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GAIL’s full blueprint for a 1.27 million urea plant: Get the full details here. GACL turns to coal and bio-fuel after 40% GAIL gas curtailment. HPCL SAF project: In serious trouble?. 92-year old Petroleum Law gets a big overhaul. "One Nation, One Tariff" takes another step. IGX could soon trade LNG, CBG and even petroleum products. Splitting up GAIL and then putting together an independent grid operator has been on the back burner for a long time now. Half-a-million tonne green ammonia project: JV partner to bear an unequal load. ONGC rewrites Minimum Work Programme security timing as Gamij-Geleki SPEC bidders challenge baseline and delivery-point risk . Daily forward looking import matrices. E&P contracting brief: Part I. E&P contracting brief: Part II. Downstream contracting briefs. Oil India appoints Sanjay Verma as new Resident Chief Executive. Hyderabad District City Gas Distribution Project. Oil & Gas Sector: All new tenders of the day. Oil & Gas Sector: Get all winning contracts of the day. Today's update in E&P and Midstream-Downstream sector. Indian government mandates biometric authentication for domestic cooking gas subsidies. ONGC cancels three-year Uran Plant compressor repair package as critical maintenance strategy returns to the drawing board. Oil India Limited pulls four Surface Production Facilities from Assam-Arunachal production plan. ONGC’s deepwater foray: Consultant to throw light. OIL’s Andaman foray: Turning out to be more complicated than before. Oil India Limited explores preventive wax and asphaltene technologies that could displace recurring well-intervention campaigns. E&P contracting brief: Part I. E&P contracting brief: Part II. E&P contracting brief: Part III. E&P contracting brief: Part IV. E&P contracting brief: Part V. E&P contracting brief: Part VI. E&P contracting brief: Part VII. Downstream contracting briefs: Awards. AM Green’s Kakinada Makeover: 684 MW of Renewable Power to Replace a Grey Ammonia Train. Pipeline operator puts green-ammonia compatibility of its existing liquefied petroleum gas pipeline under the microscope. IOCL keeps project complexity risk with consultants in Phase 1 and Phase 2 consultancy framework. Coal India’s Coal Gas gasification project: Another twist. Downstream contracting briefs: Part IV. Downstream contracting briefs: Part III. Downstream contracting briefs: Part II. Downstream contracting briefs: Part I.
GAIL’s full blueprint for a 1.27 million urea plant: Get the full details here
Oct 01:
8The gas giant seems to be going full stream ahead with this Rs 11,000 crore investment
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GACL turns to coal and bio-fuel after 40% GAIL gas curtailment
HPCL SAF project: In serious trouble?
92-year old Petroleum Law gets a big overhaul
Oct 01:
8Licence breaches are not longer considered criminal
But new rules carry 10-year sentences
And confiscation of assets Details
But new rules carry 10-year sentences
And confiscation of assets Details
"One Nation, One Tariff" takes another step
Oct 01:
8Isolated pipelines are to be brought into the unified tariff framework
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IGX could soon trade LNG, CBG and even petroleum products
Oct 01:
8Trading will include CBG trading, long-duration contracts, booking of RLNG regasification capacity
8Trading petroleum products will also follow Details
8Trading petroleum products will also follow Details
Splitting up GAIL and then putting together an independent grid operator has been on the back burner for a long time now
Oct 01:
8But not any more, it seems
And those whose exclusivities have ended will have to look back through their shoulders too Details
And those whose exclusivities have ended will have to look back through their shoulders too Details
Half-a-million tonne green ammonia project: JV partner to bear an unequal load
Oct 01:
8Find out how this developing tender is running into trouble already
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ONGC rewrites Minimum Work Programme security timing as Gamij-Geleki SPEC bidders challenge baseline and delivery-point risk
Oct 01:
8ONGC's latest Gamij-Geleki SPEC corrigendum gives bidders a potentially important reprieve by shifting Minimum Work Programme PBG exposure away from annual encashment.
8But the same clarification round leaves the 15-year production architecture, heavy drilling commitments and 20% minimum revenue share largely intact while bidders continue to challenge the Gamij baseline.
8The real commercial consequence now turns on what ONGC's promised third-party decline data and measurement methodology reveal before the extended 26 October deadline.
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8But the same clarification round leaves the 15-year production architecture, heavy drilling commitments and 20% minimum revenue share largely intact while bidders continue to challenge the Gamij baseline.
8The real commercial consequence now turns on what ONGC's promised third-party decline data and measurement methodology reveal before the extended 26 October deadline.
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Daily forward looking import matrices
Oct 01:
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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8Crude
8Chemicals
8Fertilizers
8LPG
8Ammonia
8Coal & Coke
8All tankers
8Bulk and Dry cargo
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Get the daily updates for :
8LNG
8Crude
8Chemicals
8Fertilizers
8LPG
8Ammonia
8Coal & Coke
8All tankers
8Bulk and Dry cargo
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E&P contracting brief: Part I
Oct 01:
1) ONGC makes Damoh consultant carry six-well clearance process beyond environmental report writing
8ONGC is not stopping at EMP and PFR preparation for its six exploratory wells in the OALP-IV Damoh block.
8The consultant must handle CTE assistance, regulatory queries, SEAC presentation and follow-up until environmental clearance is issued.
8The deeper issue is how much regulatory execution risk is being packed into what is formally procured as consultancy services.
2) ONGC narrows CBM strainer fabrication to known vendors while rejection risk stays with suppliers in Bokaro
8ONGC is sourcing SS-316 T-type strainer filter elements for its CBM wells through a limited GeM tender restricted to a known supplier universe.
8The Rs 5 lakh procurement combines third-party inspection rights and a 60-day delivery window with replacement and rejection provisions capable of magnifying fabrication errors.
8The bigger technical question sits inside the specifications and schematic that determine how demanding the manufacturing gate actually becomes.
3) ONGC rewrites Rajahmundry HPHT cementing risk as equipment barriers fall and subsurface liability shifts
8ONGC's latest Rajahmundry corrigendum removes multiple equipment obligations, doubles selected call-out notice and widens slurry-test tolerance from 10% to 25%.
8It also replaces several 240°C BHST requirements with lower BHCT-based limits while leaving the core KPI architecture largely intact.
8But the most consequential amendment sits deeper in the contract, where an entirely new clause redraws responsibility for well, reservoir, blowout and subsurface pollution risk.
4) OIL extends well-design tender after rewriting timelines, offshore scope and risk allocation
8OIL has extended its four-year pan-India well-design tender after a corrigendum that rewrites far more than the bidding calendar.
8Contractor clocks, offshore engineering boundaries, software readiness, insurance, specialist deployment and gate-linked payments have all been reset while one lump-sum rate still covers radically different well classes.
8The sharper issue is whether the added bidding time is enough to price the redesign and complexity risks OIL has deliberately left inside that common rate.
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8ONGC is not stopping at EMP and PFR preparation for its six exploratory wells in the OALP-IV Damoh block.
8The consultant must handle CTE assistance, regulatory queries, SEAC presentation and follow-up until environmental clearance is issued.
8The deeper issue is how much regulatory execution risk is being packed into what is formally procured as consultancy services.
2) ONGC narrows CBM strainer fabrication to known vendors while rejection risk stays with suppliers in Bokaro
8ONGC is sourcing SS-316 T-type strainer filter elements for its CBM wells through a limited GeM tender restricted to a known supplier universe.
8The Rs 5 lakh procurement combines third-party inspection rights and a 60-day delivery window with replacement and rejection provisions capable of magnifying fabrication errors.
8The bigger technical question sits inside the specifications and schematic that determine how demanding the manufacturing gate actually becomes.
3) ONGC rewrites Rajahmundry HPHT cementing risk as equipment barriers fall and subsurface liability shifts
8ONGC's latest Rajahmundry corrigendum removes multiple equipment obligations, doubles selected call-out notice and widens slurry-test tolerance from 10% to 25%.
8It also replaces several 240°C BHST requirements with lower BHCT-based limits while leaving the core KPI architecture largely intact.
8But the most consequential amendment sits deeper in the contract, where an entirely new clause redraws responsibility for well, reservoir, blowout and subsurface pollution risk.
4) OIL extends well-design tender after rewriting timelines, offshore scope and risk allocation
8OIL has extended its four-year pan-India well-design tender after a corrigendum that rewrites far more than the bidding calendar.
8Contractor clocks, offshore engineering boundaries, software readiness, insurance, specialist deployment and gate-linked payments have all been reset while one lump-sum rate still covers radically different well classes.
8The sharper issue is whether the added bidding time is enough to price the redesign and complexity risks OIL has deliberately left inside that common rate.
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E&P contracting brief: Part II
Oct 01:
1) OIL extends Balimara 3D seismic tender but leaves drilling-risk architecture largely intact
8OIL has moved its Balimara 17,000-shot 3D seismic tender to 12 October after releasing survey coordinates, tentative acquisition geometry and detailed equipment interfaces sought by bidders.
8Yet requests to ease the 45-day mobilisation, drilling-resource obligations, penalties and most key-personnel requirements were largely rejected, with only the Shot Firer receiving targeted licence relief.
8The sharper question is whether seven extra days and better technical visibility are enough when the most consequential execution risks remain where they were.
2) OIL extends Duliajan LP booster compressor tender after 14-day bidding reset
8OIL has pushed its Duliajan LP booster compressor tender from 30 September to 14 October, extending the bidding window by 14 days for a 12-unit package built around stringent operating-reference gates.
8The shift is notable because the original GeM configuration provided for only one seven-day automatic extension, while API 11P/ISO 13631 compliance, 8,000-hour operating proof and capacity-specific experience requirements remain untouched in the documents reviewed.
8What is not disclosed is what required OIL to keep the competition open beyond the original automatic-extension window.
3) ONGC extends EDS Oracle-hardware tender as integration questions stretch bidding window
8ONGC's EDS database modernisation tender has moved from its original 21 September closing, creating a 16-day cumulative reset around a technically dense PDC-DR migration.
8The extra time follows successive questions over Oracle experience, scale-out storage, backup-network design and integration with ONGC's existing Arista infrastructure.
8The unresolved issue is whether another week broadens competition when the tender's toughest bidder-level qualification gate remains intact.
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8OIL has moved its Balimara 17,000-shot 3D seismic tender to 12 October after releasing survey coordinates, tentative acquisition geometry and detailed equipment interfaces sought by bidders.
8Yet requests to ease the 45-day mobilisation, drilling-resource obligations, penalties and most key-personnel requirements were largely rejected, with only the Shot Firer receiving targeted licence relief.
8The sharper question is whether seven extra days and better technical visibility are enough when the most consequential execution risks remain where they were.
2) OIL extends Duliajan LP booster compressor tender after 14-day bidding reset
8OIL has pushed its Duliajan LP booster compressor tender from 30 September to 14 October, extending the bidding window by 14 days for a 12-unit package built around stringent operating-reference gates.
8The shift is notable because the original GeM configuration provided for only one seven-day automatic extension, while API 11P/ISO 13631 compliance, 8,000-hour operating proof and capacity-specific experience requirements remain untouched in the documents reviewed.
8What is not disclosed is what required OIL to keep the competition open beyond the original automatic-extension window.
3) ONGC extends EDS Oracle-hardware tender as integration questions stretch bidding window
8ONGC's EDS database modernisation tender has moved from its original 21 September closing, creating a 16-day cumulative reset around a technically dense PDC-DR migration.
8The extra time follows successive questions over Oracle experience, scale-out storage, backup-network design and integration with ONGC's existing Arista infrastructure.
8The unresolved issue is whether another week broadens competition when the tender's toughest bidder-level qualification gate remains intact.
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Downstream contracting briefs
Oct 01:
1) One consultant gets unusual power to shape the next generation of Mazgaon and Silvassa automation tenders
8The winner will not merely identify automation gaps; it must prepare bills of quantities, equipment-make recommendations, budgetary offers and the tender documents for the eventual execution packages.
8That gives the consultant significant influence over how future system integrators and original equipment manufacturers encounter the project.
8The bigger commercial opportunity sits in the tenders this consultancy is being hired to design.
2) GAIL puts inaccessible corrosion across Visakhapatnam–Secunderabad liquefied petroleum gas pipeline network under targeted scrutiny
8GAIL’s inspection mandate specifically reaches piping below supports, inaccessible underground sections and other areas where conventional inspection access is constrained.
8The contractor must not merely identify indications but calculate remaining life and recommend repair or replacement where deterioration is found.
8For pipeline executives, the interesting question is what the unusually targeted inspection architecture says about the integrity uncertainties GAIL wants resolved.
3) BPCL sets 218 m3 dense-loading gate for Kochi Refinery’s January 2027 reactor shutdown
8The qualification test goes well beyond proving generic catalyst-handling experience.
8Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited wants the 218 m3 dense-loading credential tied to the same qualifying order that demonstrates inert-atmosphere catalyst replacement.
8That combination could sharply determine how many contractors can actually compete for the two-reactor shutdown.
4) IOCL’s Gujarat Refinery precious-metal catalyst sale enters 105-day extension cycle despite limited empanelled bidder pool
8The company has pushed its Gujarat Refinery spent-catalyst sale from an apparent 23 July closing to 5 November 2026 through three successive extensions.
8The delay is striking because the tender is restricted to empanelled buyers and covers more than 130 tonnes of platinum- and rhenium-bearing catalyst whose quantities remain linked to weighing, sampling and assay.
8What has kept this specialised price-discovery exercise open for an additional 105 days is not disclosed in the extension notices.
5) BPCL rewrites key engineering inputs for Mumbai Refinery Petro Resid Fluidized Catalytic Cracking reactor and regenerator package as bidding moves to 30 October
8The company has paired another month of bidding time with revisions across piping and instrumentation diagrams, rotating equipment, utilities and instrumentation for its Mumbai Refinery Petro Resid Fluidized Catalytic Cracking reactor and regenerator package.
8Addendum-10 also inserts operating-case stream data, a catalyst summary and a previously missing high-pressure receiver process data sheet into a tender carrying single-point lump-sum contractor responsibility.
8The deeper issue is how much of bidders’ September engineering and pricing now has to be rebuilt before the 30 October deadline.
6) HPCL extends Visakh Refinery isomerisation pressure-vessel tender by seven days
8The closing date has moved from 28 September to 5 October 2026, representing one confirmed extension and a seven-day net shift.
8No corresponding technical amendment has been identified in the material reviewed.
8The unanswered issue is why even a relatively short vessel package needed additional bidding time.
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8The winner will not merely identify automation gaps; it must prepare bills of quantities, equipment-make recommendations, budgetary offers and the tender documents for the eventual execution packages.
8That gives the consultant significant influence over how future system integrators and original equipment manufacturers encounter the project.
8The bigger commercial opportunity sits in the tenders this consultancy is being hired to design.
2) GAIL puts inaccessible corrosion across Visakhapatnam–Secunderabad liquefied petroleum gas pipeline network under targeted scrutiny
8GAIL’s inspection mandate specifically reaches piping below supports, inaccessible underground sections and other areas where conventional inspection access is constrained.
8The contractor must not merely identify indications but calculate remaining life and recommend repair or replacement where deterioration is found.
8For pipeline executives, the interesting question is what the unusually targeted inspection architecture says about the integrity uncertainties GAIL wants resolved.
3) BPCL sets 218 m3 dense-loading gate for Kochi Refinery’s January 2027 reactor shutdown
8The qualification test goes well beyond proving generic catalyst-handling experience.
8Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited wants the 218 m3 dense-loading credential tied to the same qualifying order that demonstrates inert-atmosphere catalyst replacement.
8That combination could sharply determine how many contractors can actually compete for the two-reactor shutdown.
4) IOCL’s Gujarat Refinery precious-metal catalyst sale enters 105-day extension cycle despite limited empanelled bidder pool
8The company has pushed its Gujarat Refinery spent-catalyst sale from an apparent 23 July closing to 5 November 2026 through three successive extensions.
8The delay is striking because the tender is restricted to empanelled buyers and covers more than 130 tonnes of platinum- and rhenium-bearing catalyst whose quantities remain linked to weighing, sampling and assay.
8What has kept this specialised price-discovery exercise open for an additional 105 days is not disclosed in the extension notices.
5) BPCL rewrites key engineering inputs for Mumbai Refinery Petro Resid Fluidized Catalytic Cracking reactor and regenerator package as bidding moves to 30 October
8The company has paired another month of bidding time with revisions across piping and instrumentation diagrams, rotating equipment, utilities and instrumentation for its Mumbai Refinery Petro Resid Fluidized Catalytic Cracking reactor and regenerator package.
8Addendum-10 also inserts operating-case stream data, a catalyst summary and a previously missing high-pressure receiver process data sheet into a tender carrying single-point lump-sum contractor responsibility.
8The deeper issue is how much of bidders’ September engineering and pricing now has to be rebuilt before the 30 October deadline.
6) HPCL extends Visakh Refinery isomerisation pressure-vessel tender by seven days
8The closing date has moved from 28 September to 5 October 2026, representing one confirmed extension and a seven-day net shift.
8No corresponding technical amendment has been identified in the material reviewed.
8The unanswered issue is why even a relatively short vessel package needed additional bidding time.
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Oil India appoints Sanjay Verma as new Resident Chief Executive
Oct 01:
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8USDA targets global markets including India to expand US ethanol exports Details
8Nitin Gadkari says flex-fuel engines capable of running on 100% ethanol are being developed; vehicles using the technology will be introduced as India pushes alternative fuels Details
8Ethanol, AI and agriculture: Who has right to India's depleting groundwater? Details
8ExxonMobil awards SLB OneSubsea contract for Area 4 deepwater Mozambique LNG project Details
8MAIRE's Tecnimont signs FEED contract for 25 MTPA Argent LNG project Details
8Oil slides on Saudi supply relief Details
8Cheniere Energy subsidiary enters long-term LNG SPA with Petrobras Details
8Explainer: What is Alaska LNG and why does the project face doubts? Details
8Trump announces Essar-backed $18 billion US steel investment Details
8Reddy says no coal shortage despite high demand, monsoon disruptions Details
8AM Green wins €585 million green ammonia deal to supply Germany Details
8Hormuz disruption cuts India's crude supplies by 20%, LNG by 16%: S&P Global Details
8US to lend 40 million barrel oil from strategic reserve as Ukraine war strains global supply Details
8IOC Gujarat refinery to start operating at expanded capacity by end of FY2027, executive says Details
8India flags concerns over US Russia sanctions law, warns of impact on ties, energy market Details
8Govt notifies new CAFE-3 norms for passenger vehicles Details
8India and Qatar accelerate talks on Bilateral Investment Treaty and Free Trade Agreement amidst $10 billion investment Details
8Oil climbs after Trump denies he is willing to ease sanctions on Iran Details
8KKR to acquire Cisternina Logistics, plans to build pan-India liquid storage and logistics platform Details
8RCL names three boxships with LNG, methanol and ammonia-ready capability Details
8PNGRB bats for level playing field across EV, CNG and LNG vehicles Details
8CNG is the most favourable fuel for Indian vehicles, TERI study finds, even better than EV Details
8As Delhi looks to drive out pollution, know what's allowed and what's not Details
8Bengaluru LPG theft: Man arrested for stealing 65 empty cylinders from gas agency Details
8UAE overtakes US as top LPG supplier, Russia retains top spot in crude oil Details
8Indian Oil's Gujarat refinery to start polypropylene production by FY-end Details
8LPG subsidy: Delhi HC seeks Centre's stand on PIL against mandatory biometric Aadhaar authentication Details
8MRPL fire extinguished; one fatality confirmed, one injured Details
8Oil India appoints Sanjay Verma as new Resident Chief Executive Details
8ONGC Bokaro conducts cleanliness drive in 3 schools; 400 students participate Details
8India's crude oil imports recover to pre-conflict levels Details
8Saudi Arabia resumes Yanbu oil loading after pipeline restart Details
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8Germany orders SEFE to add 8 TWh of gas to storage Details
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