A single bidder ended up in the show, and then faced a cancelled tender
8Then there is this pipeline contract. No body had any idea about  gas availability, operating parameters, and a capacity mandate that could match visible demand. So after the bids came in, it was cancelled
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Proposed phosphatic fertilizer project: Update

Jan 22: 8This is coming up with a total capacity of 2,37,300 MT per annum.
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EIL is getting more competitive everyday

Jan 22: 8It was L1 for consultancy services in a refinery
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MECON undercuts hard as GAIL’s Vijaipur to Bina pipeline PMC tender

Jan 22: 8The price gap is a whopping 164% between L-1 and L-2
8And it is so wide that it points to fundamentally different staffing and scope assumptions.
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LMBU IHCD–SDA EPCC: Winner overwhelms L&T

Jan 22: 8The price gap is massive.
8How did that happen
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Dahej water block package sees three technical bidders

Jan 22: 8But the real filter is how each prices unresolved hydraulics and tender-set inconsistencies.
8The PMC pushes battery-limit conditions into detailed engineering, shifting integration risk to the package contractor
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Retender resets PLL’s Dahej PDH-PP upstream powder EPC

Jan 22: 8PLL’s Dahej PDH-PP upstream powder EPC has been retendered after the earlier round was cancelled post financial bid opening, resetting the competitive field.
8The visible deltas are not cosmetic: pre-bid engagement is switched off, the calendar is rebuilt, and the post-mechanical phase is reframed around commissioning.
8The deeper question is whether this reset tightens risk transfer or simply prices in process uncertainty
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Andhra Refinery Update

Jan 22: 1) VCM licensor tender slips 57 days as EIL extends bid due date
8The extension is not just a date change: bid validity and certain security logistics move with the “final” deadline, quietly reshaping bidder behaviour.
 
2) Technical amendment tightens flare philosophy, feed specs and sop-linked pricing for GTU licensor package
8The licensor selection just shifted from “pick a technology” to “prove the design logic on paper,” with SIL now expected to show up in the P&ID trail. The amendment also rewrites key gasoline feed-property assumptions and forces bidders to declare how they are counting mitigated versus unmitigated flare loads.
 
3) PVC licensor package tender extended
8The tender’s heavy reference-and-verification burden means the extra time could reshape who stays compliant and who drops out. But the extension extract is unusually light on revised dates, creating a coordination risk unless bidders pull the full CPPP corrigendum.

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Jack-up tender reset: ONGC abandons open shortlist, locks in five-year empanelled hire

Jan 22: 8Find out what is going on
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Downstream contracting briefs

Jan 22: 1) Bina refinery SAF (ATJ and other pathways) PFR consultancy sees repeated bid deadline extensions
8BPCL is asking for an ATJ-anchored pre-feasibility with capex and IRR outputs before a licensor is even locked in, and bidders are treating that as a financing problem. The company’s stance on third-party payments and licensor inputs shifts cost and schedule risk onto the consultant, tightening the compliant bidder pool.
 
2) FRE revamp BDEP study extended, as “new-only” deliverables quietly expand to existing systems
8The technical clarifications are not neutral: bidders are being pushed from “new-only” design expectations toward covering existing exchangers and revamp-wide integration outputs. The question now is whether the calendar drift is a participation problem, a scope-clarity problem, or both.
 
3) Zero Waste to Landfill empanelment loosens experience recency gate and stretches timeline
8The owner has quietly rewritten the experience clock, pulling the qualifying “completed by” date forward by three years. At the same time, documentation proof norms are being softened in ways that could reshape who actually gets into the limited-tender funnel.
 
4) IOCL extends LuPech N2O2 unit O&M bid while hard-coding a fixed-part price floor
8The more consequential move sits inside the buyer-added terms: a non-quotable fixed-part floor that can reshuffle how bidders game reverse auction pricing. What bidders do next will reveal whether the market’s hesitation is about operational liability, compliance load, or simple participation scarcity.
 
5) PMC gatekeeping for 14 TPD CBG plant tightened with higher capacity benchmarks and added site-risk studies
8A corrigendum quietly changes who can even enter the race by rewriting the experience yardstick around much larger processing capacities. The pre-bid replies then slam the door on itemised inspection man-days and broader force majeure language, forcing bidders to absorb field-friction costs inside lumpsum rates.
 
6) GAIL’s Uran–Usar pipeline balance + HDD tender gets a deadline shift
8The tender set signals that methodology and cross-discipline execution (not just rates) could decide who survives evaluation and who bleeds at site.
 
7) Owner tightens scope baseline for bina refinery energy optimization PMC
8This is being done with corrected SOW and hard rejection trigger.

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Bid deadline pushed  again for 3000 hp rig hire

Jan 22: 8Amendments quietly rewires equipment acceptability across the rotary table, pumps, casing handling, and well-control documentation.
8The question now is whether the widened technical envelope offsets the longer bid security lock-up and brings in the rigs OIL needs without diluting control over compliance proof.
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WBDF western offshore tender: Technical bid opening extended again

Jan 22: 8The consortium India-incorporation gate is removed
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E&P contracting brief for the day

Jan 22: 1) ONGC disqualifies two while eleven clear techno-commercial stage in Mehsana asset
8ONGC’s Mehsana chemical dosing pumps tender ends the participation phase with 11 bidders qualified and two disqualified, signalling a clear filter at the techno-commercial gate.
8The outcome reflects how experience continuity, documentation hygiene, and clarification-bound interpretations now outweigh aggressive pricing posturing.
8For participating bidders, the message is blunt: clean credentials and defensible operating assumptions decide survival before commercials even open.
 
2) ONGC’s Tripura work over rig civil ARC tightens to two winners with match L-1 pressure
8ONGC’s Tripura work over rig civil ARC quietly narrows the prize to two winners and then dares everyone else to match L-1.
8A third-party verification layer turns “experience” into an auditable product, not a narrative.
 
3) Corrigendum hardens MSE preference ladder and enforces 25% option clause in 10k PTS hiring — ONGC Rajahmundry
8ONGC has rewritten the award preference mechanics inside a non splitable service bid for a 10k production testing surface spread at Rajahmundry.
 
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Today's update in E&P, Midstream-Downstream & CGD sector

Jan 22: 8Here's what's happening today in the E&P, midstream-downstream, and CGD section
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Daily forward looking import matrices

Jan 22: It is easy to get month-old import data but it is difficult to solicit forthcoming shipment information in India. We go through a laborious process of data collection to get you full import information, including company-wise, quantity-wise, port-wise, vessel-wise cargoes which are coming into India in the next 15-to30 days.
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8LNG
8Crude
8Chemicals
8Fertilizers
8LPG
8Ammonia
8Coal & Coke
8All tankers
8Bulk and Dry cargo
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Gwalior (Except already authorized) District and Sheopur District City Gas Distribution Project

Jan 22: 8Project Name: Gwalior (Except already authorized) District and Sheopur District City Gas Distribution
8Project Cost: Rs 350 crore Click here for more details Details

Unnao District City Gas Distribution Project

Jan 22: 8Project Name: Unnao District City Gas Distribution
8Project Cost: Rs 250 crore Click here for more details Details

India’s Reliance to buy sanctions-compliant Russian oil in February and March, sources say

Jan 22: For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
8Tender for renewal of Commvault journaling Details
8Procurement of electrical spares Details
8Procurement of door frame metal detector (Q2) Details 
8Operation and Maintenance (O&M) Contract for 500 kW Solar Power Plant Details
8Tender for charter hiring of 04 nos. of MLT BMC jack-up rig for 05 years Details
8Fabrication, supply and installation of current transformers of HT switchgear panel of SCA process complex Details  
8Annual Rate Contract (ARC) for Fabrication and Erection of MOC for Augmentation of Existing Refinery Rainwater System Details
8Procurement of actuators for GTG and PGC gas fuel valves of B193 platform Details
8Tender for calibration of master instruments for ICP, BHS and SCA process complex Details
8Tender for revamp of centrifugal horizontal pump (SPP) for Bina petrochem and refinery expansion project Details 
8Appointment of Consultant for Development of Non-Fuel Retail Business Details
8Tender for instruments (tuning fork and capacitance) for BPCL, Bina petrochem and refinery expansion projects Details
8Tender for PP upstream of powder section for PDH-PP plant with ethane and propane handling facilities Details
8Procurement of UN-certified CS drums for catalyst Details
8Procurement of PTA-grade sodium carbonate Details
8Tender for supply of complete vessel Details
8Procurement of ST3514 (hydrogenated castor oil) Details
8Supply of barrier spares for critical control system of JR refinery Details
8Supply of GT air filter cartridge element Details
8Tender for procurement of cupric carbonate Details
8Supply of propane (industrial-grade refrigerant) Details
8Third-party testing of motor gasoline (MS) and high-speed diesel (HSD) samples Details
8Annual maintenance contract for mechanical maintenance and safety works Details
8Providing environmental hygiene services for maintenance work Details
8Tender for supply of oxygen analyser Details
8Supply of pressure vacuum valves with silica gel trap Details
8Annual maintenance contract for 12 nos. of Julabo make circulating chillers Details
8Safety audit as per IS 14489:2018 and Schedule-8 Rule-10 of MSIHC Rules, 1989 Details
8Supply of AFC gearbox spares Details
8Tender for gate pass management and watch & ward services for green belt Details
8Procurement of power cylinders, positioners and accessories from SMC & Nepack Details
8Procurement of multimedia projector (MMP) (Q2) Details
8Tender for procurement of mechanical seal Details
8Procurement of spares for Howden make SRU blowers Details
8Procurement of HACH LDO analyser spares Details
8Tender for procurement of attapulgite clay Details
8Tender for supply of XBIS conveyor belt Details
8Procurement of multi-function calibrators (Q3) Details
8Tender for procurement of octane additive Details
8Procurement of rising stem gate valves Details
8Annual maintenance contract for Endress+Hauser make TFMS Details
8Procurement of hydrochloric acid (HCl) on two-year rate contract basis Details
8Supply of portable fire extinguishers (V3) Details
8Supply and installation of glass vessel with mechanical lab stirrer (flame-proof, 20-litre capacity) Details
8Non-comprehensive annual maintenance contract for PWMC group-B Details
8Supply of octane booster additive Details
8Procurement of rubber latex on rate contract basis Details
8Supply of tank protection devices – flame arrester Details
8Procurement of material handling equipment Details
8Provision of manpower services for territory assistance work Details
8Tender for miscellaneous LPG SAP operations at LPG plant Details
8Annual rate contract for servicing of GE make LT air circuit breakers Details
8Supply and installation of ASTM colorimeter Details
8Tender for painting of pipeline Details
8Rate contract for operation and maintenance of water supply valves Details
8Supply of light blue envelopes for ultrasound Details
8Tender for financial advisory services Details
8Supply of breathing apparatus set with cylinders Details
8Supply of live working gloves made of insulating material (V2) Details
8Supply of electrical rescue rod Details
8Procurement of ordinary water monitors Details
8Procurement of fasteners for storage and WWTP unit Details
8Procurement of hydraulic tools for DT Kandla O&M base Details
8Hiring of optical fiber cable (OFC) maintenance services Details
8Annual maintenance contract for servicing of listed instruments Details
8Tender for mobilization and demobilization services for rope access Details
8Annual rate contract for shifting of furniture between quarters or from city to township on as-and-when-required basis Details
8Design, fabrication, supply and commissioning of coalescer package for motor spirit service Details
8Tender for development of VR-based safety briefing and fire safety simulation system Details
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 8Global LNG supply set to jump in 2026, limiting prices and spurring demand Details
 8LNG supply surge set to ease prices in 2026 Details
 8Kinder Morgan posts record earnings as LNG demand fuels pipeline growth Details
 8Construction of Canada’s multibillion-dollar LNG project nears 60% Details
 8Actis puts on block Indian green energy unit Athena Details
 8NITI Aayog suggests setting up of national agency to implement green transition for MSMEs Details
 8Rupee plunges to record low of 91.64 against US dollar Details
 8BPCL buys Iraqi, Oman crude via one-year import tenders, sources say Details
 8“We can process Venezuelan crude if made available”: IOCL chairman Details
 8Indian refiners shift oil strategy; trim Russian buys and turn to Middle East Details
 8HPCL Q3 FY26 profit rises 58% to Rs. 4,011 crore on stronger refining margins Details
 8Delhi govt rationalises bus routes in West Delhi as old CNG buses exit fleet Details
 8BPCL’s Vision 2026: leading India’s shift to natural gas Details
 8BPCL launches national PNG & CNG drive 2.0 Details
 8US propane at 14-month low to WTI in Jan Details
 8Delhi govt to gift free LPG cooking gas cylinders; here’s how and when to avail it Details
 8India’s upstream sector undergoes major shift after reforms: Hardeep Puri Details
 8Tecnimont enters US LNG market via strategic agreement for Argent LNG export facility in Louisiana Details
 8Venezuelan crude oil likely to flow to US, Europe and India: Rystad Energy Details
 8‘Our refineries are robust!’: India can process Venezuelan crude oil when available; here’s what IOCL chairman said Details
 8IEA raises forecast of global oil demand growth in 2026 Details
 8U.S. natural gas prices surge 45% in two days due to Arctic cold Details
 8Halliburton beats Q4 estimates as international revenue soars Details
 8Indian refiners boost Middle East supply to offset lost Russian oil Details
 8Falling crude prices cut India’s oil import bill by 8.5% in December Details
 8India’s BPCL secures Middle Eastern crude deals amid Russian supply pivot Details
 8India’s Reliance to buy sanctions-compliant Russian oil in February and March, sources say Details
 8HPCL reports strong Q3 FY26 performance with net profit of Rs. 4,072 crore Details
 8Gujarat Gas appoints B. N. Patel as Executive Director Details
 8BPCL completes major modernisation of Vadinar–Bina pipeline to boost energy security Details
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Announcements

Jan 22: New Page 1 8Oil and gas snapshot of states – Edition III (Apr–Dec) 2025 [PPAC] Details
8Vedanta delivers India’s largest employee equity grant in manufacturing worth Rs.2,500 crores Details
8Annulment of bidding process for Mallavaram–Srikakulam natural gas pipeline authorization [PNGRB] Details
8Clarifications to prospective bidders for LPG pipeline authorization from Jalandhar to Jammu [PNGRB] Details
8Clarifications to prospective bidders for LPG pipeline authorization from Shikrapur to Goa and Hubli [PNGRB] Details
8Audio recording of post-results earnings conference call [GGL] Details
8Appointment of Shri B. N. Patel, GAS Selection Scale, as Executive Director [GGL] Details
8Receipt of NCLT order [GNRL] Details
8Voting results of the postal ballot and scrutinizer report [GNRL] Details
8Financial results for the quarter and period ended December 31, 2025 [HPCL] Details
8Stellar financial performance with 206% growth in 9M PAT and commissioning of RUF at Visakh Refinery [HPCL] Details
8Investor presentation [HPCL] Details
8Release of pledge shares [Confidence Petroleum] Details
8Intimation of board meeting for approval of unaudited financial results [Welspun] Details
8Change in senior management team [EKCL] Details
8Intimation of board meeting and earnings conference call [GES] Details Details

Low cost ammonia gets funding

Jan 21: Some of the biggest companies are backing this low cost ammonia technology
8What the technology pushes is a lower-temperature, lower-pressure ammonia reactor
8The company claims its process can operate at sharply reduced pressure and temperature versus conventional Haber-Bosch Details

Deep beats John, John beats Deep

Jan 21: 8This is how the rig business has evolved in India
8Caught between the two of them.
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India's LNG battle in 2026 will be fought in summer, not winter

Jan 21: 8Global oversupply” does not protect India from summer price spikes
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Gas supplier in a corner: Consultant hired to figure out which way to go

Jan 21: 8This gas supplier is facing a strategic corner Industrial volumes are being swallowed up by cheaper alternative fuels
8CNG is adding volumes but not enough
8So it has hired a high profile consultant to look at its portfolio, and its overall footprint, its pricing posture, sourcing strategy and future road map
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India’s gas market has stopped responding to price signals

Jan 21: 8India’s gas market is no longer price-responsive in any meaningful sense.
8Falling LNG prices are now coinciding with lower import volumes — the opposite of what a price-elastic market would show.
8Gas demand in India is effectively administrated, with policy, not price, determining volumes.
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Gas pipeline company is bleeding: And its network is still unfinished

Jan 21: 8This gas pipeline company has run into mounting losses
8It has now withdrawn into a corner, with the network still to be fully built Details

HP-HT well services pricing: Going at a steep discount

Jan 21: 8The winning bid sits far below the only competing offer in a technically unforgiving HP-HT environment.
8What this signals for service margins and future KG onshore tenders is where the real story lies.
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Worker tagging stopped in ONGC: Was it too intrusive?

Jan 21: 8A workforce tracking bid tried to fuse hazardous-area hardware, plant-wide RF coverage and five-year managed operations
8The technical promise was crisp—15 m location accuracy, two-minute display latency and 3,300 certified badges
8But then it was cancelled
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Three bidders clear ONGC’s post-bid clarification gauntlet for CPF Gandhar ARC as one drops out 

Jan 21: 8Find out what was going on
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E&P contracting brief for the day

Jan 21: 1) ONGC picks Figment as L1 for GST compliance management consultancy
8ONGC’s GST “consultancy” award is actually a platform-heavy compliance control tower spanning IMS actions, reconciliations, and litigation workflows.
8The price curve is orderly up to the Big-4 band, then breaks with a +1514.8% outlier that hints at radically different scope interpretations.
8What matters next is whether the L1 bid priced the toolled operating model the scope demands, or just the manpower veneer.
 
2) ONGC extends the MOPU R-series pre-bid query deadline again, pushing the clarification window further out
8ONGC has shifted the MOPU R-series query deadline twice, turning a mid-January clarification cutoff into a late-January gate.
8The bigger signal is not the extra days, but the instruction that queries must be consolidated “in one go,” with ONGC reserving the right to ignore piecemeal submissions.
8The move quietly reshapes who can bid cleanly in a “reject without clarifications” tender architecture.
 
3) ONGC widens digital transformation SI empanelment to top six with a 60-mark floor and hardens bid compliance controls
8ONGC’s latest corrigendum quietly changes the math of who gets into its digital transformation vendor pool.
8The shift is not just a date push—it rewires empanelment size, tie-break logic, and the compliance burden bidders must carry at submission stage.
8The real story is what this does to competition and risk transfer once post-empanelment limited tenders start flowing.
 
4) Bid closing pushed as Dandewala GSU EPC tender keeps resetting the market
8Oil India has extended the Dandewala gas sweetening unit tender again after a multi-amendment rewrite cycle.
8The date move lands on top of qualification and performance-governance changes that can still reject bids deep into evaluation.
8The tender’s real story is how CO2-handling integration and “guarantee realism” are being enforced, not just how long the bid window stays open.
 
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Refinery shutdown tendering: Updates

Jan 21: 1) IOCL Panipat’s de-hexaniser and caustic tower shutdown package
8The tender’s equipment age caps and third-party certification expectations look capable of filtering the bidder pool before rates even come into play. Reverse auction mechanics then set up a second round where only the technically clean bidders get to chase the final number.
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Downstream contracting briefs: Awards

Jan 21: 1) Lube blending plant IATF consultancy: Winner declared
8Lube blending plant IATF consultancy award lands after a technical filter that appears to have thinned the field sharply. The L1 sits well below the estimate, but the real story is what the disqualifications and clause design imply for delivery risk and audit outcomes. The tender’s all-inclusive pricing and “IATF-only experience” gate set up a quality-versus-competition trade that could echo into adjacent certification and quality tenders.
 
2) BPCL awards April-2026 Mumbai Refinery turnaround pigging package for sea cooling and DHT-KHT headers
8With only an L1 outcome visible in the award line, the participation and pricing tension signals are pointing in one direction.

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Downstream contracting briefs: Part I

Jan 21: 1) BPCL Kochi refinery tightens “zero deviation” posture for PFCCU revamp DCS upgradation
8BPCL’s PFCCU revamp controls package is being structured as a single-point accountability play, bundling system supply, site work, and commissioning-through-sat responsibilities. The sharpest lever is not upfront EMD but how schedule discipline is enforced through a broadened price reduction base tied to what bpcl treats as the “basic” delivery value.
 
2) Five deadline pushes push IOCL’s PP unit weigh scale bid window
8The corrigenda show repeated “from/to” edits with no stated reason in the pages provided. The net effect is a 79-day drift that delays price discovery and award. The unanswered question is whether the promoter is chasing participation or waiting out compliance bottlenecks.
 
3) IOCL panipat refinery extends 2G ethanol feed dust removal LSTK tender after four deadline resets
8The extensions look like a participation-and-clarity fix, but the document trail keeps the risk allocation intact while tightening safety consequences. The real story is how LSTK interface risk meets reverse auction price pressure in a tender that refuses to “rebalance” on paper.
 
4) HPRGE extends GeM DFR tender after three pushes
8Beneath the calendar, bidder queries expose scope arithmetic and control-document inconsistencies that can reshape pricing and compliance risk. The real contest is whether reverse auction can coexist with “mandatory” MSW field-and-lab depth without hollowing out deliverable quality.
 
5) HPCL pares back chemical dosing O&M obligations in technical amendment
8HPCL’s latest technical amendment quietly deletes the most operations-heavy part of the package: six months of chemical dosing system monitoring, running and maintenance. The move may widen bidder participation and reduce defensive pricing, but it also shifts day-to-day reliability risk back onto the owner immediately after commissioning.

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Downstream contracting briefs: Part II

Jan 21: 1) IOCL extends PBR Panipat E&I works tender deadline, keeping RA pressure intact
8IOCL’s 8-day deadline push hints at bidder-density anxiety before reverse auction kicks in, but it does not loosen the eligibility window. With interest on claims structurally choked and HSE staffing ratios recalibrated, the risk-and-margin maths is shifting in ways many bidders will miss.
 
2) BPCL tightens baseline for Bina refinery energy optimisation EPCM bid
8This is while replacing earlier scope and making corrigendum submission a rejection trigger
 
3) IOCL hard-sets bank guarantee valuation and LOI-adjusted payable basis in spent hydrotreating catalyst rejuvenation bid
8IOCL has moved to lock down two historic flashpoints in catalyst rejuvenation contracts: custody collateral and payable mass definition. Corrigendum-1 fixes the per-MT spent catalyst valuation for BG and makes IOCL’s lab LOI outcome binding on billing weight. The tighter text reshapes who can bid, how they finance the job, and how aggressively they can play reverse auction.
 
4) Cancelled: MRPL’s aromatic complex RGC motor-drive feasibility bid hits an OEM-dependency wall before award conversion
8MRPL framed a short-cycle feasibility study that behaves like a complex-wide energy integration exercise, not a package-level desktop report. Bidders pushed back on OEM dependence and missing baselines, while MRPL insisted on OEM anchoring without carrying OEM time or cost risk. The cancellation now leaves the market guessing whether MRPL will re-tender with softer interfaces or double down on risk transfer.

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  • Jan 21: Announcements:Details
  • Jan 21: Low cost ammonia gets funding :Details
  • Jan 21: India's LNG battle in 2026 will be fought in summer, not winter:Details
  • Jan 21: Gas pipeline company is bleeding: And its network is still unfinished:Details
  • Jan 21: Gas supplier in a corner: Consultant hired to figure out which way to go:Details
  • Jan 21: India’s gas market has stopped responding to price signals :Details