The end of the LNG story for gas-based power?. Two prices for the same gas, on the same exchange, on the same day. E&P provision comes to bite: Arbitration can kill your business. GAIL's Rs 4,664-crore LPG expansion hinges on just 25 km of wildlife corridor. BPCL's refinery-led SAF strategy runs into roadblock. Coal gasification may be the technology: But permitting is becoming the bigger risk Heading. Rs. 2,051-crore gas pipeline back for ToR name amendment. PNGRB is holding 428 bank guarantees: And they have delivered under one per cent. 400 KLPD SAF option inside a distillery, but capacity trail raises questions. ONGC’s 114-platform health-assessment tender leaves only one technically qualified bidder . OIL returns to Sadiya with a 6,550 m replacement well after three bore paths ended in abandonment. Today's update in E&P, Midstream-Downstream & CGD sector. Oil & Gas Sector: All new tenders of the day. Oil & Gas Sector: Get all winning contracts of the day. Daily forward looking import matrices. E&P contracting brief for the day. New 136 KTA Toluene unit: Agency has to aim low and then high. GAIL’s global LNG spread: Its desk has to reach out across multiple ports. How to scale an in-house refinery additive build-up: Here is how. Alert: GAIL major initiates an entirely new way of building a gas pipeline. Downstream contracting briefs: Part I. Downstream contracting briefs: Part II. LNG importers seek lower Qatar and UAE prices as war upends deals. Kakinada District City Gas Distribution Project. Vijayawada District City Gas Distribution Project. Today's update in E&P, Midstream-Downstream & CGD sector. Oil & Gas Sector: All new tenders of the day. Oil & Gas Sector: Get all winning contracts of the day. Daily forward looking import matrices. ONGC plans India's first strategic natural gas reserve amid West Asia tensions: Report. Unnao District City Gas Distribution Project. Why is a refinery company rewriting its constitution to make an explosive?. India's 2G ethanol story is a disaster. IGX is going public on a growth story its regulator has not approved yet. Why did Reliance send 12 people to a PNGRB meeting about spreadsheets?. India's 2G story is a disaster. Indian refineries love affair with cooking oil for SAF has ended. IOCL’s ten-bidder advisory contest is really a fight for just four strategic seats. BPCL outsources pilot-scale diesel hydroprocessing Rs 2.29 crore bet on external R&D infrastructure. BPCL’s Kochi SAF award opens a six-fold pricing gap in pretreatment technology.
The end of the LNG story for gas-based power?
Jul 24: 8The latest data is dismal Click on Details for more
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Two prices for the same gas, on the same exchange, on the same day
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ne cleared at $8.9/MMBtu 8And one between $15.8 and $19.1 8And eventually where does this gas head, do they land in the right places?
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E&P provision comes to bite: Arbitration can kill your business
Jul 24: 8Find out how it came to impact one company badly Click on Details
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GAIL's Rs 4,664-crore LPG expansion hinges on just 25 km of wildlife corridor
Jul 24: 8Why it matters Although the project spans 1,099 km, the focus is on just 25.416 km 8That tiny stretch has become the project's regulatory bottleneck. Click on Details for more
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BPCL's refinery-led SAF strategy runs into roadblock
Jul 24: 8Exposing the challenge of converting conventional refineries into low-carbon fuel hubs Click on Details for more
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Coal gasification may be the technology: But permitting is becoming the bigger risk Heading
Jul 24: 8Coal gasification is no longer the biggest challenge. 8Something else is turning out to be a bigger issue. Click on Details for more
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Rs. 2,051-crore gas pipeline back for ToR name amendment
Jul 24: 8A seemingly administrative change returns one of Gujarat’s largest proposed gas corridors to the appraisal table. Behind the nomenclature request lies a 283.5-km, 12-MMSCMD pipeline crossing 89 villages, forest land and around 25 km of the Wild Ass Sanctuary. Click on Details for more
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PNGRB is holding 428 bank guarantees: And they have delivered under one per cent
Jul 24: 8This is an interesting observation Who is to blame?
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400 KLPD SAF option inside a distillery, but capacity trail raises questions
Jul 24: 8This is potentially creating one of India’s more significant alcohol-to-jet platforms. But the regulatory papers present overlapping 700 KLPD and 1,200 KLPD capacities, treat SAF as an alternative rather than additional output, and attach just a very low investment for the project —leaving technology configuration and project boundaries unclear. Click on Details for moreDetails
ONGC’s 114-platform health-assessment tender leaves only one technically qualified bidder
Jul 24: 8Aries Marine, IIT Madras and Nauvata Energy Transition were disqualified. Click on Details for moreDetails
OIL returns to Sadiya with a 6,550 m replacement well after three bore paths ended in abandonment
Jul 24: 8The earlier campaign suffered repeated stuck strings, unrecovered fish, mud losses and abandonment at 5,892 m. 8OIL now plans to deploy a minimum 3,000 HP rig with integrated drilling and production support. 8The new well will test whether a redesigned execution model can overcome the subsurface problems that defeated Sadiya-1. Click on Details for moreDetails
Today's update in E&P, Midstream-Downstream & CGD sector
Jul 24: 8Here's what's happening today in the E&P, midstream-downstream, and CGD section Click on Reports for more DetailsDetails
Oil & Gas Sector: All new tenders of the day
Jul 24: 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.
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Oil & Gas Sector: Get all winning contracts of the day
Jul 24: 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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Daily forward looking import matrices
Jul 24: 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 Click on Reports for more.Details
E&P contracting brief for the day
Jul 24: 1) ONGC puts mobile Ahmedabad workover-rig HVAC reliability on Sunbeam but retains the right to cut units and payments 8ONGC is tying PMCC cooling reliability on two mobile AHWR workover rigs directly to the HVAC manufacturer. 8The contract combines quarterly health checks with three-day breakdown attendance and machine-level service reporting. 8But its unit-withdrawal and non-availability provisions create a deeper readiness-versus-revenue tension.
2) ONGC ties four-sector seismic output to daily shot-hole guarantees as contractors absorb drilling productivity risk 8ONGC requires daily output of 100, 120, 70 and 45 shot holes across Sectors 1–4 respectively. 8A cumulative shortfall can attract a deduction of Rs 3,000 per shot hole. 8The decisive issue is whether contractors can sustain these targets across changing geology and field logistics.
3) Jay Engineers enters ONGC’s Pipavav LN2 facility race as terminal-interface risks remain untested by disclosed clarifications 8ONGC has attracted Jay Engineers to a civil package that directly supports cryogenic well-stimulation logistics at Pipavav. 8The broad experience gate contrasts with a three-month schedule, terminal-access obligations and two-stage performance security. 8What the bidder accepted—or sought to change—cannot be determined because its clarification exchange is absent from the disclosed record.
4) OIL flags initial pre-bid responses for six Assam–Arunachal workover rigs but leaves every corrigendum delta outside the notification 8OIL has notified bidders that its initial answers from the 15 July pre-bid conference are available in the portal’s amendments folder. 8The notice identifies no revised clause, technical concession or commercial reset for the six-rig programme. 8Whether the separate responses widen competition or preserve the original risk allocation remains hidden behind the missing attachment.
5) ONGC extends MH-NH produced-water tender in nine deadline shifts 8The reversal raises questions about bidder readiness, competition and unresolved bid-stage constraints. Click on Details for moreDetails
New 136 KTA Toluene unit: Agency has to aim low and then high
Jul 24: 8It must first attempt clearance under the No Increase in Pollution Load route. If that route fails, the same consultant must shift into a full EIA, Rapid Risk Assessment, public hearing and MoEFCC appraisal process. Bidders are effectively being asked to price regulatory uncertainty before the approving authorities determine which pathway applies. 8Tough to find a contractor who can price this upfront, as the owner is finding out. Click on Details for more
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GAIL’s global LNG spread: Its desk has to reach out across multiple ports
Jul 24: 8GAIL’s LNG shipping can scan Houston, Rotterdam, Fujairah, Singapore, a dozen ports around the globe. 8So it needs global networking 8Never an easy task Click on Details for more
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How to scale an in-house refinery additive build-up: Here is how
Jul 24: 8It has already crossed the laboratory chemistry stage and is now testing whether the additive can survive pilot-scale manufacturing. The contractor must deliver three successful 5 kg batches before proving the process at 100 kg. The real investment decision may turn on whether one larger batch can demonstrate repeatability rather than merely produce an acceptable sample. 8Also what will be required is continuous monitoring of agitator torque and RPM, not just temperature and final product quality. That suggests BPCL is watching for viscosity growth, mixing failure and scale-dependent reactor behaviour. The most important result may therefore be buried in the operating data rather than the laboratory test certificate. Click on Details for more
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Alert: GAIL major initiates an entirely new way of building a gas pipeline
Jul 24: 8No matter what the contractor does, he needs to ensure gas is in the pipeline now 8A complex multi-layered work has been squeezed into a short time period 8This is the new pipeline building model that many will not emulate Click on Details for more
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Downstream contracting briefs: Part I
Jul 24: 1) IOCL makes Haldia Refinery’s common flare network the hidden approval gate for its next wave of brownfield projects 8IOCL is testing whether Haldia Refinery’s Old and DYIP hydrocarbon flares can absorb a refinery-wide power failure after multiple future projects are added. The consultant must convert hydraulic, radiation and noise findings into a modification-ready BDEP within 180 days. The tension lies in why the broadest future case is being studied while detailed engineering is restricted to a smaller project configuration.
2) EIL leaves refinery-wide structural access risk with bidders while tightening electrical design inputs for BPCL’s Kochi polypropylene project 8EIL has fixed motor ratings and created a measurable route for UPS feeder changes in BPCL’s Kochi polypropylene composite package. But it has declined to identify where below- and above-20 m structural modifications will arise, asking bidders to assess work scattered across the operating refinery and new PPU area. The unresolved question is how much crane, access and productivity contingency contractors will bury inside their rates before the July 28, 2026 closing date.
3) Corrosion tender exposes the limits of chemical guarantees under high TAN crude processing 8The owner initially placed tight desalter, iron and predictive-monitoring obligations on the corrosion-control contractor. Bidder objections forced the refiner to recognise that crude quality, temperature and refinery hardware can dominate chemical performance. The commercial question is how much uncontrollable process risk still remains with the winning vendor.
4) BPCL’s Bina CDU corrosion fix is really a test of whether one header can safely feed 12 AFC banks 8BPCL wants to replace two separate overhead AFC inlet headers with a common arrangement serving all 12 banks. The consultant must prove that vapour and wash water can be distributed uniformly without creating new stress, maldistribution or support problems. The deeper story is whether a seemingly simple piping consolidation can remove corrosion risk without shifting it elsewhere in the CDU overhead circuit.
5) BPCL gives bidders five more days to price Kochi Refinery’s PFCCU coke, catalyst and confined-space turnaround risk 8BPCL has extended both Kochi Refinery Train-B turnaround packages after correcting a package-level blinding error and adding a detailed ESP catalyst-cleaning obligation. Package A requires simultaneous PFCCU work fronts, heavy refractory mobilisation, at least 250 MT of catalyst handling and cleaning of an approximately 2300 cubic metre confined space. The unanswered question is whether five extra days are enough for bidders to price the physical-condition risk without loading the January 2027 shutdown with defensive margins.
Jul 24: 1) GAIL makes its PMC the commercial gatekeeper for a 600 MW solar and 550 MWh BESS project 8The consultant will not merely review drawings or monitor construction. It must certify payments, validate performance, assess delays and recommend recoveries against the EPC contractor. The deeper story is whether GAIL has created an effective owner’s representative or transferred too much enforcement responsibility to a consultant with limited control over execution.
2) GMPL removes the evidence-generation core from its Mangalore dust explosion study 8GMPL has deleted the only clause expressly requiring representative dust sampling and laboratory screening. The consultant must still deliver a facility-wide DHA aligned with NFPA 652 and NFPA 660. The amendment leaves open how plant-specific explosibility conclusions will now be established.
3) CPCL puts 90% of LOBS piping value ahead of hydrotest but keeps shutdown close-out behind a cash gate 8CPCL has rewritten the payment architecture for 38 tentative LOBS tie-ins, releasing 60% after fabrication and welding and another 30% after erection. The contractor still faces a final cash barrier tied to hydrotesting, drying, material reconciliation and stores handover, while a new 25% option clause preserves CPCL’s scope flexibility. The commercial question is whether faster interim billing will offset the documentation and close-out risks concentrated at the refinery restart boundary.
4) HPRGE makes interface control the real critical path for HRRL’s 178 MWp solar buildout 8The Owner’s Engineer is being asked to coordinate ground-mounted solar, rooftops, carports, storage and transmission connectivity across multiple HRRL-linked sites. That turns the consultancy into an integration-control mandate rather than a routine design-review assignment. The real risk is whether one adviser can enforce accountability across EPC contractors, refinery stakeholders and grid interfaces.
5) BPCL makes fishermen compensation the hidden completion risk for the MRPL offshore pipeline 8BPCL’s 13.3 km offshore section may be physically built, but its community liabilities will remain open until affected fishermen are identified, approved and paid. The consultant must carry the process from field verification through government approvals, disbursement and grievance closure. The real project risk may now sit in the beneficiary database rather than beneath the seabed.
6) HPCL’s DHT instrument award opens a 15.6% pricing gap that rivals must now explain 8The deeper question is whether HPCL captured a genuine productivity advantage or pushed a shutdown-critical contractor into margin stress.
LNG importers seek lower Qatar and UAE prices as war upends deals
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