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IOCL Haldia refinery’s bitumen tender quietly shifts additive risk from buyer to vendor.  IOCL’s 2049-50 fuel demand tender is not a study — it is a bid to own India’s downstream forecasting engine.  IOCL’s cancelled hydrogen golf cart tender exposes the procurement trap in India’s H2 mobility pilots.  Refinery quietly turns an AVU sour-gas release into a nominated EIL revamp study.  BPCL’s Auto LNG PMC corrigendum turns a capped-visit consultancy into a continuous site-control mandate.  HPCL ATF JeTreat bid extension exposes brownfield FEED risk behind Mumbai Refinery’s ATF capacity push.  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, Midstream-Downstream & CGD sector.  Catalyst updates.  Renewable tender's Changes made.  Downstream contracting briefs: Technical bids.  Downstream contracting briefs: Part I.  Downstream contracting briefs: Part II.  Downstream contracting briefs: Part III.  Downstream contracting briefs: Part IV.   Daily forward looking import matrices.  India, Venezuela move to deepen energy partnership amid global oil uncertainty.  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, Midstream-Downstream & CGD sector.  Daily forward looking import matrices.  India’s Nayara completes maintenance at 400,000-bpd refinery.  Lucknow District City Gas Distribution Project.  Bulandshahr District City Gas Distribution Project.  Two chemical mega projects worth $20 billion: Nobody showed up.   Land, skids and permits: The three logjams stalling India's city-gas rollout.  Margins crack, but the 'buy' holds: the case for Mahanagar Gas.  Will ethanol go the way of gas?.  ONGC’s Samudra Manthan corrigendum narrows deepwater rig tender into drillship-led play with shorter firm charter.  HAL Offshore and Shaporji face ONGC RJP MOPU tender where control-system risk may matter as much as vessel hire.  Only one  qualifies as OIL KG Basin offshore PMC tender filters out three participated bidders..  Cancelled ONGC SRF tender exposes the difficulty of pricing abandonment liabilities on approximate asset data.  Pore Pressure and Fracture Gradient  and Geomechanics EOI points to tighter drilling-risk control before complex E&P wells.  India won't touch its oil reserves: But it'll store yours.  HPCL compresses a 2040-facing market study into a three-month delivery window.  IOCL gives bidders more time for PDPC PMC-4, but not more comfort.  MRPL’s SAF feedstock tender exposes India’s certified UCO supply gap.  HPRGE’s solar PMC tender tests whether QCBS can work when the technical field collapses.  GAIL Pata draws three bidders for a high-risk C2/C3 composite works package.  

IOCL Haldia refinery’s bitumen tender quietly shifts additive risk from buyer to vendor

Jun 08: 8This is not just a PPA supply tender. IOCL is effectively asking vendors to guarantee VG40 performance tank by tank, while absorbing correction-dosing exposure if the first treatment does not work. For executives, the bigger story is whether refinery chemical contracts are moving from supply-based pricing to certified-output risk.
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IOCL’s 2049-50 fuel demand tender is not a study — it is a bid to own India’s downstream forecasting engine

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IOCL’s cancelled hydrogen golf cart tender exposes the procurement trap in India’s H2 mobility pilots

Jun 08: 8Find out why that is so
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Refinery quietly turns an AVU sour-gas release into a nominated EIL revamp study

Jun 08: 8The tender is not framed as a routine maintenance fix. It asks EIL to examine the AVU vacuum overhead system from process, hydraulic, mechanical and layout angles. The real story is whether a sour-gas control problem is becoming the trigger for a deeper vacuum-system redesign
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BPCL’s Auto LNG PMC corrigendum turns a capped-visit consultancy into a continuous site-control mandate

Jun 08: 8BPCL’s pre-bid corrigendum for 20 Auto LNG stations quietly redraws the PMC risk map. The sharpest shift is not in bid security or purchase preference, but in how field supervision, statutory documentation and utility interfaces are now allocated. The result is a tender that may look advisory on paper, while carrying execution-grade obligations behind the paywall.
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HPCL ATF JeTreat bid extension exposes brownfield FEED risk behind Mumbai Refinery’s ATF capacity push

Jun 08: 8Find out why that is so
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Oil & Gas Sector: All new tenders of the day

Jun 08: 8Get all the latest tenders announced across the oil and gas industry today.
8Discover new procurement opportunities from key public and private sector players.
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Oil & Gas Sector: Get all winning contracts of the day

Jun 08: 8A daily roundup of tender results in the oil and gas sector.
8Stay informed about contract awards, winning bidders, and project allocations over all oil & gas contracts.
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Today's update in E&P, Midstream-Downstream & CGD sector

Jun 08: 8Here's what's happening today in the E&P, midstream-downstream, and CGD section
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Catalyst updates

Jun 08: 1) This catalyst EOI quietly turns refinery R&D into a 10-year domestic manufacturing race
8The owner is not merely widening its catalyst vendor base; it is building a controlled bridge between R&D formulations and commercial-scale production. The EOI gives shortlisted manufacturers a possible route into long-term strategic tie-ups while keeping the real technical recipe behind NDA and MOA walls. For top executives, the question is whether this becomes BPCL’s template for indigenising sensitive refinery technologies.

2) Indian Oil’s Gujarat Refinery quietly narrows HGU catalyst work to a single proprietary lane

8The tender does not read like a normal competitive AMC. It names only one company as the participating seller while using a GeM bid wrapper. For executives, the question is whether refinery reliability is now being priced above market discovery.

3) GAIL Usar’s 500KTA PDH catalyst tender turns reactor loading into a process-risk battleground
8This is not a commodity manpower package. The tender links catalyst premixing quality to the heat balance and temperature behaviour of CATOFIN reactors. That makes the contractor’s loading method a direct variable in start-up reliability.

4) HPCL pre-reformer catalyst tender gets three extensions as Visakh HGU package keeps tight performance risk with vendors
8HPCL’s pre-reformer catalyst tender has moved 14 days beyond its original closing date without softening the technical core. The Visakh HGU package still binds bidders to C2+ conversion, pressure-drop, shelf-life and catalyst-life obligations. The real signal lies in why a standard GeM extension becomes material for a high-risk refinery catalyst buy.

5) IOCL’s Mathura catalyst tender extension hints at a thin vendor pool for refinery circularity play
8Find out what is on

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Renewable tender's Changes made

Jun 08: 1) HPCL Renewable and Green Energy Ltd eases extra man-month recovery risk in Maharashtra solar-BESS owner’s engineer corrigendum
8HPCL Renewable and Green Energy Ltd has softened a key manpower-cost clause in its Maharashtra solar-BESS owner’s engineer tender.

2) HPRGE’s latest corrigendum rebalances extra man-month risk in the ~140 MWp Andhra solar-BESS owner’s engineer tender

8HPRGE has changed the commercial treatment of additional manpower in its Andhra Pradesh solar-BESS owner’s engineer tender.

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Downstream contracting briefs: Technical bids

Jun 08: 1) HPCL’s DHT, FGATU and ARU turnaround tender keeps six bidders in play after a technical screen
8HPCL’s Visakh Refinery turnaround package has moved past technical bid opening with only one bidder falling out. The tender’s real tension lies in DHT corrosion-control work, scopeline exclusions and bidder-borne execution readiness. The financial round will show how contractors price a package where technical clarity does not remove all field risk.

2) MRPL’s aromatic complex electrification study exposes a thin market for refinery drive-conversion expertise
8MRPL’s plan to study conversion of its recycle gas compressor turbine drive to a variable speed motor drive has reached technical evaluation with only one qualified bidder. The tender is small in form but heavy in technical consequence, tying compressor OEM inputs, electrical adequacy, constructability, and procurement-grade specifications into one consultancy package. The story is less about who qualified and more about why the competition narrowed so quickly

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Downstream contracting briefs: Part I

Jun 08: 1) Ujjwala Sakhi tender turns LPG refill data into a carbon-market asset test
8The owner is not merely digitising LPG operations; it is trying to make refill behaviour the evidentiary base for verified carbon credits. The tender demands data capture, tokenization, audit support and monetization in one package. That makes the real story less about blockchain and more about whether LPG consumption can be converted into a defensible carbon revenue stream.

2) IOCL Panipat Naphtha Cracker Complex turns sludge disposal into a proof-of-utilisation contract
8This is not just a lift-and-carry job. IOCL has made downstream utilisation certification central to payment, pushing the contractor to prove what happens after the waste leaves the refinery gate. The bigger story is how a small-value tender can carry a much larger compliance signal.

3) IOCL Bongaigaon Refinery’s Manas River tender is really a raw-water security bet, not a routine EPCM job
8The tender looks like a consultancy package on the surface. But the deeper signal is a refinery trying to reduce groundwater dependence through a new river-based intake system. The commercial question is whether IOCL can convert a climate-resilience need into an executable, bankable utility corridor.

4) BPCL pushes live GIS-linked construction control into IDPL pipeline digitisation tender
8BPCL’s IDPL tender is not a routine scanning job; it tries to make field construction data the control layer for a live 356 KM product pipeline. The package blends GPS kits, barcode traceability, web approvals, pipe book generation and Arc GIS migration into one service contract. The real risk sits in the mismatch between low entry thresholds and high field-execution accountability.

5) BPCL’s BPREP pressure-vessel tender hides a bigger procurement signal behind a modest CS package
8The item title looks routine, but the tender structure is not. BPCL-EIL have packed limited bidding, zero-deviation compliance and Category-I MR treatment into a static-equipment order. The result is a sharper test of vendor discipline than the package name suggests.

6) IOCL’s TSP Jaipur retender looks routine, but the bid clock tells a sharper story
8The revised tender does not materially alter the shutdown maintenance scope. What changes is the procurement tempo, with bidders given a shorter window after the first cycle was reset. For contractors, the real issue may be less about price and more about who already had time to decode the package.

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Downstream contracting briefs: Part II

Jun 08: 1) Polypropylene project cooling tower tender extension signals hard FRP qualification filter despite bidder pressure
8EIL/NRL has pushed the cooling tower package bid deadline to another date, but the extension does not appear to soften the core qualification gate. The query trail shows bidders pressing on FRP references, commissioning proof, RCC experience, battery limits and instrumentation scope. The real story is whether the revised timeline improves competition without weakening the client’s risk screen.

2) CPCL’s Refinery-3 shutdown tender gets a fourth deadline push, raising questions on bidder depth
8CPCL’s in-situ machining tender has moved from its original 16 May deadline to 13 June. The weekly extension pattern is notable because the GeM sheet itself provides for seven-day auto-extensions with a three-count cap. The bigger question is whether a technically narrow shutdown package is struggling to attract enough qualified vendors.

3) BPCL’s BPREP PRDS extension keeps steam-utility procurement open without relaxing the compliance gate
8BPCL’s BPREP desuperheater and PRDS package has moved from its original bid deadline The extension buys bidders time, but the tender’s manufacturer-only qualification, NDA layer, zero-deviation posture, and group-wise risk allocation remain untouched. That makes the date shift less a concession and more a test of whether the market can meet BPREP’s utility-critical compliance bar.

4) BPCL’s BPREP heater tender extension looks like a competition problem, not a calendar problem
8Find out why that is so

5) BPCL’s HCU pump tender extension exposes a deeper fight over process design rigidity
8BPCL’s centrifugal pump package has moved by two extensions, but the real story sits inside the pre-bid replies. Vendors pushed on pressure limits, MCSF and pump selection assumptions while the buyer largely held the line. For refinery executives, the question is whether technical discipline is now narrowing the competitive field.

6) BPCL/Bina ECU pre-bid replies keep heavy-lift and spool logistics risk with contractors despite bid extension
8BPCL’s Bina ECU mechanical tender has moved into a sharper risk-allocation phase after EIL’s pre-bid replies. The extension gives bidders more time, but the core answers leave heavy lifts, utilities, tool handover and idle-cost exposure largely inside the contractor’s price. The real story is how much contingency the market will add before it bids.

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Downstream contracting briefs: Part III

Jun 08: 1) Gujarat Refinery’s power-trader tender tests whether GeM can price market risk without breaking bidder appetite
8The extension is not just a calendar shift. It comes in a tender where most of the value is locked into pass-through power and exchange-linked costs, while the bidder’s commercial play is squeezed into a fixed-variable GeM structure. For executives, the unresolved question is whether this model attracts serious power traders or merely preserves procurement optics.

2) CPCL’s HGU reformer insulation tender gets a seven-day GeM extension, but shutdown risk stays with bidders
8CPCL has extended the bid window for the HGU reformer pigtail insulation package at Manali by seven days. The date shift gives contractors more time, but it does not relax the two-day shutdown execution pressure. The real story lies in how CPCL has preserved schedule control while using GeM competition.

3) IOCL’s KASPL tender quietly turns pipeline guards into a field intelligence network
8The real story is whether manpower vendors can deliver intelligence-grade vigilance at security-guard pricing.

4) BPCL Bina Refinery turns farm residue into a refinery-grade feedstock contract
8BPCL’s paddy straw tender looks routine only on the surface. Behind the 16,700 MT procurement sits a sharper experiment: can a fragmented farm-residue chain be disciplined into a refinery-style CBG feedstock model? The answer could shape how future biomass supply contracts are written.

5) IOCL Barauni’s small audit tender hides a high-stakes crude flexibility play
8The ticket size is modest, but the operational question is not. IOCL Barauni is testing whether AVU-IV can handle high TAN opportunity crude without an immediate metallurgy reset. The answer could shape how far Indian refiners can stretch crude economics through chemistry, monitoring and operating discipline.

6) Hazardous waste O&M turned into a three-year refinery-wide environmental surveillance contract
8BPCL’s Bina Refinery tender goes well beyond waste yard upkeep and pushes bidders into LDAR, benzene, noise and occupational hygiene surveillance. The catch lies in who must carry the instruments, manpower, vehicle, laboratory and reporting burden across three years. The tender could quietly reset how refinery environmental compliance work is packaged.

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Downstream contracting briefs: Part IV

Jun 08: 1) IOCL turns Paradip jetty pigging into a hard test of contractor risk appetite
8IOCL’s new tender is not just asking for an intelligent pigging run; it is asking for a verifiable integrity baseline across seven hydrocarbon jetty lines. The contractor must carry tool, cleaning, data-quality and field-verification risk deeper than a conventional inspection package. The bigger question is how many specialist ILI vendors will price that risk instead of simply chasing the auction.

2) EIL holds pump architecture line while fixing pressure and P&ID gaps for Petronet LNG Dahej PDH-PP project

8EIL’s pre-bid replies for Petronet LNG’s Dahej PDH-PP pump package show a hard technical boundary around pump type and MR compliance. A few bidder wins came through, but only where datasheet pressure, VFD scope or missing drawings created objective uncertainty. The deeper signal sits in what EIL refused to reopen.

3) IOCL keeps legal risk levers intact in OJ-06 to KFST 22” ILI tender despite bidder pushback
8IOCL’s pre-bid reply for the OJ-06 to KFST 22” ILI job leaves the technical scope untouched but hardens the commercial message. The bidder pushback was not on AMFL capability, caliper runs or XYZ mapping, but on retention and liability wording. The outcome points to a tender where data quality, JDV acceptance and payment-risk discipline sit behind a modest contract value.

4) IOCL extends EIA-RA pipeline rate contract bid by seven days as GeM auto-extension design points to participation pressure
8IOCL’s two-year pipeline EIA-RA rate contract has moved from 04-06-2026 to 11-06-2026 without any visible relaxation in scope or qualification. The extension is small, but the GeM architecture makes it more revealing than a routine date shift. The real story sits in the gap between a generic service category and a technically demanding clearance-support mandate.

5) IOCL’s ERPL Patna award exposes a 216% bidder spread in a critical pipeline-integrity survey
8For executives, the question is whether L1 pricing reflects efficiency or underpriced integrity risk.

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Daily forward looking import matrices

Jun 08: 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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India, Venezuela move to deepen energy partnership amid global oil uncertainty

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8Voc port accelerates green transition with green hydrogen, wind power and green methanol bunkering initiatives Details
8Transport minister Nitin Gadkari: don't want to see the face of petrol Details
8Can you use e85 fuel in your car? here’s what to check first Details
8India-oman trade deal effective: how this could help cushion impact of west Asia conflict Details
8Strait of Hormuz maritime trade bears heavy brunt during 100 days of iran war Details
8How energy tankers are using a shadow fleet ploy to slip out of Hormuz Details
8US tops India’s LNG basket in may, imports recover to pre-west Asia war levels despite price surge Details
8India hikes LPG prices again as Iran war deepens refinery losses Details
8India raises LPG prices amid ongoing Iran conflict Details
8Hyderabad second costliest city for LPG after latest RS. 29 hike Details
8Kitchen on fire after fresh rise in domestic LPG price Details
8Among lowest in the world: govt defends LPG price hike amid criticism Details
8Industry leaders reaffirm commitment to decarbonisation, sustainable growth Details
8IFC commits $50 million to Hygenco to promote green hydrogen in India Details
8Why oil’s not at $200 after the biggest supply shock in history Details
8LPG price hike: how much less do Indian households pay for cooking gas? Details
8India's energy demand boom to reshape global markets, says Rosneft chief Details
8Domestic LPG price hiked by rs.29 per cylinder; Delhi rate rises to rs.942 Details
8As OPEC+ meets, Iran war hobbles power to shape oil market Details
8Fuel and LPG supplies remain uninterrupted across Delhi, says BPCL Details
8GDP beats forecasts, but west Asia conflict clouds India's growth outlook Details
8Oil prices fall on mounting hopes for Deescalation in US-Iran war Details
8OPEC may output plunges by 1.22 MBD, lowest in 37 years Details
8E85 fuel to sell at rs.20/litre discount to drive ethanol adoption: oil minister Hardeep Singh Puri Details
8Oil India reports natural gas presence in third exploratory well off Andaman coast Details
8Hardeep Singh Puri signals deeper Venezuela oil partnership, says technical team to visit soon Details
8India set to hike biogas prices, subsidies under new program Details
8Natural gas discovered off east coast of Andaman islands, says union minister Hardeep puri Details
8India to drive half of global oil demand growth over next decade, says Rosneft chief Details
8Asian energy services empanelled by oil India for seismic data Details
8India, Venezuela move to deepen energy partnership amid global oil uncertainty Details
8Oil India discovers natural gas in Andaman offshore basin Details
8The Hormuz mirage: India must not trade one energy vulnerability for another Details
8Omcs VS private retailers: why millions of drivers are deserting private pumps for PSU petrol stations in june 2026 Details
8ONGC wins best disclosures & transparency leader award at BT India’s most sustainable companies awards 2026 Details
8GAIL training institute celebrates 29 years, hosts mega conclave on future energy skills Details
8Mazagon dock eyes rs.29,000 crore Andhra shipbuilding project Details
8Is e20 20% ethanol petrol beneficial for cars & bikes? pros and cons Details
8IndianOil unveils working green sewage treatment plant at Haldia refinery, plans wider rollout Details
8GAIL (india) limited observes world environment day at corporate office in new Delhi Details
8Indraprastha gas limited appoints Shri kumar Shanker as new managing director Details
8IGL inaugurates remodeled CNG station at Sarai kale khan to boost clean mobility in Delhi NCR Details
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Oil & Gas Sector: All new tenders of the day

Jun 05: 8Get all the latest tenders announced across the oil and gas industry today.
8Discover new procurement opportunities from key public and private sector players.
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Oil & Gas Sector: Get all winning contracts of the day

Jun 05: 8A daily roundup of tender results in the oil and gas sector.
8Stay informed about contract awards, winning bidders, and project allocations over all oil & gas contracts.
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Today's update in E&P, Midstream-Downstream & CGD sector

Jun 05: 8Here's what's happening today in the E&P, midstream-downstream, and CGD section
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Daily forward looking import matrices

Jun 05: 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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8Coal & Coke
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India’s Nayara completes maintenance at 400,000-bpd refinery

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8Pakistan’s oil PSU OGDCL makes discovery of oil reserves in Sindh Details
8Velesto lands jackup drilling contract offshore Thailand Details
8COSCO inks $953m LNG carrier order Details
8World’s largest FLNG project moves ahead offshore Louisiana Details
8Delfin to proceed with US’ first floating LNG project Details
8Payal Industrial Park, Fourier launch hydrogen-based energy storage pilot at Dahej, Gujarat Details
8India to get hydrogen train soon: The science that powers it on the tracks Details
8VOCPA becomes first Indian port to partner with H2Global for green hydrogen export corridors to Europe Details 
8India’s Nayara completes maintenance at 400,000-bpd refinery Details
8India has capacity to move towards 40% ethanol blending, says Zuari Industries MD Details
8Iran’s oil exports collapse to six-year low as blockade tightens Details
8Iran says ‘no tangible progress’ in talks with U.S. Details
8Nigeria’s Dangote refinery tops 700,000 bpd in test Details
8Equinor: Iran war lifts Asia-Pacific interest for Norwegian petroleum products, LNG Details
8India to set up 50–100 ethanol fuel stations, targets 5,000 by end-2027: Puri Details
8Compressed biogas powerful pathway to net zero: Maruti MD & CEO Takeuchi Details
8More than 80,400 consumers shift from LPG to PNG as government accelerates city gas network expansion Details
8Koppal raid uncovers illegal LPG storage amid supply crunch Details
8India’s domestic LPG under-recovery rises to around Rs.700/cylinder Details
8India and Venezuela discuss oil and mining cooperation Details
8Govt likely to mandate isobutanol-diesel blend this year Details
8South West Pinnacle surges as it empanelled by Oil India for seismic data acquisition services Details
8Government interventions fail to ease financial strain on India’s oil marketing companies Details
8Vedanta says no penalty, restrictions imposed after ED searches Details
8Govt rolling out 100 ethanol fuel stations in Delhi-NCR, Maharashtra: Puri Details
8Gas-based plants hiked purchases on IGX by 340% y-o-y in April and May Details
8BPCL’s petrol, diesel sales rise in May on strong mobility, industrial demand Details
8Petrol, diesel price hikes in India remain ‘very minor’ compared with global peers: Hardeep Singh Puri Details
8BHEL secures order worth over Rs.2,000 crore from Nigerian firm Details
8Govt considering policy to support affordable adoption of E85 fuel: Hardeep Singh Puri Details
8Oil gains as West Asia hostilities flare Details
8Rupee falls amidst Gulf tensions and rising oil prices Details
8Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez begins India visit as oil ties deepen Details
8BPCL wins multiple awards at India PSU IT Forum & Awards 2026 in New Delhi Details
8BPCL talks petrochemicals growth in Japan Details
8BPCL signs 3-year deal with one toone help Details
8Kushagra Mittal appointed to GAIL board: Know his education, career and role Details
8Hero MotoCorp launches flex-fuel motorcycles, marking a new chapter in India’s green mobility journey Details
8ONGC opens 37 consultant vacancies for retired executives; applications open till June 19 Details
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Lucknow District City Gas Distribution Project

Jun 05: 8Project Name: Lucknow District City Gas Distribution
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Bulandshahr District City Gas Distribution Project

Jun 05: 8Project Name: Bulandshahr District City Gas Distribution
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Two chemical mega projects worth $20 billion: Nobody showed up

Jun 04: 8What is going on with this mind-bogglingly crazy project?
8Which direction is this highly controversial project complex going? Details

Land, skids and permits: The three logjams stalling India's city-gas rollout

Jun 04: 8Find out what is going on with the industry
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Margins crack, but the 'buy' holds: the case for Mahanagar Gas

Jun 04: 8Why is that so?
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Will ethanol go the way of gas?

Jun 04: 8The petroleum minister is backing ethanol and flex-fuel as a homegrown, farmer-friendly way to cut crude imports — one he says beats EVs on self-reliance because it skips the imported battery.
8But India has dropped fuels before the moment prices climbed, and electric is already running cheaper than gas.
8Will ethanol stick this time, or fade like the gas push before it? Details

ONGC’s Samudra Manthan corrigendum narrows deepwater rig tender into drillship-led play with shorter firm charter

Jun 04: 8ONGC has rewritten the commercial and technical centre of its Samudra Manthan deepwater rig tender.
8The amendment cuts out floater and semisubmersible categories while shortening the firm charter term.
8The real signal lies in how ONGC is balancing drillship availability, mobilisation economics and bidder risk.
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HAL Offshore and Shaporji face ONGC RJP MOPU tender where control-system risk may matter as much as vessel hire

Jun 04: 8ONGC’s RJP MOPU package is framed as a hiring tender, but the annexures show a deeper offshore integration test.
8HAL Offshore and Shaporji Pallonji Energy O&M Solutions are entering a bid where RCMS migration, OFC continuity and jack-up suitability sit inside the commercial risk.
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Only one  qualifies as OIL KG Basin offshore PMC tender filters out three participated bidders.

Jun 04: 8OIL’s KG Basin offshore PMC tender has produced a narrow technical field after four bidders entered the race.
8Three participants were disqualified, leaving Enquest Petro Solutions as the only qualified bidder.
8The result puts the spotlight on a revised offshore experience gate, QCBS filtering and document-certification risk.
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Cancelled ONGC SRF tender exposes the difficulty of pricing abandonment liabilities on approximate asset data

Jun 04: 8ONGC’s cancelled tender was aimed at putting a third-party number on site restoration, not buying a routine consultancy service.
8The scope ran from 13 wells and 97.75 kms of pipelines to CPF/EPT dismantling, debris disposal and salvage valuation.
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Pore Pressure and Fracture Gradient  and Geomechanics EOI points to tighter drilling-risk control before complex E&P wells

Jun 04: 8OIL is moving early to map specialist capability for PPFG and geomechanics before issuing the full tender.
8The scope goes beyond routine pore-pressure work by pulling in 1D and 3D stress modelling, structural-model refinement and Techlog/Petrel-compatible deliverables.
8The final tender will show how much risk OIL intends to shift to consultants.
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India won't touch its oil reserves: But it'll store yours

Jun 04: 8How did this turn of events happened?
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HPCL compresses a 2040-facing market study into a three-month delivery window

Jun 04: 8HPCL has kept the market-intelligence ambition intact while sharply reducing the delivery period. The study still spans demand, supply, imports, prices, logistics and future forecasts. The executive question is whether speed now matters more than research depth.
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IOCL gives bidders more time for PDPC PMC-4, but not more comfort

Jun 04: 8The tender has not just slipped once; it has been extended five times.
8That 96-day stretch comes despite IOCL keeping the core commercial and technical terms unchanged. For bidders, the question is no longer just scope — it is whether the risk-reward balance works.
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MRPL’s SAF feedstock tender exposes India’s certified UCO supply gap

Jun 04: 8MRPL wanted 35,000 MT of pre-treated UCO for SAF production, but bidder queries show the certified supply chain may not yet be deep enough to support that scale.
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HPRGE’s solar PMC tender tests whether QCBS can work when the technical field collapses

Jun 04: 8QCBS is designed to balance quality and price. But when only one bidder survives technical evaluation, the price-discovery function weakens. This tender may become a case study in how tight technical filters can improve quality while reducing competitive tension.
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GAIL Pata draws three bidders for a high-risk C2/C3 composite works package

Jun 04: 8The package bundles mechanical, piping, civil, structural, electrical and instrumentation execution into a single-point responsibility model.
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IOCL Haldia refinery’s bitumen tender quietly shifts additive risk from buyer to vendor

Jun 08: 8This is not just a PPA supply tender. IOCL is effectively asking vendors to guarantee VG40 performance tank by tank, while absorbing correction-dosing exposure if the first treatment does not work. For executives, the bigger story is whether refinery chemical contracts are moving from supply-based pricing to certified-output risk.
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IOCL’s 2049-50 fuel demand tender is not a study — it is a bid to own India’s downstream forecasting engine

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IOCL’s cancelled hydrogen golf cart tender exposes the procurement trap in India’s H2 mobility pilots

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Refinery quietly turns an AVU sour-gas release into a nominated EIL revamp study

Jun 08: 8The tender is not framed as a routine maintenance fix. It asks EIL to examine the AVU vacuum overhead system from process, hydraulic, mechanical and layout angles. The real story is whether a sour-gas control problem is becoming the trigger for a deeper vacuum-system redesign
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BPCL’s Auto LNG PMC corrigendum turns a capped-visit consultancy into a continuous site-control mandate

Jun 08: 8BPCL’s pre-bid corrigendum for 20 Auto LNG stations quietly redraws the PMC risk map. The sharpest shift is not in bid security or purchase preference, but in how field supervision, statutory documentation and utility interfaces are now allocated. The result is a tender that may look advisory on paper, while carrying execution-grade obligations behind the paywall.
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HPCL ATF JeTreat bid extension exposes brownfield FEED risk behind Mumbai Refinery’s ATF capacity push

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Catalyst updates

Jun 08: 1) This catalyst EOI quietly turns refinery R&D into a 10-year domestic manufacturing race
8The owner is not merely widening its catalyst vendor base; it is building a controlled bridge between R&D formulations and commercial-scale production. The EOI gives shortlisted manufacturers a possible route into long-term strategic tie-ups while keeping the real technical recipe behind NDA and MOA walls. For top executives, the question is whether this becomes BPCL’s template for indigenising sensitive refinery technologies.

2) Indian Oil’s Gujarat Refinery quietly narrows HGU catalyst work to a single proprietary lane

8The tender does not read like a normal competitive AMC. It names only one company as the participating seller while using a GeM bid wrapper. For executives, the question is whether refinery reliability is now being priced above market discovery.

3) GAIL Usar’s 500KTA PDH catalyst tender turns reactor loading into a process-risk battleground
8This is not a commodity manpower package. The tender links catalyst premixing quality to the heat balance and temperature behaviour of CATOFIN reactors. That makes the contractor’s loading method a direct variable in start-up reliability.

4) HPCL pre-reformer catalyst tender gets three extensions as Visakh HGU package keeps tight performance risk with vendors
8HPCL’s pre-reformer catalyst tender has moved 14 days beyond its original closing date without softening the technical core. The Visakh HGU package still binds bidders to C2+ conversion, pressure-drop, shelf-life and catalyst-life obligations. The real signal lies in why a standard GeM extension becomes material for a high-risk refinery catalyst buy.

5) IOCL’s Mathura catalyst tender extension hints at a thin vendor pool for refinery circularity play
8Find out what is on

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Renewable tender's Changes made

Jun 08: 1) HPCL Renewable and Green Energy Ltd eases extra man-month recovery risk in Maharashtra solar-BESS owner’s engineer corrigendum
8HPCL Renewable and Green Energy Ltd has softened a key manpower-cost clause in its Maharashtra solar-BESS owner’s engineer tender.

2) HPRGE’s latest corrigendum rebalances extra man-month risk in the ~140 MWp Andhra solar-BESS owner’s engineer tender

8HPRGE has changed the commercial treatment of additional manpower in its Andhra Pradesh solar-BESS owner’s engineer tender.

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Downstream contracting briefs: Technical bids

Jun 08: 1) HPCL’s DHT, FGATU and ARU turnaround tender keeps six bidders in play after a technical screen
8HPCL’s Visakh Refinery turnaround package has moved past technical bid opening with only one bidder falling out. The tender’s real tension lies in DHT corrosion-control work, scopeline exclusions and bidder-borne execution readiness. The financial round will show how contractors price a package where technical clarity does not remove all field risk.

2) MRPL’s aromatic complex electrification study exposes a thin market for refinery drive-conversion expertise
8MRPL’s plan to study conversion of its recycle gas compressor turbine drive to a variable speed motor drive has reached technical evaluation with only one qualified bidder. The tender is small in form but heavy in technical consequence, tying compressor OEM inputs, electrical adequacy, constructability, and procurement-grade specifications into one consultancy package. The story is less about who qualified and more about why the competition narrowed so quickly

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Downstream contracting briefs: Part I

Jun 08: 1) Ujjwala Sakhi tender turns LPG refill data into a carbon-market asset test
8The owner is not merely digitising LPG operations; it is trying to make refill behaviour the evidentiary base for verified carbon credits. The tender demands data capture, tokenization, audit support and monetization in one package. That makes the real story less about blockchain and more about whether LPG consumption can be converted into a defensible carbon revenue stream.

2) IOCL Panipat Naphtha Cracker Complex turns sludge disposal into a proof-of-utilisation contract
8This is not just a lift-and-carry job. IOCL has made downstream utilisation certification central to payment, pushing the contractor to prove what happens after the waste leaves the refinery gate. The bigger story is how a small-value tender can carry a much larger compliance signal.

3) IOCL Bongaigaon Refinery’s Manas River tender is really a raw-water security bet, not a routine EPCM job
8The tender looks like a consultancy package on the surface. But the deeper signal is a refinery trying to reduce groundwater dependence through a new river-based intake system. The commercial question is whether IOCL can convert a climate-resilience need into an executable, bankable utility corridor.

4) BPCL pushes live GIS-linked construction control into IDPL pipeline digitisation tender
8BPCL’s IDPL tender is not a routine scanning job; it tries to make field construction data the control layer for a live 356 KM product pipeline. The package blends GPS kits, barcode traceability, web approvals, pipe book generation and Arc GIS migration into one service contract. The real risk sits in the mismatch between low entry thresholds and high field-execution accountability.

5) BPCL’s BPREP pressure-vessel tender hides a bigger procurement signal behind a modest CS package
8The item title looks routine, but the tender structure is not. BPCL-EIL have packed limited bidding, zero-deviation compliance and Category-I MR treatment into a static-equipment order. The result is a sharper test of vendor discipline than the package name suggests.

6) IOCL’s TSP Jaipur retender looks routine, but the bid clock tells a sharper story
8The revised tender does not materially alter the shutdown maintenance scope. What changes is the procurement tempo, with bidders given a shorter window after the first cycle was reset. For contractors, the real issue may be less about price and more about who already had time to decode the package.

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Downstream contracting briefs: Part II

Jun 08: 1) Polypropylene project cooling tower tender extension signals hard FRP qualification filter despite bidder pressure
8EIL/NRL has pushed the cooling tower package bid deadline to another date, but the extension does not appear to soften the core qualification gate. The query trail shows bidders pressing on FRP references, commissioning proof, RCC experience, battery limits and instrumentation scope. The real story is whether the revised timeline improves competition without weakening the client’s risk screen.

2) CPCL’s Refinery-3 shutdown tender gets a fourth deadline push, raising questions on bidder depth
8CPCL’s in-situ machining tender has moved from its original 16 May deadline to 13 June. The weekly extension pattern is notable because the GeM sheet itself provides for seven-day auto-extensions with a three-count cap. The bigger question is whether a technically narrow shutdown package is struggling to attract enough qualified vendors.

3) BPCL’s BPREP PRDS extension keeps steam-utility procurement open without relaxing the compliance gate
8BPCL’s BPREP desuperheater and PRDS package has moved from its original bid deadline The extension buys bidders time, but the tender’s manufacturer-only qualification, NDA layer, zero-deviation posture, and group-wise risk allocation remain untouched. That makes the date shift less a concession and more a test of whether the market can meet BPREP’s utility-critical compliance bar.

4) BPCL’s BPREP heater tender extension looks like a competition problem, not a calendar problem
8Find out why that is so

5) BPCL’s HCU pump tender extension exposes a deeper fight over process design rigidity
8BPCL’s centrifugal pump package has moved by two extensions, but the real story sits inside the pre-bid replies. Vendors pushed on pressure limits, MCSF and pump selection assumptions while the buyer largely held the line. For refinery executives, the question is whether technical discipline is now narrowing the competitive field.

6) BPCL/Bina ECU pre-bid replies keep heavy-lift and spool logistics risk with contractors despite bid extension
8BPCL’s Bina ECU mechanical tender has moved into a sharper risk-allocation phase after EIL’s pre-bid replies. The extension gives bidders more time, but the core answers leave heavy lifts, utilities, tool handover and idle-cost exposure largely inside the contractor’s price. The real story is how much contingency the market will add before it bids.

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Downstream contracting briefs: Part III

Jun 08: 1) Gujarat Refinery’s power-trader tender tests whether GeM can price market risk without breaking bidder appetite
8The extension is not just a calendar shift. It comes in a tender where most of the value is locked into pass-through power and exchange-linked costs, while the bidder’s commercial play is squeezed into a fixed-variable GeM structure. For executives, the unresolved question is whether this model attracts serious power traders or merely preserves procurement optics.

2) CPCL’s HGU reformer insulation tender gets a seven-day GeM extension, but shutdown risk stays with bidders
8CPCL has extended the bid window for the HGU reformer pigtail insulation package at Manali by seven days. The date shift gives contractors more time, but it does not relax the two-day shutdown execution pressure. The real story lies in how CPCL has preserved schedule control while using GeM competition.

3) IOCL’s KASPL tender quietly turns pipeline guards into a field intelligence network
8The real story is whether manpower vendors can deliver intelligence-grade vigilance at security-guard pricing.

4) BPCL Bina Refinery turns farm residue into a refinery-grade feedstock contract
8BPCL’s paddy straw tender looks routine only on the surface. Behind the 16,700 MT procurement sits a sharper experiment: can a fragmented farm-residue chain be disciplined into a refinery-style CBG feedstock model? The answer could shape how future biomass supply contracts are written.

5) IOCL Barauni’s small audit tender hides a high-stakes crude flexibility play
8The ticket size is modest, but the operational question is not. IOCL Barauni is testing whether AVU-IV can handle high TAN opportunity crude without an immediate metallurgy reset. The answer could shape how far Indian refiners can stretch crude economics through chemistry, monitoring and operating discipline.

6) Hazardous waste O&M turned into a three-year refinery-wide environmental surveillance contract
8BPCL’s Bina Refinery tender goes well beyond waste yard upkeep and pushes bidders into LDAR, benzene, noise and occupational hygiene surveillance. The catch lies in who must carry the instruments, manpower, vehicle, laboratory and reporting burden across three years. The tender could quietly reset how refinery environmental compliance work is packaged.

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Downstream contracting briefs: Part IV

Jun 08: 1) IOCL turns Paradip jetty pigging into a hard test of contractor risk appetite
8IOCL’s new tender is not just asking for an intelligent pigging run; it is asking for a verifiable integrity baseline across seven hydrocarbon jetty lines. The contractor must carry tool, cleaning, data-quality and field-verification risk deeper than a conventional inspection package. The bigger question is how many specialist ILI vendors will price that risk instead of simply chasing the auction.

2) EIL holds pump architecture line while fixing pressure and P&ID gaps for Petronet LNG Dahej PDH-PP project

8EIL’s pre-bid replies for Petronet LNG’s Dahej PDH-PP pump package show a hard technical boundary around pump type and MR compliance. A few bidder wins came through, but only where datasheet pressure, VFD scope or missing drawings created objective uncertainty. The deeper signal sits in what EIL refused to reopen.

3) IOCL keeps legal risk levers intact in OJ-06 to KFST 22” ILI tender despite bidder pushback
8IOCL’s pre-bid reply for the OJ-06 to KFST 22” ILI job leaves the technical scope untouched but hardens the commercial message. The bidder pushback was not on AMFL capability, caliper runs or XYZ mapping, but on retention and liability wording. The outcome points to a tender where data quality, JDV acceptance and payment-risk discipline sit behind a modest contract value.

4) IOCL extends EIA-RA pipeline rate contract bid by seven days as GeM auto-extension design points to participation pressure
8IOCL’s two-year pipeline EIA-RA rate contract has moved from 04-06-2026 to 11-06-2026 without any visible relaxation in scope or qualification. The extension is small, but the GeM architecture makes it more revealing than a routine date shift. The real story sits in the gap between a generic service category and a technically demanding clearance-support mandate.

5) IOCL’s ERPL Patna award exposes a 216% bidder spread in a critical pipeline-integrity survey
8For executives, the question is whether L1 pricing reflects efficiency or underpriced integrity risk.

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India, Venezuela move to deepen energy partnership amid global oil uncertainty

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8Voc port accelerates green transition with green hydrogen, wind power and green methanol bunkering initiatives Details
8Transport minister Nitin Gadkari: don't want to see the face of petrol Details
8Can you use e85 fuel in your car? here’s what to check first Details
8India-oman trade deal effective: how this could help cushion impact of west Asia conflict Details
8Strait of Hormuz maritime trade bears heavy brunt during 100 days of iran war Details
8How energy tankers are using a shadow fleet ploy to slip out of Hormuz Details
8US tops India’s LNG basket in may, imports recover to pre-west Asia war levels despite price surge Details
8India hikes LPG prices again as Iran war deepens refinery losses Details
8India raises LPG prices amid ongoing Iran conflict Details
8Hyderabad second costliest city for LPG after latest RS. 29 hike Details
8Kitchen on fire after fresh rise in domestic LPG price Details
8Among lowest in the world: govt defends LPG price hike amid criticism Details
8Industry leaders reaffirm commitment to decarbonisation, sustainable growth Details
8IFC commits $50 million to Hygenco to promote green hydrogen in India Details
8Why oil’s not at $200 after the biggest supply shock in history Details
8LPG price hike: how much less do Indian households pay for cooking gas? Details
8India's energy demand boom to reshape global markets, says Rosneft chief Details
8Domestic LPG price hiked by rs.29 per cylinder; Delhi rate rises to rs.942 Details
8As OPEC+ meets, Iran war hobbles power to shape oil market Details
8Fuel and LPG supplies remain uninterrupted across Delhi, says BPCL Details
8GDP beats forecasts, but west Asia conflict clouds India's growth outlook Details
8Oil prices fall on mounting hopes for Deescalation in US-Iran war Details
8OPEC may output plunges by 1.22 MBD, lowest in 37 years Details
8E85 fuel to sell at rs.20/litre discount to drive ethanol adoption: oil minister Hardeep Singh Puri Details
8Oil India reports natural gas presence in third exploratory well off Andaman coast Details
8Hardeep Singh Puri signals deeper Venezuela oil partnership, says technical team to visit soon Details
8India set to hike biogas prices, subsidies under new program Details
8Natural gas discovered off east coast of Andaman islands, says union minister Hardeep puri Details
8India to drive half of global oil demand growth over next decade, says Rosneft chief Details
8Asian energy services empanelled by oil India for seismic data Details
8India, Venezuela move to deepen energy partnership amid global oil uncertainty Details
8Oil India discovers natural gas in Andaman offshore basin Details
8The Hormuz mirage: India must not trade one energy vulnerability for another Details
8Omcs VS private retailers: why millions of drivers are deserting private pumps for PSU petrol stations in june 2026 Details
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8GAIL training institute celebrates 29 years, hosts mega conclave on future energy skills Details
8Mazagon dock eyes rs.29,000 crore Andhra shipbuilding project Details
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8IndianOil unveils working green sewage treatment plant at Haldia refinery, plans wider rollout Details
8GAIL (india) limited observes world environment day at corporate office in new Delhi Details
8Indraprastha gas limited appoints Shri kumar Shanker as new managing director Details
8IGL inaugurates remodeled CNG station at Sarai kale khan to boost clean mobility in Delhi NCR Details
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India’s Nayara completes maintenance at 400,000-bpd refinery

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8Payal Industrial Park, Fourier launch hydrogen-based energy storage pilot at Dahej, Gujarat Details
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8India’s Nayara completes maintenance at 400,000-bpd refinery Details
8India has capacity to move towards 40% ethanol blending, says Zuari Industries MD Details
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8Iran says ‘no tangible progress’ in talks with U.S. Details
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8India to set up 50–100 ethanol fuel stations, targets 5,000 by end-2027: Puri Details
8Compressed biogas powerful pathway to net zero: Maruti MD & CEO Takeuchi Details
8More than 80,400 consumers shift from LPG to PNG as government accelerates city gas network expansion Details
8Koppal raid uncovers illegal LPG storage amid supply crunch Details
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8Government interventions fail to ease financial strain on India’s oil marketing companies Details
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8Gas-based plants hiked purchases on IGX by 340% y-o-y in April and May Details
8BPCL’s petrol, diesel sales rise in May on strong mobility, industrial demand Details
8Petrol, diesel price hikes in India remain ‘very minor’ compared with global peers: Hardeep Singh Puri Details
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Lucknow District City Gas Distribution Project

Jun 05: 8Project Name: Lucknow District City Gas Distribution
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Bulandshahr District City Gas Distribution Project

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Two chemical mega projects worth $20 billion: Nobody showed up

Jun 04: 8What is going on with this mind-bogglingly crazy project?
8Which direction is this highly controversial project complex going? Details

Land, skids and permits: The three logjams stalling India's city-gas rollout

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Margins crack, but the 'buy' holds: the case for Mahanagar Gas

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Will ethanol go the way of gas?

Jun 04: 8The petroleum minister is backing ethanol and flex-fuel as a homegrown, farmer-friendly way to cut crude imports — one he says beats EVs on self-reliance because it skips the imported battery.
8But India has dropped fuels before the moment prices climbed, and electric is already running cheaper than gas.
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ONGC’s Samudra Manthan corrigendum narrows deepwater rig tender into drillship-led play with shorter firm charter

Jun 04: 8ONGC has rewritten the commercial and technical centre of its Samudra Manthan deepwater rig tender.
8The amendment cuts out floater and semisubmersible categories while shortening the firm charter term.
8The real signal lies in how ONGC is balancing drillship availability, mobilisation economics and bidder risk.
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HAL Offshore and Shaporji face ONGC RJP MOPU tender where control-system risk may matter as much as vessel hire

Jun 04: 8ONGC’s RJP MOPU package is framed as a hiring tender, but the annexures show a deeper offshore integration test.
8HAL Offshore and Shaporji Pallonji Energy O&M Solutions are entering a bid where RCMS migration, OFC continuity and jack-up suitability sit inside the commercial risk.
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Only one  qualifies as OIL KG Basin offshore PMC tender filters out three participated bidders.

Jun 04: 8OIL’s KG Basin offshore PMC tender has produced a narrow technical field after four bidders entered the race.
8Three participants were disqualified, leaving Enquest Petro Solutions as the only qualified bidder.
8The result puts the spotlight on a revised offshore experience gate, QCBS filtering and document-certification risk.
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Cancelled ONGC SRF tender exposes the difficulty of pricing abandonment liabilities on approximate asset data

Jun 04: 8ONGC’s cancelled tender was aimed at putting a third-party number on site restoration, not buying a routine consultancy service.
8The scope ran from 13 wells and 97.75 kms of pipelines to CPF/EPT dismantling, debris disposal and salvage valuation.
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Pore Pressure and Fracture Gradient  and Geomechanics EOI points to tighter drilling-risk control before complex E&P wells

Jun 04: 8OIL is moving early to map specialist capability for PPFG and geomechanics before issuing the full tender.
8The scope goes beyond routine pore-pressure work by pulling in 1D and 3D stress modelling, structural-model refinement and Techlog/Petrel-compatible deliverables.
8The final tender will show how much risk OIL intends to shift to consultants.
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India won't touch its oil reserves: But it'll store yours

Jun 04: 8How did this turn of events happened?
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HPCL compresses a 2040-facing market study into a three-month delivery window

Jun 04: 8HPCL has kept the market-intelligence ambition intact while sharply reducing the delivery period. The study still spans demand, supply, imports, prices, logistics and future forecasts. The executive question is whether speed now matters more than research depth.
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IOCL gives bidders more time for PDPC PMC-4, but not more comfort

Jun 04: 8The tender has not just slipped once; it has been extended five times.
8That 96-day stretch comes despite IOCL keeping the core commercial and technical terms unchanged. For bidders, the question is no longer just scope — it is whether the risk-reward balance works.
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MRPL’s SAF feedstock tender exposes India’s certified UCO supply gap

Jun 04: 8MRPL wanted 35,000 MT of pre-treated UCO for SAF production, but bidder queries show the certified supply chain may not yet be deep enough to support that scale.
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HPRGE’s solar PMC tender tests whether QCBS can work when the technical field collapses

Jun 04: 8QCBS is designed to balance quality and price. But when only one bidder survives technical evaluation, the price-discovery function weakens. This tender may become a case study in how tight technical filters can improve quality while reducing competitive tension.
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GAIL Pata draws three bidders for a high-risk C2/C3 composite works package

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