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Why are LNG ships still arriving if Ras Laffan is down?
Mar 20: 8The tale of two cargoes, and how did they slip through? Click on Details for more
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Mundra was built to reduce Gulf shipping distances: It was not built for a crisis like this one
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India is now competing for gas it cannot physically replace
Mar 20: The global system has no spare capacity to absorb India’s demand. Click on Details for moreDetails
Oil & Gas Sector: Get all winning contracts of the day
Mar 20: 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.
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Oil & Gas Sector: All new tenders of the day
Mar 20: 8Get all the latest tenders announced across the oil and gas industry today. 8Discover new procurement opportunities from key public and private sector players. Click on Reports for more.
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IOCL's Paradip expansion: Why is there a tearing hurry to get FID?
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Water-stressed expansion: Bina’s 11 MMTPA surge hinges on a fragile water intake
Mar 20: 8The massive expansion requires treating over 260 m3/h of oily water and spent caustic to generate "DM quality" recycled water. 8The ability to recycle every drop becomes the environmental "nerve center" for the entire Rs 49,000 Crore investment Click on Details for moreDetails
Giant three-unit petrochem tender: The eight month squeeze
Mar 20: 8Why is IOCL pushing such a tight deadline despite bidders' alarm? Click on Details for moreDetails
Today's update in E&P, Midstream-Downstream & CGD sector
Mar 20: 8Here's what's happening today in the E&P, midstream-downstream, and CGD section Click on Reports for more DetailsDetails
The consortium crackdown: ONGC’s new ‘local content’ paper trail in well head platforms
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ONGC's vessel hunt: No free ride
Mar 20: 8There is zero pay for the long haul Click on Details for moreDetails
ONGC tightens grip on Bechraji revamp
Mar 20: 8Bidders stalled by last-minute schedule shift 8Find out how ONGC overhauls contractual demands Click on Details for moreDetails
Foreign cash for local yards: How ONGC is managing foreign exchange risks in its latest PSV buy
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The DGMS mandate: Why ONGC is spending Rs 10.Cr to watch rigs
Mar 20: 8Strict new Directorate General of Mines Safety (DGMS) guidelines are forcing a massive overhaul of drilling rig security Click on Details for moreDetails
ONGC’s "Super-A" risk: The 2-hour race to stop an environmental catastrophe
Mar 20: 8The high-stakes requirement for a 120-minute "strike team" response to protect the Maharashtra coastline from Alibaug to Gujarat. Click on Details for moreDetails
Built, owned, operated: Inside Indian Oil’s radical new rental model for refinery tech
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Downstream contracting briefs
Mar 20: 1) BPCL’s Ramayapatnam VCM tender stretches 125 days as EIL tweaks specs but holds firm on liability and milestone discipline 8Six bid-date extensions are rarely just diary management in a technology licensor package. BPCL and EIL have softened parts of the VCM technical burden, yet the commercial spine still pushes substantial risk back onto bidders. The real story sits in what moved, what did not, and what that says about licensor appetite for Ramayapatnam.
2) EIL extends Numaligarh PPU pressure vessel tender amid a tightly controlled indigenous bid structure 8The package remains boxed inside a limited, zero-deviation, local-supplier-only framework for critical process vessels. That combination often says more about bidder stress and owner control than any plain date extension ever will.
3) IndianOil Cryogenics Dindori’s new vessel fabrication tender splits volume 60:40, but its real story is risk-loaded shop-floor control 8Find out more
4) Four bid-date extensions expose a still-settling licensor package for BPCL’s Ramayapatnam LDPE project 8Know more
5) BPCL’s Vadinar Bina crude pipeline composite work tender slips after five extensions amid evolving bid inputs 8The real story is not calendar drift alone, but what that drift says about execution risk on a live midstream augmentation package.
6) HPCL Mumbai Refinery biodiversity study deadline moves by 11 days as specialist ecological scope likely tempers early bid response 8The real story is what the extension says about bidder depth, pricing confidence, and compliance-critical project sequencing.
7) BPCL’s Mumbai-Kochi-Bina refinery RTO tender gets one pre-bid extension as amendment trail points to specification and qualification clean-up 8Find out more
8) BPCL Mumbai Refinery’s three TA 2026 piping packages get a second extension 8But the real pressure point remains April shutdown execution
Mar 20: 1) Four bidders enter GAIL’s Maharashtra pipeline O&M engineering consultancy race 8But the real filter is its quality-heavy technical gate
2) Eighteen bidders test GAIL Vijaipur’s manpower-heavy mechanical AMC for C2C3, LPG plants and HVJ compressor station 8Find out more
3) Four bidders clear technical gate in IOCL Baddi BP turnstile and face reader tender after six-way contest 8IOCL’s Baddi BP turnstile tender is small in value but not in control philosophy. The technical round has already cut a six-bidder field to four, and the exclusions matter more than the numbers suggest. Behind the routine GeM wrapper, the real story is how narrowly defined access-control credentials are reshaping who gets to stay in the room. 4) Thirteen bidders enter IPPL’s ambient air heater electrical package 8But the real story is how IndianOil Petronas Pvt Ltd shaped the field
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E&P contracting brief: Part I
Mar 20: 1) OIL India’s wireline logging tender slips as clause rewrites widen offshore reach 8The tender is no longer just a date-extension story. 8The deeper shift lies in how offshore deployment, detonator compliance, extra-unit options, and CIS liability are being rewritten into the risk structure.
2) OIL India pushes open hole logging units tender ahead 8The package does not soften the hard filters on OEM pedigree, documentary proof, maintenance capability, or long-tail security obligations.
3) ONGC’s Ankleshwar valve ARC tightens repair control around API-governed remanufacture, witnessed testing and a no-consortium entry filter 8The tender turns a routine-looking valve ARC into a field-to-workshop integrity contract anchored in API-governed repair logic and owner-witnessed testing.
4) ONGC’s HPHT OGT tender folds 98/2 export systems into a five-year KPI-led O&M package 8The latest HPHT OGT services tender is not just about keeping an old gas terminal running; it pulls recently commissioned 98/2 export infrastructure into the same five-year operating envelope. 8The real story lies in how DCS operations, metering-linked export facilities, electrical uptime, consumables control, and even non-explicit “necessary” work are bundled into one accountability framework.
5) Sun Petrochemicals turns Gujarat tubing buy into a certification-heavy, multi-field rate contract with strong buyer-side optionality 8Sun Petrochemicals has framed its Gujarat tubing tender as more than a straight tubular purchase, binding API 5CT discipline to a contract structure that can stretch across multiple fields.
Mar 20: 1) ONGC’s Ankleshwar Asset packs PSV integrity, spares liability and local-workshop filters into one three-year maintenance tender 8ONGC’s Ankleshwar Asset is not merely seeking routine PSV calibration; it is packaging statutory testing, field handling, repair liability and documentation control into a single integrity contract.
2) AMC Projects wins ONGC Mehsana Asset cathodic protection maintenance contract 8ONGC Mehsana Asset’s six-month cathodic protection contract did not just produce an L1. 8It produced a steep commercial split between a tightly packed lower cluster and bids that rose more than 130% and 250% above the winner. 8That divergence says more about how vendors are reading pipeline-integrity risk than the headline award value alone.
3) OIL India’s listed labour upkeep tender throws out 14 of 33 bidders as field-control clauses bite 8This was not a soft-entry manpower bid. 8OIL India paired a five-year, production-linked labour package with tight control over deployment, supervision and documentation, and nearly two-fifths of participants fell out at qualification stage. 8The deeper signal is not just who bid, but what kind of vendor this Duliajan upkeep model appears to be selecting for.
4) ONGC Western Offshore bridge inspection tender corrigendum 8ONGC has issued the latest corrigendum for its Western Offshore bridge inspection and laser-scanning tender by inserting a new payment-release clause. 8The change ties cash release to bridge-wise completion, combined evidence packs and verification by RINA and the ONGC representative.
5) ONGC’s latest corrigendum-led MH-NH PWC tender turns process selection into a no-shutdown, six-year performance wager 8ONGC’s latest visible MH-NH PWC tender remains at the pre-opening stage, and bidder names are not disclosed in the document. 8The package binds replacement and revamp work to firm-price discipline, layered security, offshore performance testing, and six years of O&M under a 25 ppm discharge promise. 8What is still unresolved is whether bidders will price that long-tail liability cleanly upfront or try to defend margin through technology conservatism and qualification tightness.
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Announcements
Mar 20: 8ONGC launches e-auction to sell gas from Padra field [ONGC] Details 8Gas Connect March 2026 [IGX] Details 8IEX sets up investor meetings with Aequitas and Prusik next week [IEX] Details 8Deep Industries wins partial relief as key service suspensions are revoked [DIL] Details 8ONGC trims NCD rating exposure as ICRA reaffirms Rs. 8,500 crore programme [ONGC] Details 8Adani Ports targets JAL’s aviation assets and Kanpur fertilizers stake [Adani Port] Details 8Veedol shareholders approve postal ballot resolutions with requisite majority [Veedol] DetailsDetails
Urea plants get additional natural gas in spot auction; operations rise to 80% capacity
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