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E&P: there is a sudden burst of activity.  Crisis: Government pushes exploration .  Energy stress has reached the last mile.  CGD: A protected business faces an unprotected cost shock.  Refining holds fine, marketing margins collapse .  ONGC’s deepwater recast: A midstream pivot.  Scaling out the small players: the aggregation trap.  98/2 gas export facility: The new crown jewel in Kakinada's infrastructure.  A 140 MW solar-plus-storage pivot: A new blueprint for PSU energy transition.  Refineries move from solar to hybrid projects.  Mumbai Refinery’s SAF ambitions hit turbulence as technical queries mount.  Beyond the meter: How CPCL is converting new OISD layout rules into actionable plant risk decisions.  Oil & Gas Sector: All new tenders of the day.  Oil & Gas Sector: Get all winning contracts of the day.  Daily forward looking import matrices.  Announcements.  E&P contracting brief for the day.  CBG tenders: Are they facing a thinning bidder list?.  Downstream contracting briefs.  Downstream contracting briefs: Awards.  Downstream contracting briefs: Technical bids.  Nearly 3 lakh PNG connections added in March, government says.  Lucknow District City Gas Distribution Project.  Bulandshahr District City Gas Distribution Project.  Ras Laffan: Repair timelines destroy all assumptions .  Carbon capture: Repeated deadline extensions signal a problem.  Today's update in E&P, Midstream-Downstream & CGD sector.  Physics-informed AI represents a shift from opague syems.  Oil & Gas Sector: All new tenders of the day.  Oil & Gas Sector: Get all winning contracts of the day.  A $15 billion E&P plan meets a market with too few rigs.  KG-DWN-98/2: Seven-year delay leaves ONGC commissioning assets with zero warranty cover.  $6 billion refinery: Looking at Chinese consultants.  ONGC’s Dahej move signals a deeper LNG insecurity than it admits.  ONGC’s offshore buildout faces a silent engineering collapse, not just delays.  OIL India’s Sadiya integrated drilling services tender stretches further after a 497-day slide from the original close.  Refiner invests in next-gen R&D with new solvent dewaxing pilot plant.  SAF unit: Major win for technology licensors and potential risk for owner.  Three bidders enter BPCL’s BPREP ETP race as technical opening tests a tightly structured lifecycle-risk tender.  Refiner’s 25-year sulphur strategy locks in long-term job work model for expansion project.  

E&P: there is a sudden burst of activity

Mar 30: 8Otherwise sleepy, the government has turned hyperactive—as if exploration can solve an immediate crisis
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Crisis: Government pushes exploration

Mar 30: 8After years of pussyfooting, the war forces the government to provide sops it didn't want to earlier
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Energy stress has reached the last mile

Mar 30: 8Find out what is happening at the ground level now
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CGD: A protected business faces an unprotected cost shock

Mar 30: 8Find out more
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Refining holds fine, marketing margins collapse

Mar 30: 8And private refiners face a crisis one more time
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ONGC’s deepwater recast: A midstream pivot

Mar 30: Rig architecture resets reveal a shifting deepwater strategy at ONGC
8ONGC shows a significant mid-stream pivot from a mixed "DP plus AM rig" fleet to a dual 3000m DP drillship requirement.
8This structural recast suggests a narrowing focus on high-spec deepwater assets, forcing bidders to rapidly recalibrate their subsea wellhead, directional drilling, and marine supply spreads.35
The million dollar question: Can one contractor really bundle the entire offshore support chain?
8ONGC is not just hiring tools; it is testing a massive interface-risk experiment by grouping shore base, marine logistics, fluids, and specialized downhole services under a single accountable lead.
8For the three global majors in the fray and the prize is a 48-month campaign, but the price is absolute responsibility for every logistical handoff from the Kakinada jetty to the deepwater rig floor.
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Scaling out the small players: the aggregation trap

Mar 30: 8When ONGC bundled a 100 m3/day facility in Tripura with a 6,000 m3/day giant in Ankleshwar, they didn't just aggregate services—they effectively aggregated the competition out of the room, leading to cancellation.
8Explore how "Total Value Wise Evaluation" and unified experience markers (requiring 600 m3/day capacity history) create a "glass ceiling" for specialized local contractors who have successfully run these assets for years.
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98/2 gas export facility: The new crown jewel in Kakinada's infrastructure

Mar 30: 8With a design capacity of 11.5 MMSCMD, the newly commissioned 98/2 facility is the centerpiece of ONGC’s Kakinada operations.
8The O&M scope reveals a complex integration of FPSO-sourced gas processing, ultrasonic custody transfer metering, and high-stakes hydrate prevention via portable methanol injection. Details

A 140 MW solar-plus-storage pivot: A new blueprint for PSU energy transition

Mar 30: 8As traditional oil and gas giants face increasing pressure to decarbonize, this refiner is moving beyond simple solar. This 140 MWp project coupled with a massive 400 MWH Battery Energy Storage System (BESS), represents a sophisticated play for 24/7 "firm" renewable power, signaling a major leap in technical ambition for Indian PSUs
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Refineries move from solar to hybrid projects

Mar 30: 8Another big solar plus battery surge
8There is another plan for a 210 MWp solar plant integrated with a staggering 400 MWH Battery Energy Storage System (BESS)
Click on Details for more Details

Mumbai Refinery’s SAF ambitions hit turbulence as technical queries mount

Mar 30: 8While BPCL aims for 1% SAF blending by 2027, the constant delay in finalizing a licensor for the Kero Hydrotreater (KHT) revamp indicates a gap between PSU mandates and market readiness
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Beyond the meter: How CPCL is converting new OISD layout rules into actionable plant risk decisions

Mar 30: 8A modest estimated value belies the strategic importance of this study. The outcome will dictate whether CPCL must invest in major mitigation measures for units like the Denox Plant and Cogen Control Room that currently sit within newly defined hazard zones.
8From a rail spur sitting only 9 meters from a compound wall to an R&D building encroaching on a crude pipeline station, CPCL’s latest tender reveals the granular reality of bringing a legacy 832-acre refinery up to 2025 safety codes
8The scope has been expanded now
Click on Details for more Details

Oil & Gas Sector: All new tenders of the day

Mar 30: 8Get all the latest tenders announced across the oil and gas industry today.
8Discover new procurement opportunities from key public and private sector players.
Also click on the Tenders section for more detailed documentation
Click on Reports for more. Details

Oil & Gas Sector: Get all winning contracts of the day

Mar 30: 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.
Click on Reports for more. Details

Daily forward looking import matrices

Mar 30: 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
8Fertilizer
8LPG
8Ammonia
8Coal & Coke
8All tankers
8Bulk and Dry cargo

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Announcements

Mar 30: 8Centre notifies RoU land acquisition for TMAA-Kavitam pipeline in Andhra Pradesh [Gazette] Details
8Centre allows temporary PDS kerosene relief in 21 SKO-free regions [Gazette] Details
8Essar to roll out 10,000 LNG, electric trucks in clean freight push [Essar] Details
8Essar bets on fossil fuels even as it sharpens green ambitions [Essar] Details
8IGX extends feedback deadline on new term-ahead and Brent-linked contracts [PNGRB] Details
8Deep Industries seeks nod for green energy entry, independent director appointment [DIL] Details
8IOC board sees three independent directors exit after tenure completion [IOCL] Details
8Swan Corp issues Rs 72.57 crore guarantee for subsidiary Swan LNG [Swan] Details
8BPCL board sees three independent directors exit after tenure completion [BPCL] Details
8HPCL board sees two independent directors exit after tenure ends [HPCL] Details
8Chennai Petro board sees two independent directors exit after tenure ends [CPCL] Details
8Adani Total Gas shuts trading window from April 1 ahead of FY26 results [ATGL] Details
8Oil India board sees three independent directors complete tenure, NRL role ends too [OIL] Details
8GAIL board sees four independent directors step down after tenure ends [GAIL] Details
8GAIL sets FY27 trading window closure schedule for quarterly results [GAIL] Details
8ONGC board sees three independent directors exit after tenure ends [ONGC] Details
8Cochin Shipyard board blames delayed government appointments for SEBI fine [CSL] Details
8Engineers India board sees two independent directors exit on tenure completion [EIL] Details
8APSEZ sets up India’s first Port of Refuge to boost maritime safety [Adani Port] Details
8SEAMEC wins Rs 330 crore ONGC Samudra Prabha O&M contract [SEAMEC] Details
8Desco updates MCA listing status after transition to listed company [Desco] Details
8MRPL board sees four independent directors exit after tenure ends [MRPL] Details
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E&P contracting brief for the day

Mar 30: 1) ONGC tightens control over Neelam and Heera mechanical seal repairs with digital verification, witnessed testing and work-order-level delay risk
8ONGC’s Neelam and Heera seal-repair tender looks routine until the execution architecture comes into view.
8Witnessed refurbishment, material-specific repair logic, offshore technician readiness and digital measurement entry shift the contract from workshop service to controlled reliability management.
 
2) Beyond well plugging: The infrastructure footprint of the Madanam restoration
8While well abandonment is a core component, the Madanam SRF assessment encompasses a vast industrial footprint, including a 52-acre Central Processing Facility (CPF) and a 15-acre Early Production Terminal (EPT).
8The scope includes the removal of approach roads, civil foundations, and the assessment of 97.75 kms of gathering and trunk pipelines, turning a "well-centric" study into a major civil and mechanical engineering valuation.
 
3) Rig vintage vs. tech: the 15-year hurdle
8While the tender generally mandates rig packages under 15 years old, a window remains open for units up to 25 years old—provided they have undergone rigorous CAT IV inspections or OEM refurbishments within the last 3 years.
8This strict "vintage clause" is a critical gatekeeper for contractors eyeing the 3-year contract.
 
4) Bid deadline shifts as ONGC integrates permanent drilling decks into the four-platform scope
8The company rejects simultaneous jacket and deck installation proposals to protect subsea pipeline interfaces
8Find out more
 
5) ONGC’s MB-OSN-2005/1, SD4 and BS-17 WHPMSBF tender gets another push
8ONGC has pushed the closing date again on its high-stakes WHPMSBF offshore platform package, taking the visible bid-slip to 52 days from the original invitation.
8The extension comes after a clarification-heavy tender cycle built around tough offshore EPCI qualifications, a Rs 8 crore Indian-bidder EMD and unusually tight execution-control clauses
 
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CBG tenders: Are they facing a thinning bidder list?

Mar 30: 1) BPCL Saharanpur CBG: Do four extensions signal thin bidder field for 150 TPD waste-to-gas bet?
8Despite a 150 TPD scale, BPCL has pushed the Saharanpur deadline four times. Is the 100 TPD "operating plant" BQC bar too high for domestic EPCs, or is the 5,500 kg/day CBG guarantee spooking the market?
 
2) This Yamuna Nagar CBG EPCOM tender is getting extended across four rounds amid tight qualification and lifecycle risk structure
8Four extensions and no relaxation signal something deeper than routine delays. BPCL’s Yamuna Nagar CBG tender is testing how far the EPC market can stretch on lifecycle risk and qualification rigidity. The outcome may shape how future waste-to-energy tenders are structured.

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Downstream contracting briefs

Mar 30: 1) The 288-hour pressure cooker: BPCL’s high-stakes HCU gambit
8BPCL Mumbai Refinery is set to trigger a 12-day, round-the-clock overhaul of Reactor R-203. With a "blind-in to blind-out" window of just 288 hours, the margin for error is non-existent. For top tier contractors, this is a test of extreme mobilization; for BPCL, it’s a race to restore high-value production without a second of downtime to spare.
8This isn’t just a catalyst swap. BPCL is mandating a wholesale replacement of R-203’s internals—from top perforated trays to interbed mixing boxes and quench rings. With dense loading restricted to only five licensor-approved machine types (e.g., Hydropac, Densicat), the refinery is betting on precision engineering to drive post-turnaround yields.
 
2) Operational integrity check for the 5.6 MMTPA petroleum products artery
8With design capacities reaching up to 8.5 MMTPA in Phase-II, the current surge mitigation strategy is being put under the microscope. The tender highlights a complex range of failure modes, from station-level PCV closures to terminal-end ROSOV trips.

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Downstream contracting briefs: Awards

Mar 30: 1) Extreme 8x price spread in BPCL tender signals deep market disagreement on decontamination costs
8Such a wide dispersion indicates that the industry lacks a unified cost model for high-HSE chemical cleaning, with bidders pricing fundamentally different risk envelopes for the same scope.
 
2) The real outlier: Saraswati Techinfra’s staggering 500% bid variance at Panipat
8While five bidders clustered in a narrow range for IOCL's PNC shutdown contract, Saraswati Techinfra submitted a bid with a massive variance. This extreme variance raises critical questions about tender engineering, technical misunderstanding, or a potential "cover bid" in a high-stakes refinery environment.

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Downstream contracting briefs: Technical bids

Mar 30: 1) High-stakes filtration at Kochi refinery: BPCLdisqualifies majority of QRA bidders
8A massive technical cull has left only four out of 14 bidders standing for BPCL Kochi’s Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA) contract. This high rejection rate highlights a widening gap between general safety consultants and the specialized elite required for complex refinery modeling.
 
2) Competitive landscape: Three firms vie for IOCL’s cryogenic business
8The technical bid opening has narrowed the field. As IOCL prepares to award the 9-month contract, these three indigenous players are under the microscope for their ability to deliver RT-quality welding and handle sophisticated automatic long-seam and cir-seam machinery.

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Nearly 3 lakh PNG connections added in March, government says

Mar 30: For reference purposes the website carries here the following Newsclips (These are public domain newsclips and the website is not responsible for their content):
81 Day Seminar on Green Hydrogen organised by NLCIL Details
8FIR filed against six CNG pump staff in Maharashtra for assaulting officer and overcharging consumers Details
8Natural gas distribution reform push 2026 Details
8Petrol or CNG: Which is really better for India’s air quality Details
8Jaipur LPG shortage sparks shift to induction cooktops and coal Details
8Anil Agarwal says Vedanta Limited got written win for Jaypee Group asset bid, later reversed Details
8LPG supply boost as Indian factories resume full production with migrant workers returning Details
8Donald Trump threatens Iran oil grab, says US could seize Kharg Island export hub Details
8Russian tanker nears Cuba with much-needed oil as Trump softens tone Details
8Amid Iran war, 6,000 PNG users surrender LPG connections following government directive Details
8Government ramps up measures to ensure fuel and LPG supplies amid Hormuz disruption Details
8Jharkhand’s GOBARdhan scheme boosts rural income, cleanliness, and biogas production Details
8LPG stock with oil companies dipping in Vidarbha cities Details
8Rajnath Singh chairs first IGoM meet on West Asia situation, calls for proactive response Details
8Saudi pipeline pumping 7 million bpd of oil, bypassing Hormuz Details
8Gujarat educational campus uses biogas to cook 500 meals daily, cutting fuel dependence Details
8LPG carrier Jag Vasant docks at Vadinar with 47,000 tonnes of LPG amid supply disruptions Details
8Iran moves to assert control over Strait of Hormuz while trading strikes with Israel Details
8Fuel supply across India stable with no shortage of petrol, diesel, and LPG, says HPCL Details
8Kolkata restaurants explore PNG option amid LPG supply disruptions Details
8Fuel duty cut and states’ line-up give Bond Street the jitters Details
8Entergy and Meta deepen Louisiana data centre partnership under revised power pact Details
8Steel, auto, and chemicals sectors to gain from more LPG flow Details
8Brace for $200 oil if war lasts until June, warns Macquarie Details
8Russia to introduce ban on gasoline exports from April 1 Details
8India may face credit stress if Gulf conflict drags on, says Moody's Details
8Nirmala Sitharaman assures fiscal vigil amid oil price spike Details
8PNG piped connections surge as LPG supply tightens in India Details
8Centre raises LPG allocation for industry by 20% Details
8New fuel maths with cut in excise duty and levy on exports Details
8Oil prices gain as traders doubt prospects of ceasefire in Iran war Details
8Fuel duty cut to cost exchequer rs.7,000 crore in two weeks, says CBIC chief Details
8Narendra Modi chairs meeting with CMs on West Asia crisis Details
8Petrol and diesel rates to be reviewed every 15 days, government says Details
8Two more Indian tankers carrying 94,000 tonnes of LPG cross Strait of Hormuz Details
8No LPG shortage in Pune, says Samant; probe launched into alleged black marketing Details
8Nearly 3 lakh PNG connections added in March, government says Details
8Delivery boy held for black marketing of LPG cylinder Details
8India’s FY27 fiscal deficit target faces oil price risks amid Iran war, says ICRA Details
8FX buffers a concern as markets split on India’s vulnerability amid oil surge Details
8Assam driving India’s energy resilience amid global uncertainty, says Himanta Biswa Sarma Details
8V Anantha Nageswaran warns rising oil prices threaten India’s growth Details
8Strait of Hormuz chokehold: impact on petrol prices in India and neighbouring nations amid supply crunch Details
8Government shares key updates on oil, gas shortage, and shipping amid Israel-Iran war Details
8Oil India Limited achieves record daily production of 1,47,159 BOE Details
8ONGC announces completion of tenure of three independent directors Details
8Oil India announces exit of three independent directors after tenure completion Details
8Crude oil shock deepens market jitters as Hormuz crisis impacts India’s macro outlook Details
8India sends 38,000 MT petroleum to Sri Lanka amid global energy crisis Details
8No lockdown planned, government assures amid West Asia crisis; fuel prices stabilised Details
8India relaxes kerosene rules to tackle energy supply issues Details
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Lucknow District City Gas Distribution Project

Mar 30: 8Project Name: Lucknow District City Gas Distribution
8Project Cost: Rs 300 crore Click here for more details Details

Bulandshahr District City Gas Distribution Project

Mar 30: 8Project Name: Bulandshahr District City Gas Distribution
8Project Cost: Rs 350 crore Click here for more details Details

Ras Laffan: Repair timelines destroy all assumptions

Mar 27: 8Find out more on what is going on
8What we can confirm is that there are cargoes coming in
And we bring you fresh insights from what we can surmise from all the data that we are getting

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Carbon capture: Repeated deadline extensions signal a problem

Mar 27: 8The problem is that even with a technically rich disclosure, top-tier vendors may be pushing back on the heavy risk-transfer and non-contractual nature of the EOI.
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Today's update in E&P, Midstream-Downstream & CGD sector

Mar 27: 8Here's what's happening today in the E&P, midstream-downstream, and CGD section
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Physics-informed AI represents a shift from opague syems

Mar 27: 8The refiner is moving beyond standard machine learning by mandating "physics-informed" AI that enforces first-principles constraints as hard boundaries. This approach ensures that all AI recommendations remain grounded in the actual mass and energy balances of the delayed coking process. Executives should note this as a significant step toward making AI reliable enough for critical refinery unit control
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Oil & Gas Sector: All new tenders of the day

Mar 27: 8Get all the latest tenders announced across the oil and gas industry today.
8Discover new procurement opportunities from key public and private sector players.
Also click on the Tenders section for more detailed documentation
Click on Reports for more. Details

Oil & Gas Sector: Get all winning contracts of the day

Mar 27: 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.
Click on Reports for more. Details

A $15 billion E&P plan meets a market with too few rigs

Mar 27: 8Find out more
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KG-DWN-98/2: Seven-year delay leaves ONGC commissioning assets with zero warranty cover

Mar 27: 8This is something that is really eyebrow raising
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$6 billion refinery: Looking at Chinese consultants

Mar 27: 8What is driving the owner towards the Chinese?
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ONGC’s Dahej move signals a deeper LNG insecurity than it admits

Mar 27: 8Find out more
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ONGC’s offshore buildout faces a silent engineering collapse, not just delays

Mar 27: 8Find out more
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OIL India’s Sadiya integrated drilling services tender stretches further after a 497-day slide from the original close

Mar 27: 8The paper trail shows a procurement that kept extending time while holding the original risk-transfer frame largely intact.
8That combination says as much about bidder-bankability and field-readiness stress as it does about schedule discipline.
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Refiner invests in next-gen R&D with new solvent dewaxing pilot plant

Mar 27: 8It is advancing its refining capabilities with a new national competitive bid for a sophisticated, skid-mounted solvent dewaxing and deoiling pilot plant.
8
This move signals a strategic push into high-value product R&D, specifically targeting the optimization of lube distillates and vacuum gas oil processing.
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SAF unit: Major win for technology licensors and potential risk for owner

Mar 27: 8The plant's capacity guarantee has officially shifted from "SAF Produced" to "Feed Throughput."
8Find out why this is a game changer
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Three bidders enter BPCL’s BPREP ETP race as technical opening tests a tightly structured lifecycle-risk tender

Mar 27: 8EIL’s amendments and replies show a tender built to suppress design looseness, lowball O&M, and exception-heavy bidding. The real contest may not be price at all, but which bidder can carry process risk, integration burden, and lifecycle accountability in one envelope.
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Refiner’s 25-year sulphur strategy locks in long-term job work model for expansion project

Mar 27: 8This multi-decade commitment highlights the refinery's shift toward sustained, production-linked handling for its expansion project.
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E&P: there is a sudden burst of activity

Mar 30: 8Otherwise sleepy, the government has turned hyperactive—as if exploration can solve an immediate crisis
Click on Reports for more Details

Crisis: Government pushes exploration

Mar 30: 8After years of pussyfooting, the war forces the government to provide sops it didn't want to earlier
Click on Details for more Details

Energy stress has reached the last mile

Mar 30: 8Find out what is happening at the ground level now
Click on Details for more Details

CGD: A protected business faces an unprotected cost shock

Mar 30: 8Find out more
Click on Details for more Details

Refining holds fine, marketing margins collapse

Mar 30: 8And private refiners face a crisis one more time
Click on Details for more  Details

ONGC’s deepwater recast: A midstream pivot

Mar 30: Rig architecture resets reveal a shifting deepwater strategy at ONGC
8ONGC shows a significant mid-stream pivot from a mixed "DP plus AM rig" fleet to a dual 3000m DP drillship requirement.
8This structural recast suggests a narrowing focus on high-spec deepwater assets, forcing bidders to rapidly recalibrate their subsea wellhead, directional drilling, and marine supply spreads.35
The million dollar question: Can one contractor really bundle the entire offshore support chain?
8ONGC is not just hiring tools; it is testing a massive interface-risk experiment by grouping shore base, marine logistics, fluids, and specialized downhole services under a single accountable lead.
8For the three global majors in the fray and the prize is a 48-month campaign, but the price is absolute responsibility for every logistical handoff from the Kakinada jetty to the deepwater rig floor.
Click on Details for more
Details

Scaling out the small players: the aggregation trap

Mar 30: 8When ONGC bundled a 100 m3/day facility in Tripura with a 6,000 m3/day giant in Ankleshwar, they didn't just aggregate services—they effectively aggregated the competition out of the room, leading to cancellation.
8Explore how "Total Value Wise Evaluation" and unified experience markers (requiring 600 m3/day capacity history) create a "glass ceiling" for specialized local contractors who have successfully run these assets for years.
Click on Details for more
Details

98/2 gas export facility: The new crown jewel in Kakinada's infrastructure

Mar 30: 8With a design capacity of 11.5 MMSCMD, the newly commissioned 98/2 facility is the centerpiece of ONGC’s Kakinada operations.
8The O&M scope reveals a complex integration of FPSO-sourced gas processing, ultrasonic custody transfer metering, and high-stakes hydrate prevention via portable methanol injection. Details

A 140 MW solar-plus-storage pivot: A new blueprint for PSU energy transition

Mar 30: 8As traditional oil and gas giants face increasing pressure to decarbonize, this refiner is moving beyond simple solar. This 140 MWp project coupled with a massive 400 MWH Battery Energy Storage System (BESS), represents a sophisticated play for 24/7 "firm" renewable power, signaling a major leap in technical ambition for Indian PSUs
Click on Details for more Details

Refineries move from solar to hybrid projects

Mar 30: 8Another big solar plus battery surge
8There is another plan for a 210 MWp solar plant integrated with a staggering 400 MWH Battery Energy Storage System (BESS)
Click on Details for more Details

Mumbai Refinery’s SAF ambitions hit turbulence as technical queries mount

Mar 30: 8While BPCL aims for 1% SAF blending by 2027, the constant delay in finalizing a licensor for the Kero Hydrotreater (KHT) revamp indicates a gap between PSU mandates and market readiness
Click on Details for more Details

Beyond the meter: How CPCL is converting new OISD layout rules into actionable plant risk decisions

Mar 30: 8A modest estimated value belies the strategic importance of this study. The outcome will dictate whether CPCL must invest in major mitigation measures for units like the Denox Plant and Cogen Control Room that currently sit within newly defined hazard zones.
8From a rail spur sitting only 9 meters from a compound wall to an R&D building encroaching on a crude pipeline station, CPCL’s latest tender reveals the granular reality of bringing a legacy 832-acre refinery up to 2025 safety codes
8The scope has been expanded now
Click on Details for more Details

Oil & Gas Sector: All new tenders of the day

Mar 30: 8Get all the latest tenders announced across the oil and gas industry today.
8Discover new procurement opportunities from key public and private sector players.
Also click on the Tenders section for more detailed documentation
Click on Reports for more. Details

Oil & Gas Sector: Get all winning contracts of the day

Mar 30: 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.
Click on Reports for more. Details

Daily forward looking import matrices

Mar 30: 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
8Fertilizer
8LPG
8Ammonia
8Coal & Coke
8All tankers
8Bulk and Dry cargo

Click on Reports for more. Details

Announcements

Mar 30: 8Centre notifies RoU land acquisition for TMAA-Kavitam pipeline in Andhra Pradesh [Gazette] Details
8Centre allows temporary PDS kerosene relief in 21 SKO-free regions [Gazette] Details
8Essar to roll out 10,000 LNG, electric trucks in clean freight push [Essar] Details
8Essar bets on fossil fuels even as it sharpens green ambitions [Essar] Details
8IGX extends feedback deadline on new term-ahead and Brent-linked contracts [PNGRB] Details
8Deep Industries seeks nod for green energy entry, independent director appointment [DIL] Details
8IOC board sees three independent directors exit after tenure completion [IOCL] Details
8Swan Corp issues Rs 72.57 crore guarantee for subsidiary Swan LNG [Swan] Details
8BPCL board sees three independent directors exit after tenure completion [BPCL] Details
8HPCL board sees two independent directors exit after tenure ends [HPCL] Details
8Chennai Petro board sees two independent directors exit after tenure ends [CPCL] Details
8Adani Total Gas shuts trading window from April 1 ahead of FY26 results [ATGL] Details
8Oil India board sees three independent directors complete tenure, NRL role ends too [OIL] Details
8GAIL board sees four independent directors step down after tenure ends [GAIL] Details
8GAIL sets FY27 trading window closure schedule for quarterly results [GAIL] Details
8ONGC board sees three independent directors exit after tenure ends [ONGC] Details
8Cochin Shipyard board blames delayed government appointments for SEBI fine [CSL] Details
8Engineers India board sees two independent directors exit on tenure completion [EIL] Details
8APSEZ sets up India’s first Port of Refuge to boost maritime safety [Adani Port] Details
8SEAMEC wins Rs 330 crore ONGC Samudra Prabha O&M contract [SEAMEC] Details
8Desco updates MCA listing status after transition to listed company [Desco] Details
8MRPL board sees four independent directors exit after tenure ends [MRPL] Details
Details

E&P contracting brief for the day

Mar 30: 1) ONGC tightens control over Neelam and Heera mechanical seal repairs with digital verification, witnessed testing and work-order-level delay risk
8ONGC’s Neelam and Heera seal-repair tender looks routine until the execution architecture comes into view.
8Witnessed refurbishment, material-specific repair logic, offshore technician readiness and digital measurement entry shift the contract from workshop service to controlled reliability management.
 
2) Beyond well plugging: The infrastructure footprint of the Madanam restoration
8While well abandonment is a core component, the Madanam SRF assessment encompasses a vast industrial footprint, including a 52-acre Central Processing Facility (CPF) and a 15-acre Early Production Terminal (EPT).
8The scope includes the removal of approach roads, civil foundations, and the assessment of 97.75 kms of gathering and trunk pipelines, turning a "well-centric" study into a major civil and mechanical engineering valuation.
 
3) Rig vintage vs. tech: the 15-year hurdle
8While the tender generally mandates rig packages under 15 years old, a window remains open for units up to 25 years old—provided they have undergone rigorous CAT IV inspections or OEM refurbishments within the last 3 years.
8This strict "vintage clause" is a critical gatekeeper for contractors eyeing the 3-year contract.
 
4) Bid deadline shifts as ONGC integrates permanent drilling decks into the four-platform scope
8The company rejects simultaneous jacket and deck installation proposals to protect subsea pipeline interfaces
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5) ONGC’s MB-OSN-2005/1, SD4 and BS-17 WHPMSBF tender gets another push
8ONGC has pushed the closing date again on its high-stakes WHPMSBF offshore platform package, taking the visible bid-slip to 52 days from the original invitation.
8The extension comes after a clarification-heavy tender cycle built around tough offshore EPCI qualifications, a Rs 8 crore Indian-bidder EMD and unusually tight execution-control clauses
 
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CBG tenders: Are they facing a thinning bidder list?

Mar 30: 1) BPCL Saharanpur CBG: Do four extensions signal thin bidder field for 150 TPD waste-to-gas bet?
8Despite a 150 TPD scale, BPCL has pushed the Saharanpur deadline four times. Is the 100 TPD "operating plant" BQC bar too high for domestic EPCs, or is the 5,500 kg/day CBG guarantee spooking the market?
 
2) This Yamuna Nagar CBG EPCOM tender is getting extended across four rounds amid tight qualification and lifecycle risk structure
8Four extensions and no relaxation signal something deeper than routine delays. BPCL’s Yamuna Nagar CBG tender is testing how far the EPC market can stretch on lifecycle risk and qualification rigidity. The outcome may shape how future waste-to-energy tenders are structured.

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Downstream contracting briefs

Mar 30: 1) The 288-hour pressure cooker: BPCL’s high-stakes HCU gambit
8BPCL Mumbai Refinery is set to trigger a 12-day, round-the-clock overhaul of Reactor R-203. With a "blind-in to blind-out" window of just 288 hours, the margin for error is non-existent. For top tier contractors, this is a test of extreme mobilization; for BPCL, it’s a race to restore high-value production without a second of downtime to spare.
8This isn’t just a catalyst swap. BPCL is mandating a wholesale replacement of R-203’s internals—from top perforated trays to interbed mixing boxes and quench rings. With dense loading restricted to only five licensor-approved machine types (e.g., Hydropac, Densicat), the refinery is betting on precision engineering to drive post-turnaround yields.
 
2) Operational integrity check for the 5.6 MMTPA petroleum products artery
8With design capacities reaching up to 8.5 MMTPA in Phase-II, the current surge mitigation strategy is being put under the microscope. The tender highlights a complex range of failure modes, from station-level PCV closures to terminal-end ROSOV trips.

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Downstream contracting briefs: Awards

Mar 30: 1) Extreme 8x price spread in BPCL tender signals deep market disagreement on decontamination costs
8Such a wide dispersion indicates that the industry lacks a unified cost model for high-HSE chemical cleaning, with bidders pricing fundamentally different risk envelopes for the same scope.
 
2) The real outlier: Saraswati Techinfra’s staggering 500% bid variance at Panipat
8While five bidders clustered in a narrow range for IOCL's PNC shutdown contract, Saraswati Techinfra submitted a bid with a massive variance. This extreme variance raises critical questions about tender engineering, technical misunderstanding, or a potential "cover bid" in a high-stakes refinery environment.

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Downstream contracting briefs: Technical bids

Mar 30: 1) High-stakes filtration at Kochi refinery: BPCLdisqualifies majority of QRA bidders
8A massive technical cull has left only four out of 14 bidders standing for BPCL Kochi’s Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA) contract. This high rejection rate highlights a widening gap between general safety consultants and the specialized elite required for complex refinery modeling.
 
2) Competitive landscape: Three firms vie for IOCL’s cryogenic business
8The technical bid opening has narrowed the field. As IOCL prepares to award the 9-month contract, these three indigenous players are under the microscope for their ability to deliver RT-quality welding and handle sophisticated automatic long-seam and cir-seam machinery.

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Nearly 3 lakh PNG connections added in March, government says

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81 Day Seminar on Green Hydrogen organised by NLCIL Details
8FIR filed against six CNG pump staff in Maharashtra for assaulting officer and overcharging consumers Details
8Natural gas distribution reform push 2026 Details
8Petrol or CNG: Which is really better for India’s air quality Details
8Jaipur LPG shortage sparks shift to induction cooktops and coal Details
8Anil Agarwal says Vedanta Limited got written win for Jaypee Group asset bid, later reversed Details
8LPG supply boost as Indian factories resume full production with migrant workers returning Details
8Donald Trump threatens Iran oil grab, says US could seize Kharg Island export hub Details
8Russian tanker nears Cuba with much-needed oil as Trump softens tone Details
8Amid Iran war, 6,000 PNG users surrender LPG connections following government directive Details
8Government ramps up measures to ensure fuel and LPG supplies amid Hormuz disruption Details
8Jharkhand’s GOBARdhan scheme boosts rural income, cleanliness, and biogas production Details
8LPG stock with oil companies dipping in Vidarbha cities Details
8Rajnath Singh chairs first IGoM meet on West Asia situation, calls for proactive response Details
8Saudi pipeline pumping 7 million bpd of oil, bypassing Hormuz Details
8Gujarat educational campus uses biogas to cook 500 meals daily, cutting fuel dependence Details
8LPG carrier Jag Vasant docks at Vadinar with 47,000 tonnes of LPG amid supply disruptions Details
8Iran moves to assert control over Strait of Hormuz while trading strikes with Israel Details
8Fuel supply across India stable with no shortage of petrol, diesel, and LPG, says HPCL Details
8Kolkata restaurants explore PNG option amid LPG supply disruptions Details
8Fuel duty cut and states’ line-up give Bond Street the jitters Details
8Entergy and Meta deepen Louisiana data centre partnership under revised power pact Details
8Steel, auto, and chemicals sectors to gain from more LPG flow Details
8Brace for $200 oil if war lasts until June, warns Macquarie Details
8Russia to introduce ban on gasoline exports from April 1 Details
8India may face credit stress if Gulf conflict drags on, says Moody's Details
8Nirmala Sitharaman assures fiscal vigil amid oil price spike Details
8PNG piped connections surge as LPG supply tightens in India Details
8Centre raises LPG allocation for industry by 20% Details
8New fuel maths with cut in excise duty and levy on exports Details
8Oil prices gain as traders doubt prospects of ceasefire in Iran war Details
8Fuel duty cut to cost exchequer rs.7,000 crore in two weeks, says CBIC chief Details
8Narendra Modi chairs meeting with CMs on West Asia crisis Details
8Petrol and diesel rates to be reviewed every 15 days, government says Details
8Two more Indian tankers carrying 94,000 tonnes of LPG cross Strait of Hormuz Details
8No LPG shortage in Pune, says Samant; probe launched into alleged black marketing Details
8Nearly 3 lakh PNG connections added in March, government says Details
8Delivery boy held for black marketing of LPG cylinder Details
8India’s FY27 fiscal deficit target faces oil price risks amid Iran war, says ICRA Details
8FX buffers a concern as markets split on India’s vulnerability amid oil surge Details
8Assam driving India’s energy resilience amid global uncertainty, says Himanta Biswa Sarma Details
8V Anantha Nageswaran warns rising oil prices threaten India’s growth Details
8Strait of Hormuz chokehold: impact on petrol prices in India and neighbouring nations amid supply crunch Details
8Government shares key updates on oil, gas shortage, and shipping amid Israel-Iran war Details
8Oil India Limited achieves record daily production of 1,47,159 BOE Details
8ONGC announces completion of tenure of three independent directors Details
8Oil India announces exit of three independent directors after tenure completion Details
8Crude oil shock deepens market jitters as Hormuz crisis impacts India’s macro outlook Details
8India sends 38,000 MT petroleum to Sri Lanka amid global energy crisis Details
8No lockdown planned, government assures amid West Asia crisis; fuel prices stabilised Details
8India relaxes kerosene rules to tackle energy supply issues Details
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Lucknow District City Gas Distribution Project

Mar 30: 8Project Name: Lucknow District City Gas Distribution
8Project Cost: Rs 300 crore Click here for more details Details

Bulandshahr District City Gas Distribution Project

Mar 30: 8Project Name: Bulandshahr District City Gas Distribution
8Project Cost: Rs 350 crore Click here for more details Details

Ras Laffan: Repair timelines destroy all assumptions

Mar 27: 8Find out more on what is going on
8What we can confirm is that there are cargoes coming in
And we bring you fresh insights from what we can surmise from all the data that we are getting

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Carbon capture: Repeated deadline extensions signal a problem

Mar 27: 8The problem is that even with a technically rich disclosure, top-tier vendors may be pushing back on the heavy risk-transfer and non-contractual nature of the EOI.
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Today's update in E&P, Midstream-Downstream & CGD sector

Mar 27: 8Here's what's happening today in the E&P, midstream-downstream, and CGD section
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Physics-informed AI represents a shift from opague syems

Mar 27: 8The refiner is moving beyond standard machine learning by mandating "physics-informed" AI that enforces first-principles constraints as hard boundaries. This approach ensures that all AI recommendations remain grounded in the actual mass and energy balances of the delayed coking process. Executives should note this as a significant step toward making AI reliable enough for critical refinery unit control
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Oil & Gas Sector: All new tenders of the day

Mar 27: 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

Mar 27: 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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A $15 billion E&P plan meets a market with too few rigs

Mar 27: 8Find out more
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KG-DWN-98/2: Seven-year delay leaves ONGC commissioning assets with zero warranty cover

Mar 27: 8This is something that is really eyebrow raising
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$6 billion refinery: Looking at Chinese consultants

Mar 27: 8What is driving the owner towards the Chinese?
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ONGC’s Dahej move signals a deeper LNG insecurity than it admits

Mar 27: 8Find out more
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ONGC’s offshore buildout faces a silent engineering collapse, not just delays

Mar 27: 8Find out more
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OIL India’s Sadiya integrated drilling services tender stretches further after a 497-day slide from the original close

Mar 27: 8The paper trail shows a procurement that kept extending time while holding the original risk-transfer frame largely intact.
8That combination says as much about bidder-bankability and field-readiness stress as it does about schedule discipline.
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Refiner invests in next-gen R&D with new solvent dewaxing pilot plant

Mar 27: 8It is advancing its refining capabilities with a new national competitive bid for a sophisticated, skid-mounted solvent dewaxing and deoiling pilot plant.
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This move signals a strategic push into high-value product R&D, specifically targeting the optimization of lube distillates and vacuum gas oil processing.
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SAF unit: Major win for technology licensors and potential risk for owner

Mar 27: 8The plant's capacity guarantee has officially shifted from "SAF Produced" to "Feed Throughput."
8Find out why this is a game changer
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Three bidders enter BPCL’s BPREP ETP race as technical opening tests a tightly structured lifecycle-risk tender

Mar 27: 8EIL’s amendments and replies show a tender built to suppress design looseness, lowball O&M, and exception-heavy bidding. The real contest may not be price at all, but which bidder can carry process risk, integration burden, and lifecycle accountability in one envelope.
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Refiner’s 25-year sulphur strategy locks in long-term job work model for expansion project

Mar 27: 8This multi-decade commitment highlights the refinery's shift toward sustained, production-linked handling for its expansion project.
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