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

Proposed phosphatic fertilizer project: Update

Jan 22: 8This is coming up with a total capacity of 2,37,300 MT per annum.
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PNGRB has little or no idea most of the time-II: Tenders cancelled

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

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

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

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

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

Jan 22: 8PLL’s Dahej PDH-PP upstream powder EPC has been retendered after the earlier round was cancelled post financial bid opening, resetting the competitive field.
8The visible deltas are not cosmetic: pre-bid engagement is switched off, the calendar is rebuilt, and the post-mechanical phase is reframed around commissioning.
8The deeper question is whether this reset tightens risk transfer or simply prices in process uncertainty
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PNGRB has little or no idea most of the time-I: It is always a shot-in the dark for participants in pipeline bids

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

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

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

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

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

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Bid deadline pushed  again for 3000 hp rig hire

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

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

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

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

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

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

Unnao District City Gas Distribution Project

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

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

Jan 22: For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
8Tender for renewal of Commvault journaling Details
8Procurement of electrical spares Details
8Procurement of door frame metal detector (Q2) Details
8Tender for charter hiring of 04 nos. of MLT BMC jack-up rig for 05 years Details
8Fabrication, supply and installation of current transformers of HT switchgear panel of SCA process complex Details
8Procurement of actuators for GTG and PGC gas fuel valves of B193 platform Details
8Tender for calibration of master instruments for ICP, BHS and SCA process complex Details
8Tender for revamp of centrifugal horizontal pump (SPP) for Bina petrochem and refinery expansion project Details
8Tender for instruments (tuning fork and capacitance) for BPCL, Bina petrochem and refinery expansion projects Details
8Tender for PP upstream of powder section for PDH-PP plant with ethane and propane handling facilities Details
8Procurement of UN-certified CS drums for catalyst Details
8Procurement of PTA-grade sodium carbonate Details
8Tender for supply of complete vessel Details
8Procurement of ST3514 (hydrogenated castor oil) Details
8Supply of barrier spares for critical control system of JR refinery Details
8Supply of GT air filter cartridge element Details
8Tender for procurement of cupric carbonate Details
8Supply of propane (industrial-grade refrigerant) Details
8Third-party testing of motor gasoline (MS) and high-speed diesel (HSD) samples Details
8Annual maintenance contract for mechanical maintenance and safety works Details
8Providing environmental hygiene services for maintenance work Details
8Tender for supply of oxygen analyser Details
8Supply of pressure vacuum valves with silica gel trap Details
8Annual maintenance contract for 12 nos. of Julabo make circulating chillers Details
8Safety audit as per IS 14489:2018 and Schedule-8 Rule-10 of MSIHC Rules, 1989 Details
8Supply of AFC gearbox spares Details
8Tender for gate pass management and watch & ward services for green belt Details
8Procurement of power cylinders, positioners and accessories from SMC & Nepack Details
8Procurement of multimedia projector (MMP) (Q2) Details
8Tender for procurement of mechanical seal Details
8Procurement of spares for Howden make SRU blowers Details
8Procurement of HACH LDO analyser spares Details
8Tender for procurement of attapulgite clay Details
8Tender for supply of XBIS conveyor belt Details
8Procurement of multi-function calibrators (Q3) Details
8Tender for procurement of octane additive Details
8Procurement of rising stem gate valves Details
8Annual maintenance contract for Endress+Hauser make TFMS Details
8Procurement of hydrochloric acid (HCl) on two-year rate contract basis Details
8Supply of portable fire extinguishers (V3) Details
8Supply and installation of glass vessel with mechanical lab stirrer (flame-proof, 20-litre capacity) Details
8Non-comprehensive annual maintenance contract for PWMC group-B Details
8Supply of octane booster additive Details
8Procurement of rubber latex on rate contract basis Details
8Supply of tank protection devices – flame arrester Details
8Procurement of material handling equipment Details
8Provision of manpower services for territory assistance work Details
8Tender for miscellaneous LPG SAP operations at LPG plant Details
8Annual rate contract for servicing of GE make LT air circuit breakers Details
8Supply and installation of ASTM colorimeter Details
8Tender for painting of pipeline Details
8Rate contract for operation and maintenance of water supply valves Details
8Supply of light blue envelopes for ultrasound Details
8Tender for financial advisory services Details
8Supply of breathing apparatus set with cylinders Details
8Supply of live working gloves made of insulating material (V2) Details
8Supply of electrical rescue rod Details
8Procurement of ordinary water monitors Details
8Procurement of fasteners for storage and WWTP unit Details
8Procurement of hydraulic tools for DT Kandla O&M base Details
8Hiring of optical fiber cable (OFC) maintenance services Details
8Annual maintenance contract for servicing of listed instruments Details
8Tender for mobilization and demobilization services for rope access Details
8Annual rate contract for shifting of furniture between quarters or from city to township on as-and-when-required basis Details
8Design, fabrication, supply and commissioning of coalescer package for motor spirit service Details
8Tender for development of VR-based safety briefing and fire safety simulation system Details

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For reference purposes the website carries here the following Newsclips (These are public domain newsclips and the website is not responsible for their content):
8Global LNG supply set to jump in 2026, limiting prices and spurring demand Details
8LNG supply surge set to ease prices in 2026 Details
8Kinder Morgan posts record earnings as LNG demand fuels pipeline growth Details
8Construction of Canada’s multibillion-dollar LNG project nears 60% Details
8Actis puts on block Indian green energy unit Athena Details
8NITI Aayog suggests setting up of national agency to implement green transition for MSMEs Details
8Rupee plunges to record low of 91.64 against US dollar Details
8BPCL buys Iraqi, Oman crude via one-year import tenders, sources say Details
8“We can process Venezuelan crude if made available”: IOCL chairman Details
8Indian refiners shift oil strategy; trim Russian buys and turn to Middle East Details
8HPCL Q3 FY26 profit rises 58% to Rs. 4,011 crore on stronger refining margins Details
8Delhi govt rationalises bus routes in West Delhi as old CNG buses exit fleet Details
8BPCL’s Vision 2026: leading India’s shift to natural gas Details
8BPCL launches national PNG & CNG drive 2.0 Details
8US propane at 14-month low to WTI in Jan Details
8Delhi govt to gift free LPG cooking gas cylinders; here’s how and when to avail it Details
8India’s upstream sector undergoes major shift after reforms: Hardeep Puri Details
8Tecnimont enters US LNG market via strategic agreement for Argent LNG export facility in Louisiana Details
8Venezuelan crude oil likely to flow to US, Europe and India: Rystad Energy Details
8‘Our refineries are robust!’: India can process Venezuelan crude oil when available; here’s what IOCL chairman said Details
8IEA raises forecast of global oil demand growth in 2026 Details
8U.S. natural gas prices surge 45% in two days due to Arctic cold Details
8Halliburton beats Q4 estimates as international revenue soars Details
8Indian refiners boost Middle East supply to offset lost Russian oil Details
8Falling crude prices cut India’s oil import bill by 8.5% in December Details
8India’s BPCL secures Middle Eastern crude deals amid Russian supply pivot Details
8India’s Reliance to buy sanctions-compliant Russian oil in February and March, sources say Details
8HPCL reports strong Q3 FY26 performance with net profit of Rs. 4,072 crore Details
8Gujarat Gas appoints B. N. Patel as Executive Director Details
8BPCL completes major modernisation of Vadinar–Bina pipeline to boost energy security Details
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Announcements

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

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

Deep beats John, John beats Deep

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Downstream contracting briefs: Part I

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

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Downstream contracting briefs: Part II

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

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Refiner asks bidders to build KPIs, dashboards and five business cases

Jan 21: 8This refiner is looking for an overall transformation of its setup
8What it seems to be looking for is a value realisation office (VRO) that can define value drivers, standardise KPIs, run governance cadence, and publish unified visibility of outcomes beyond project completion.
8The success condition here is not just “implementation of dashboards”, but a sustained value-tracking routine where initiatives are chartered, readiness is tracked, risks are surfaced, and outcomes (financial and non-financial) are monitored and escalated
8The real tension is whether a governance-heavy framework rollout can stay outcome-driven when contractual levers are designed to minimise negotiation.
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Today's update in E&P, Midstream-Downstream & CGD sector

Jan 21: 8Here's what's happening today in the E&P, midstream-downstream, and CGD section
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Daily forward looking import matrices

Jan 21: It is easy to get month-old import data but it is difficult to solicit forthcoming shipment information in India. We go through a laborious process of data collection to get you full import information, including company-wise, quantity-wise, port-wise, vessel-wise cargoes which are coming into India in the next 15-to30 days.
Get the daily updates for :
8LNG
8Crude
8Chemicals
8Fertilizers
8LPG
8Ammonia
8Coal & Coke
8All tankers
8Bulk and Dry cargo
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BPCL leads push to lock in long-term Middle East crude oil purchases

Jan 21: For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
8Tender for hiring of point-to-point leased lines Details
8Supply, installation, testing, and commissioning of 15 kVA DG set Details
8Tender for procurement of sodium hypochlorite Details
8Procurement of testing and measuring equipment Details
8Tender for insurance coverage for public liability, directors and officers liability, and handheld devices Details
8Tender for procurement of hydraulic tools Details
8Tender for procurement of coupling spares Details
8Providing housekeeping and other associated maintenance jobs Details
8Supply, installation, and commissioning of complete DCS/PLC system for PFCCU revamp including spares and transportation Details
8Procurement of CS A106 Gr. B seamless IBR standard pipes, 150 NB Details
8Tender for procurement of studs with nuts Details
8Tender for providing expert service support for ABB make O2 analyzer Details
8Comprehensive annual maintenance contract (CAMC) for terminal automation system for three years Details
8Tender for procurement of solid foam Details
8Procurement of tamper evident seals for LPG cylinders Details
8Composite contract for maintenance of dehexaniser column and caustic tower during NCU/AU shutdown Details
8Procurement of non-metallic wear rings from M/s Sulzer for compliance of RTF Details
8Tender for replacement and laying of critical pipelines project Details
8Tender for reviewing and updating the existing internal audit manual and internal controls of the company (corrigendum-1) Details
8Hiring of consultancy services for implementation of GUIDE framework for vision, mission, values, and vision 2035 roadmap Details
8Hiring of technical consultancy services for assurance of cathodic protection of existing carbon steel natural gas pipeline Details
8Tender for requirement of BCPA-3 IGG interstage cooler fan assembly Details
8Tender for composite works for CNG stations Details
8Tender for facility management (FM) services Details
8Procurement of spares for cooling tower fan gearbox Details
8Procurement of filter elements for coalescer pre-filter and separator Details
8Tender for procurement of sieve shaker Details
8Procurement of impeller pump shaft assembly HMD PN 6-06 Details
8Procurement of diaphragm valve Details
8Procurement of 10-head hydrotesting machine Details
8Supply of Qlar make additive feeder spares for HDPE Details
8Supply of M/s REMI make mixer spares for ETP Details
8Tender for procurement of flanges Details
8Procurement of high-end desktop computer Details
8Procurement of Emerson make repair kit Details
8Tender for operation and maintenance of PMCC and fire water pump house Details
8Procurement of industrial-grade network switch Details
8Tender for procurement of tube bundle Details
8Tender for supply of gas detectors Details
8Procurement and installation of turnstile and flap barrier gate components Details
8Procurement of mechanical seal for FBM pump Details
8Two-year annual rate contract (ARC) for Maspero make MSB CCR elevator spares Details
8Procurement of SPR assembly, body, actuator, Class-V, Samson make Details
8Tender for services for long range ultrasonic testing (LRUT) of underground manifold Details
8Supply of combo valve with integrated actuator for Hippo cylinders Details
8Comprehensive annual maintenance contract for all air conditioners Details
8Procurement of lightweight laptop with 32 GB RAM Details
8Supply of octane booster additive (OBARD) for motor gasoline Details
8Rate contract for providing painting services for HCU, HGU, ETP, RODM, and miscellaneous units Details
8Procurement of GCC cloud services for Aadhaar authentication Details
8Procurement of emergency kit trolley and associated emergency items Details
8Tender for conducting activities under PNGRB’s PNG Drive 2.0 in Bankura and Purulia gas areas Details
8Comprehensive annual maintenance contract for TLFG flow meters Details
8Tender for civil works for administration building Details
8Annual maintenance contract (AMC) for Rotork make ROSOVs Details
8Annual rate contract (ARC) for rock salt loading in salt dryers at DHDS unit Details
8Tender for revamping of washing unit with filtration system Details
8Hiring of services for painting of piping, supports, and structures Details
8Supply of numerical transformer feeder protection relay Details
8Procurement of air filter regulator (AFR) for all areas of instrumentation department Details

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8Private LNG operator takes EU to court over €4.96 billion state funding Details
8South Koreans join Canadian LNG project Details
8Oil settles higher on Black Sea supply risks Details
8Gas analyst flags ‘historic cold’ Details
8Industry calls for demand-side push as India confronts post-E20 ethanol surplus ahead of Budget 2026 Details
8India is now UAE’s largest customer of LNG Details
8Gas runs out, patience runs thin Details
8Gujarat Gas reports record Q3 FY26 CNG volumes and 20% YoY profit amid industrial slowdown Details
8Delhi approves free LPG cylinder for poor households ahead of Holi Details
8Indian refiners lift Guyana oil after two years, raise Saudi imports Details
8Tinna Rubber secures Rs.75.79 crore order from Indian Oil Corporation for crumb rubber modifier supply Details
8Natural gas prices surge 23% on cold shock and short covering Details
8Pakistan state firm announces new oil and gas discovery Details
8Saudi Aramco expects up to $5 billion gains from AI in 2025 Details
8Kurdistan’s oil lifeline at risk as Baghdad payments fall short again Details
8BPCL leads push to lock in long-term Middle East crude oil purchases Details
8India deepens energy ties with the Gulf while balancing Russian oil risk Details
8US seizes seventh sanctioned tanker defying Trump’s Venezuela oil quarantine Details
8India’s Russian oil trade: US secretary claims India ‘geared down and stopped’; threat of 500% tariff legislation looms Details
8Bharat Coking Coal makes bumper debut, lists at nearly twice IPO price Details
8Coal India gets mineral concession licence for rare earth element block in Maharashtra Details
8WTI oil prices fall as risks from Kazakh production halt subside Details
8ABB upgrades BPCL’s 935-km Vadinar–Bina pipeline with advanced SCADA and cybersecurity Details
8India’s core sectors grow 3.7% in December; cement, steel, and electricity post gains Details
8Rupee falls 7 paise to settle at record low of 90.97 against US dollar Details
8HPCL joins Tata Mumbai Marathon 2026 to promote inclusion Details
8HPCL promotes nine executives as executive directors Details
8ONGC appoints Ashish Bhatnagar and Debasish Mukherjee as executive directors Details
8Gujarat Gas Q3: highest-ever volume of CNG recorded in December quarter, net profit rises 20 percent Details
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Giridh Dhanbad District City Gas Distribution Project

Jan 21: 8Project Name: Giridh Dhanbad District City Gas Distribution
8Project Cost: Rs 350 crore Click here for more details Details

Announcements

Jan 21: New Page 1 8Snapshot of India’s oil and gas sector monthly data – December 2025 [PPAC] Details
8Prashant Ruia speaks at WEF Davos 2026 with Business Today [Essar] Details
8Essar Group eyes major port expansion with long-term 400–500 MT capacity ambition by 2047 [Essar] Details
8Extension of closing date for registration under NGOs and VCOs scheme [PNGRB] Details
8Launch of balance of month contracts and settlement updates in ssLNG segment [IGX] Details
8Intimation of appointment of executive directors [ONGC] Details
8Financial results for the quarter and nine months ended December 31, 2025 [GGL] Details
8Press release on Q3 FY26 unaudited financial results [GGL] Details
8Investor presentation Q3 FY26 [GGL] Details
8Clarification on price movement of company’s securities [Selan] Details
8Disclosure on non-redemption of redeemable preference shares under Regulation 57 [Aban] Details
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Proposed phosphatic fertilizer project: Update

Jan 22: 8This is coming up with a total capacity of 2,37,300 MT per annum.
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PNGRB has little or no idea most of the time-II: Tenders cancelled

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

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

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

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

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

Jan 22: 8PLL’s Dahej PDH-PP upstream powder EPC has been retendered after the earlier round was cancelled post financial bid opening, resetting the competitive field.
8The visible deltas are not cosmetic: pre-bid engagement is switched off, the calendar is rebuilt, and the post-mechanical phase is reframed around commissioning.
8The deeper question is whether this reset tightens risk transfer or simply prices in process uncertainty
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PNGRB has little or no idea most of the time-I: It is always a shot-in the dark for participants in pipeline bids

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

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

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

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

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

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Bid deadline pushed  again for 3000 hp rig hire

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

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

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

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

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

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

Unnao District City Gas Distribution Project

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

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

Jan 22: For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
8Tender for renewal of Commvault journaling Details
8Procurement of electrical spares Details
8Procurement of door frame metal detector (Q2) Details
8Tender for charter hiring of 04 nos. of MLT BMC jack-up rig for 05 years Details
8Fabrication, supply and installation of current transformers of HT switchgear panel of SCA process complex Details
8Procurement of actuators for GTG and PGC gas fuel valves of B193 platform Details
8Tender for calibration of master instruments for ICP, BHS and SCA process complex Details
8Tender for revamp of centrifugal horizontal pump (SPP) for Bina petrochem and refinery expansion project Details
8Tender for instruments (tuning fork and capacitance) for BPCL, Bina petrochem and refinery expansion projects Details
8Tender for PP upstream of powder section for PDH-PP plant with ethane and propane handling facilities Details
8Procurement of UN-certified CS drums for catalyst Details
8Procurement of PTA-grade sodium carbonate Details
8Tender for supply of complete vessel Details
8Procurement of ST3514 (hydrogenated castor oil) Details
8Supply of barrier spares for critical control system of JR refinery Details
8Supply of GT air filter cartridge element Details
8Tender for procurement of cupric carbonate Details
8Supply of propane (industrial-grade refrigerant) Details
8Third-party testing of motor gasoline (MS) and high-speed diesel (HSD) samples Details
8Annual maintenance contract for mechanical maintenance and safety works Details
8Providing environmental hygiene services for maintenance work Details
8Tender for supply of oxygen analyser Details
8Supply of pressure vacuum valves with silica gel trap Details
8Annual maintenance contract for 12 nos. of Julabo make circulating chillers Details
8Safety audit as per IS 14489:2018 and Schedule-8 Rule-10 of MSIHC Rules, 1989 Details
8Supply of AFC gearbox spares Details
8Tender for gate pass management and watch & ward services for green belt Details
8Procurement of power cylinders, positioners and accessories from SMC & Nepack Details
8Procurement of multimedia projector (MMP) (Q2) Details
8Tender for procurement of mechanical seal Details
8Procurement of spares for Howden make SRU blowers Details
8Procurement of HACH LDO analyser spares Details
8Tender for procurement of attapulgite clay Details
8Tender for supply of XBIS conveyor belt Details
8Procurement of multi-function calibrators (Q3) Details
8Tender for procurement of octane additive Details
8Procurement of rising stem gate valves Details
8Annual maintenance contract for Endress+Hauser make TFMS Details
8Procurement of hydrochloric acid (HCl) on two-year rate contract basis Details
8Supply of portable fire extinguishers (V3) Details
8Supply and installation of glass vessel with mechanical lab stirrer (flame-proof, 20-litre capacity) Details
8Non-comprehensive annual maintenance contract for PWMC group-B Details
8Supply of octane booster additive Details
8Procurement of rubber latex on rate contract basis Details
8Supply of tank protection devices – flame arrester Details
8Procurement of material handling equipment Details
8Provision of manpower services for territory assistance work Details
8Tender for miscellaneous LPG SAP operations at LPG plant Details
8Annual rate contract for servicing of GE make LT air circuit breakers Details
8Supply and installation of ASTM colorimeter Details
8Tender for painting of pipeline Details
8Rate contract for operation and maintenance of water supply valves Details
8Supply of light blue envelopes for ultrasound Details
8Tender for financial advisory services Details
8Supply of breathing apparatus set with cylinders Details
8Supply of live working gloves made of insulating material (V2) Details
8Supply of electrical rescue rod Details
8Procurement of ordinary water monitors Details
8Procurement of fasteners for storage and WWTP unit Details
8Procurement of hydraulic tools for DT Kandla O&M base Details
8Hiring of optical fiber cable (OFC) maintenance services Details
8Annual maintenance contract for servicing of listed instruments Details
8Tender for mobilization and demobilization services for rope access Details
8Annual rate contract for shifting of furniture between quarters or from city to township on as-and-when-required basis Details
8Design, fabrication, supply and commissioning of coalescer package for motor spirit service Details
8Tender for development of VR-based safety briefing and fire safety simulation system Details

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8Global LNG supply set to jump in 2026, limiting prices and spurring demand Details
8LNG supply surge set to ease prices in 2026 Details
8Kinder Morgan posts record earnings as LNG demand fuels pipeline growth Details
8Construction of Canada’s multibillion-dollar LNG project nears 60% Details
8Actis puts on block Indian green energy unit Athena Details
8NITI Aayog suggests setting up of national agency to implement green transition for MSMEs Details
8Rupee plunges to record low of 91.64 against US dollar Details
8BPCL buys Iraqi, Oman crude via one-year import tenders, sources say Details
8“We can process Venezuelan crude if made available”: IOCL chairman Details
8Indian refiners shift oil strategy; trim Russian buys and turn to Middle East Details
8HPCL Q3 FY26 profit rises 58% to Rs. 4,011 crore on stronger refining margins Details
8Delhi govt rationalises bus routes in West Delhi as old CNG buses exit fleet Details
8BPCL’s Vision 2026: leading India’s shift to natural gas Details
8BPCL launches national PNG & CNG drive 2.0 Details
8US propane at 14-month low to WTI in Jan Details
8Delhi govt to gift free LPG cooking gas cylinders; here’s how and when to avail it Details
8India’s upstream sector undergoes major shift after reforms: Hardeep Puri Details
8Tecnimont enters US LNG market via strategic agreement for Argent LNG export facility in Louisiana Details
8Venezuelan crude oil likely to flow to US, Europe and India: Rystad Energy Details
8‘Our refineries are robust!’: India can process Venezuelan crude oil when available; here’s what IOCL chairman said Details
8IEA raises forecast of global oil demand growth in 2026 Details
8U.S. natural gas prices surge 45% in two days due to Arctic cold Details
8Halliburton beats Q4 estimates as international revenue soars Details
8Indian refiners boost Middle East supply to offset lost Russian oil Details
8Falling crude prices cut India’s oil import bill by 8.5% in December Details
8India’s BPCL secures Middle Eastern crude deals amid Russian supply pivot Details
8India’s Reliance to buy sanctions-compliant Russian oil in February and March, sources say Details
8HPCL reports strong Q3 FY26 performance with net profit of Rs. 4,072 crore Details
8Gujarat Gas appoints B. N. Patel as Executive Director Details
8BPCL completes major modernisation of Vadinar–Bina pipeline to boost energy security Details
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Announcements

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

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

Deep beats John, John beats Deep

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Downstream contracting briefs: Part I

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

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Downstream contracting briefs: Part II

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

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Refiner asks bidders to build KPIs, dashboards and five business cases

Jan 21: 8This refiner is looking for an overall transformation of its setup
8What it seems to be looking for is a value realisation office (VRO) that can define value drivers, standardise KPIs, run governance cadence, and publish unified visibility of outcomes beyond project completion.
8The success condition here is not just “implementation of dashboards”, but a sustained value-tracking routine where initiatives are chartered, readiness is tracked, risks are surfaced, and outcomes (financial and non-financial) are monitored and escalated
8The real tension is whether a governance-heavy framework rollout can stay outcome-driven when contractual levers are designed to minimise negotiation.
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Today's update in E&P, Midstream-Downstream & CGD sector

Jan 21: 8Here's what's happening today in the E&P, midstream-downstream, and CGD section
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Daily forward looking import matrices

Jan 21: It is easy to get month-old import data but it is difficult to solicit forthcoming shipment information in India. We go through a laborious process of data collection to get you full import information, including company-wise, quantity-wise, port-wise, vessel-wise cargoes which are coming into India in the next 15-to30 days.
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8LNG
8Crude
8Chemicals
8Fertilizers
8LPG
8Ammonia
8Coal & Coke
8All tankers
8Bulk and Dry cargo
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BPCL leads push to lock in long-term Middle East crude oil purchases

Jan 21: For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
8Tender for hiring of point-to-point leased lines Details
8Supply, installation, testing, and commissioning of 15 kVA DG set Details
8Tender for procurement of sodium hypochlorite Details
8Procurement of testing and measuring equipment Details
8Tender for insurance coverage for public liability, directors and officers liability, and handheld devices Details
8Tender for procurement of hydraulic tools Details
8Tender for procurement of coupling spares Details
8Providing housekeeping and other associated maintenance jobs Details
8Supply, installation, and commissioning of complete DCS/PLC system for PFCCU revamp including spares and transportation Details
8Procurement of CS A106 Gr. B seamless IBR standard pipes, 150 NB Details
8Tender for procurement of studs with nuts Details
8Tender for providing expert service support for ABB make O2 analyzer Details
8Comprehensive annual maintenance contract (CAMC) for terminal automation system for three years Details
8Tender for procurement of solid foam Details
8Procurement of tamper evident seals for LPG cylinders Details
8Composite contract for maintenance of dehexaniser column and caustic tower during NCU/AU shutdown Details
8Procurement of non-metallic wear rings from M/s Sulzer for compliance of RTF Details
8Tender for replacement and laying of critical pipelines project Details
8Tender for reviewing and updating the existing internal audit manual and internal controls of the company (corrigendum-1) Details
8Hiring of consultancy services for implementation of GUIDE framework for vision, mission, values, and vision 2035 roadmap Details
8Hiring of technical consultancy services for assurance of cathodic protection of existing carbon steel natural gas pipeline Details
8Tender for requirement of BCPA-3 IGG interstage cooler fan assembly Details
8Tender for composite works for CNG stations Details
8Tender for facility management (FM) services Details
8Procurement of spares for cooling tower fan gearbox Details
8Procurement of filter elements for coalescer pre-filter and separator Details
8Tender for procurement of sieve shaker Details
8Procurement of impeller pump shaft assembly HMD PN 6-06 Details
8Procurement of diaphragm valve Details
8Procurement of 10-head hydrotesting machine Details
8Supply of Qlar make additive feeder spares for HDPE Details
8Supply of M/s REMI make mixer spares for ETP Details
8Tender for procurement of flanges Details
8Procurement of high-end desktop computer Details
8Procurement of Emerson make repair kit Details
8Tender for operation and maintenance of PMCC and fire water pump house Details
8Procurement of industrial-grade network switch Details
8Tender for procurement of tube bundle Details
8Tender for supply of gas detectors Details
8Procurement and installation of turnstile and flap barrier gate components Details
8Procurement of mechanical seal for FBM pump Details
8Two-year annual rate contract (ARC) for Maspero make MSB CCR elevator spares Details
8Procurement of SPR assembly, body, actuator, Class-V, Samson make Details
8Tender for services for long range ultrasonic testing (LRUT) of underground manifold Details
8Supply of combo valve with integrated actuator for Hippo cylinders Details
8Comprehensive annual maintenance contract for all air conditioners Details
8Procurement of lightweight laptop with 32 GB RAM Details
8Supply of octane booster additive (OBARD) for motor gasoline Details
8Rate contract for providing painting services for HCU, HGU, ETP, RODM, and miscellaneous units Details
8Procurement of GCC cloud services for Aadhaar authentication Details
8Procurement of emergency kit trolley and associated emergency items Details
8Tender for conducting activities under PNGRB’s PNG Drive 2.0 in Bankura and Purulia gas areas Details
8Comprehensive annual maintenance contract for TLFG flow meters Details
8Tender for civil works for administration building Details
8Annual maintenance contract (AMC) for Rotork make ROSOVs Details
8Annual rate contract (ARC) for rock salt loading in salt dryers at DHDS unit Details
8Tender for revamping of washing unit with filtration system Details
8Hiring of services for painting of piping, supports, and structures Details
8Supply of numerical transformer feeder protection relay Details
8Procurement of air filter regulator (AFR) for all areas of instrumentation department Details

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For reference purposes the website carries here the following Newsclips (These are public domain newsclips and the website is not responsible for their content):
8Private LNG operator takes EU to court over €4.96 billion state funding Details
8South Koreans join Canadian LNG project Details
8Oil settles higher on Black Sea supply risks Details
8Gas analyst flags ‘historic cold’ Details
8Industry calls for demand-side push as India confronts post-E20 ethanol surplus ahead of Budget 2026 Details
8India is now UAE’s largest customer of LNG Details
8Gas runs out, patience runs thin Details
8Gujarat Gas reports record Q3 FY26 CNG volumes and 20% YoY profit amid industrial slowdown Details
8Delhi approves free LPG cylinder for poor households ahead of Holi Details
8Indian refiners lift Guyana oil after two years, raise Saudi imports Details
8Tinna Rubber secures Rs.75.79 crore order from Indian Oil Corporation for crumb rubber modifier supply Details
8Natural gas prices surge 23% on cold shock and short covering Details
8Pakistan state firm announces new oil and gas discovery Details
8Saudi Aramco expects up to $5 billion gains from AI in 2025 Details
8Kurdistan’s oil lifeline at risk as Baghdad payments fall short again Details
8BPCL leads push to lock in long-term Middle East crude oil purchases Details
8India deepens energy ties with the Gulf while balancing Russian oil risk Details
8US seizes seventh sanctioned tanker defying Trump’s Venezuela oil quarantine Details
8India’s Russian oil trade: US secretary claims India ‘geared down and stopped’; threat of 500% tariff legislation looms Details
8Bharat Coking Coal makes bumper debut, lists at nearly twice IPO price Details
8Coal India gets mineral concession licence for rare earth element block in Maharashtra Details
8WTI oil prices fall as risks from Kazakh production halt subside Details
8ABB upgrades BPCL’s 935-km Vadinar–Bina pipeline with advanced SCADA and cybersecurity Details
8India’s core sectors grow 3.7% in December; cement, steel, and electricity post gains Details
8Rupee falls 7 paise to settle at record low of 90.97 against US dollar Details
8HPCL joins Tata Mumbai Marathon 2026 to promote inclusion Details
8HPCL promotes nine executives as executive directors Details
8ONGC appoints Ashish Bhatnagar and Debasish Mukherjee as executive directors Details
8Gujarat Gas Q3: highest-ever volume of CNG recorded in December quarter, net profit rises 20 percent Details
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Giridh Dhanbad District City Gas Distribution Project

Jan 21: 8Project Name: Giridh Dhanbad District City Gas Distribution
8Project Cost: Rs 350 crore Click here for more details Details

Announcements

Jan 21: New Page 1 8Snapshot of India’s oil and gas sector monthly data – December 2025 [PPAC] Details
8Prashant Ruia speaks at WEF Davos 2026 with Business Today [Essar] Details
8Essar Group eyes major port expansion with long-term 400–500 MT capacity ambition by 2047 [Essar] Details
8Extension of closing date for registration under NGOs and VCOs scheme [PNGRB] Details
8Launch of balance of month contracts and settlement updates in ssLNG segment [IGX] Details
8Intimation of appointment of executive directors [ONGC] Details
8Financial results for the quarter and nine months ended December 31, 2025 [GGL] Details
8Press release on Q3 FY26 unaudited financial results [GGL] Details
8Investor presentation Q3 FY26 [GGL] Details
8Clarification on price movement of company’s securities [Selan] Details
8Disclosure on non-redemption of redeemable preference shares under Regulation 57 [Aban] Details
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