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Who is the key man in the PMO for oil & gas.  PNGRB's aggressive intrusion: Why Is the industry split down the middle over it?.  Competitor at the gate: A PLL project runs aground.  Owner wants only Technip to do the engineering for its next generation solvent business.  Operator combines customs clearance and nationwide logistics under one contractor model.  Bina petrochemical and refinery expansion project turns ethylene cracker mechanical bidding into a Rs 1,000-crore risk test.  Mumbai Pune Solapur Pipeline: High risk.  BPCL catalyst scale-up corrigendum turns vendor search into a controlled technology gate.  Can instrumentation contractors can become the real restart gatekeepers for a long-idled PTA plant?.  Aviation turbine fuel JeTreat plant award: Why did Fluor price the FEED at twice Techgreen’s quote?.  Bureau Veritas wins ageing-asset life assessment job with a 59.1% price gap.  ONGC turns vessel fuel consumption into a commercial bid weapon.  ONGC uses a pilot programme to test whether wellbore conditioning can solve persistent drilling inefficiencies.  Oil & Gas Sector: All new tenders of the day.   Oil & Gas Sector: Get all winning contracts of the day.  Downstream contracting briefs.  E&P contracting brief: Part I.  E&P contracting brief: Part II.  Today's update in E&P, Midstream-Downstream & CGD sector.  Jhansi District City Gas Distribution Project.  Cylinder prices slashed: Commercial LPG down Rs.183.50 from July 1, first cut in 2026.  Daily forward looking import matrices.  Vedanta Oil & Gas lands its first AA+: For a business whose production just fell 15%.  Petronet LNG:: Is it preparing to build a parallel renewable gas platform?.  Asian Energy Services turns producer: How thin does India's marginal-field crude market really runs?.  The Reliance-BP gas JV holds its AAA: A top rating on a think middle ground.  Paradip petrochemical complex project tightens man-month billing while carving out licensor-cost risk.  Hazira-Vijaipur-Jagdishpur pipeline repair clears a four-bidder technical field.  Bina turns Ethylene Cracker Unit mechanical works retender into a Rs 1,049.95 crore resubmission test.  Hopetown mini floating storage and regasification unit tender starts with a single-expert gatekeeper.  ONGC PRP-X extension keeps offshore pipeline bidders under 2027 monsoon pressure.  ONGC Western Offshore seismic tender keeps PGS and Shearwater fuel risk inside bidder-control zone.  Haldia Refinery extends bitumen upgradation tender as additive vendors face tank-wise payment risk.  OIL turns surface production contractors into full-field operators across Assam and Arunachal Pradesh.  Oil & Gas Sector: All new tenders of the day.   Oil & Gas Sector: Get all winning contracts of the day.  IOCLs consultant empanelment tests whether top advisory firms will accept fixed rates for strategic work.  Today's update in E&P, Midstream-Downstream & CGD sector.  Downstream contracting briefs.  Downstream contracting briefs: Results.  

Who is the key man in the PMO for oil & gas

Jul 01: 8Find out why the PM trusts him.
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PNGRB's aggressive intrusion: Why Is the industry split down the middle over it?

Jul 01: 8Everyone should oppose PNGRB's intrusive LNG regulations.
8Yet some are staying disturbingly quiet.
Why is that? Details

Competitor at the gate: A PLL project runs aground

Jul 01: 8Murky situation runs the project aground
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Owner wants only Technip to do the engineering for its next generation solvent business

Jul 01: 8Now why is that so?
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Operator combines customs clearance and nationwide logistics under one contractor model

Jul 01: 8It is seeking a single contractor capable of handling both customs clearance and transportation across its operated blocks.
8The EOI also folds scrap-clearance procedures into the same engagement rather than treating them separately.
8The structure hints at a broader operational integration without revealing how the commercial tender will ultimately be packaged.
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Bina petrochemical and refinery expansion project turns ethylene cracker mechanical bidding into a Rs 1,000-crore risk test

Jul 01: 8BPCL and EIL have extended the ethylene cracker mechanical works bid, but the real story is not the extra week. The tender now carries a revised BoQ, new tender ID, mandatory resubmission and tighter manpower expectations. Contractors are being asked to price heavy lifts, free-issue material custody, site logistics and insurance exposure with limited relief.
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Mumbai Pune Solapur Pipeline: High risk

Jul 01: 8How is HPCL addressing the issue?
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BPCL catalyst scale-up corrigendum turns vendor search into a controlled technology gate

Jul 01: 8BPCL is no longer just mapping domestic catalyst manufacturers. The corrigendum turns the EOI into a sharper techno-commercial screening route. The real story is whether future catalyst procurement will now move through a smaller, pre-cleared vendor pool.
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Can instrumentation contractors can become the real restart gatekeepers for a long-idled PTA plant?

Jul 01: 8Find out more
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Aviation turbine fuel JeTreat plant award: Why did Fluor price the FEED at twice Techgreen’s quote?

Jul 01: 8This is quite an interesting insight
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Bureau Veritas wins ageing-asset life assessment job with a 59.1% price gap

Jul 01: 8The award is less about inspection and more about deciding how long ageing HVJ gateway assets can safely keep running.
8But what explains such a large price gap?
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ONGC turns vessel fuel consumption into a commercial bid weapon

Jul 01: 8Fuel efficiency is no longer just an operating parameter in this tender.
8ONGC has embedded HFHSD consumption into bid evaluation while separately providing for recovery when actual consumption exceeds quoted values.
8The combination changes how offshore vessel pricing will be judged beyond headline day rates.
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ONGC uses a pilot programme to test whether wellbore conditioning can solve persistent drilling inefficiencies

Jul 01: 8ONGC is not procuring a conventional drilling tool but evaluating whether a one-year pilot can change drilling performance.
8The document directly links the technology to torque, drag, weight transfer and open-hole exposure.
8The outcome of the pilot could determine whether the approach moves beyond a trial.
Click on Details for more Details

Oil & Gas Sector: All new tenders of the day

Jul 01: 8Get all the latest tenders announced across the oil and gas industry today.
8Discover new procurement opportunities from key public and private sector players.
Also click on the Tenders section for more detailed documentation
Click on Reports for more. Details

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

Jul 01: 8A daily roundup of tender results in the oil and gas sector.
8Stay informed about contract awards, winning bidders, and project allocations over all oil & gas contracts.
Click on Reports for more. Details

Downstream contracting briefs

Jul 01: 1) BPCL Kochi Refinery’s Fluid Catalytic Cracking stack canopy is really an ageing-asset stress test
8Find out more

2) Paradip-Numaligarh crude oil pipeline: How to prepare for an emergency
8Find out more

3) BPCL Kochi Refinery polypropylene project lab tender stretches by 79 days as EIL holds the line on LSTK responsibility
8The delay trail shows bidders pushing back on approvals, utilities, civil inputs, credentials and electrical interfaces while EIL kept most risks inside the contractor’s LSTK basket. The sharper question is whether the lab package is becoming a commissioning-critical bottleneck for the wider polypropylene project.

4) IOCL Paradip Refinery extends jetty pipeline intelligent pigging tender as first-time integrity scan exposes execution-risk questions
8The pre-bid record shows bidders probing pigging media, nitrogen pressure, deep excavation, water ingress, coating repair and missing historic inspection data. The tender is becoming a test of whether refinery jetty pipeline integrity can be priced cleanly under a reverse-auction service model.

5) Visakh Refinery cuts inspection services race in half after technical screening
8Eight bidders entered the technical round, but only four survived. The deeper signal is that minor refinery projects are being pulled into tighter inspection, safety and deployment discipline.

Click on Details for more Details

E&P contracting brief: Part I

Jul 01: 1) ONGC Hazira LCP tender puts Tri-Sen’s rotating machinery credentials under the spotlight
8The sole entered a tender that demands specialist experience in SIL-2 control systems for rotating machines rather than conventional instrumentation work.
8The qualification bar extends beyond panel supply into engineering and commissioning capability.
8The competitive implications become clearer once the technical gate is examined.
 
2) ONGC Ahmedabad ETP pre-bid replies leave brownfield condition risk with bidders
8Repeated bidder requests for clearer equipment condition were largely answered with references back to the existing scope of work.
8ONGC declined to define the health of many ageing assets before bidding.
8The commercial consequences sit beneath the revamping obligations rather than the price schedule.
 
3) ONGC MH asset MIP tender extends after pre-bid replies reshape pump risk
8ONGC has extended the MH asset MIP replacement tender after a heavy round of pre-bid replies.
8The clarifications soften selected equipment specifications but keep the core offshore brownfield risk with the contractor.
8The deeper issue is how ONGC balances vendor participation with water-injection reliability across ICW, WIS and MNW.
 
4) ONGC H2S corrigendum extends bid while tightening e-BG and safety scope
8ONGC has extended its H2S equipment and services tender, but the corrigendum does more than shift the clock.
8The changes relax select training wording while tightening digital bid-security timing and detector-tube responsibility.
8The deeper issue is how ONGC is shaping sour-gas safety vendors through compliance, mobilisation and performance-linked risk.
 
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E&P contracting brief: Part II

Jul 01: 1) ONGC Waste Heat recovery Unit replacement tender extended without easing offshore EPC risk
8ONGC has pushed the WHRU replacement bid deadline by 28 days, but the extension does not dilute the offshore execution burden.
8The package still carries brownfield platform interfaces, marine support, EPC delivery and tight bid-security discipline.
8The real signal lies in how ONGC gives bidders more time while keeping rejection and pricing controls intact.
 
2) OIL Rajasthan wireline logging tender extended
8OIL has extended its Rajasthan Field wireline logging O&M tender, adding 22 days to the original bid window.
8The extension gives bidders more time, but the technical and compliance burden remains unchanged.
8The sharper issue sits inside the bundled scope covering logging crews, unit maintenance and explosive movement.
 
3) OIL Nagajan OCS EPC tender extended
8OIL has pushed the Nagajan OCS EPC bid deadline after a long trail of technical corrigendums.
8The extension gives bidders more time, but the LSTK risk structure remains unchanged.
8The sharper issue is how much detailed engineering exposure stays with the contractor.
 
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Today's update in E&P, Midstream-Downstream & CGD sector

Jul 01: 8Here's what's happening today in the E&P, midstream-downstream, and CGD section
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Jhansi District City Gas Distribution Project

Jul 01: 8Project Name: Jhansi District City Gas Distribution
8Project Cost: Rs 350 crore Click here for more details Details

Cylinder prices slashed: Commercial LPG down Rs.183.50 from July 1, first cut in 2026

Jul 01: For reference purposes the website carries here the following Newsclips (These are public domain newsclips and the website is not responsible for their content):
 8As crude oil cargoes flush market, Indian refiners book supplies for next 45 days Details
 8Nayara Energy cuts petrol by Rs 5/litre, diesel by Rs 3 as global oil rates cool down Details
 8India just built the world's first hydrogen plant that runs on nuclear heat, not electricity Details
 8ADNOC’s Bab project strengthens UAE gas security Details
 8TotalEnergies launches tender for 7.1 MW solar plant at Mozambique LNG project Details
 8Major Spanish LNG hub calls for delay to EU ban on Russian gas Details
 8China delivers two 174,000-cubic-meter LNG carriers in high-end shipbuilding milestone Details
 8Nat-gas prices rebound on hot US temps and strong LNG exports Details
 8Natural gas news: heat and LNG demand put bulls back in control Details
 8India's coordinated, concerted effort shielded citizens during Hormuz energy disruption, says Amitabh Kant Details
 8BPRL eyes Videocon’s global oil and gas assets Details
 8Atul Gupta appointed CMD of Engineers India Details
 8Russia may allow lower quality fuel production, imports as supply crisis bites: Report Details
 8Asia's crude oil imports tick up in June but uncertainty reigns Details
 8Bengal's new energy hub: ONGC's Ashoknagar project begins commercial crude oil production in July Details
 8Oil slips 1% on Iran talks hopes, set for monthly drop amid fragile ceasefire tensions Details
 8Cylinder prices slashed: Commercial LPG down Rs.183.50 from July 1, first cut in 2026 Details
 8India weighs 30-day LPG stockpile as BPCL leads storage expansion amid energy security push Details
 8India's Russian oil imports to hit record high in June, data shows Details
 8India's flex-fuel ambitions may deliver little extra payoff as EVs gain ground: Bernstein Details
 8Government denies calling E20 ethanol blending programme an 'experiment' in Supreme Court Details
 8Pakistan backtracks on energy gamble, buys emergency LNG as Qatar exports stay in limbo Details
 8India plans strategic fuel reserves after Gulf conflict Details
 8India secures crude, LPG supplies through August as Strait of Hormuz reopens Details
 8Hormuz crisis: why India faces a 100-day oil test Details
 8HPCL HR wins four awards at Financial Express HR Awards 2026 Details
 8Chennai Petroleum's credit ratings reaffirmed; CRISIL updates bank-wise facility details Details
 8Strategic fuel reserves: why India wants more oil backup Details
 8Oil prices ease as investors await US-Iran talks; Brent crude falls to $72 per barrel Details
 8India adjusts tax landscape amid global oil price fluctuations Details
 8India cuts windfall tax on diesel, raises petrol tax from July Details
 8India plans to cut reliance on Middle East oil Details
 8Morgan Stanley cuts Brent forecast to $75 a barrel Details
 8Shell: global LNG demand to surge 65% by 2050 Details
 8The oil benchmark named Brent is losing its Brent Details
 8India’s Russian oil boom outlives the Hormuz shock Details
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Daily forward looking import matrices

Jul 01: 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
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Vedanta Oil & Gas lands its first AA+: For a business whose production just fell 15%

Jun 30: 8Find out does the two go together
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Petronet LNG:: Is it preparing to build a parallel renewable gas platform?

Jun 30: 8Why is an LNG major trying to do that?
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Asian Energy Services turns producer: How thin does India's marginal-field crude market really runs?

Jun 30: 8Find out more.
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The Reliance-BP gas JV holds its AAA: A top rating on a think middle ground

Jun 30: 8Find out why do we say on about this gas trading outfit
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Paradip petrochemical complex project tightens man-month billing while carving out licensor-cost risk

Jun 30: 8Indian Oil Corporation Limited’s latest addendum for the Paradip petrochemical complex project is less routine than it looks. It blocks bidders from using overtime, Sundays or holidays to cure monthly man-hour shortfalls, but also removes licensor-service costs from the bidder’s scope. The result is a sharper split between owner-controlled technology interfaces and contractor-controlled manpower discipline.
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Hazira-Vijaipur-Jagdishpur pipeline repair clears a four-bidder technical field

Jun 30: 8GAIL’s 36-inch Hazira-Vijaipur-Jagdishpur pipeline shutdown job has moved past technical evaluation with four of five bidders qualifying.
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Bina turns Ethylene Cracker Unit mechanical works retender into a Rs 1,049.95 crore resubmission test

Jun 30: 8The revised BoQ now carries a combined estimated value of Rs 1,049.95 crore across Part-A and Part-B. The sharper story is whether contractors can absorb the heavy-lift, manpower, utility and execution-risk load without repricing the job defensively.
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Hopetown mini floating storage and regasification unit tender starts with a single-expert gatekeeper

Jun 30: 8The tender was structured as a single-tender procurement, with DNV MES India Private Limited named as the seller organisation for participation. That makes the award less about bidder competition and more about reliance on known specialist expertise. For executives, the issue is whether technical certainty is being prioritised over wider market discovery.
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ONGC PRP-X extension keeps offshore pipeline bidders under 2027 monsoon pressure

Jun 30: 8ONGC has extended the PRP-X bid deadline, but the execution pressure has not eased.
8The company has held the completion line at 15 May 2027 after rejecting further schedule relief.
8The real story is how much offshore sequencing risk bidders must price before submission.
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ONGC Western Offshore seismic tender keeps PGS and Shearwater fuel risk inside bidder-control zone

Jun 30: 8ONGC’s participated-bidder clarifications give Pgs Geophysical As and Shearwater Geoservices Limited some room on vessel technology.
8The same replies keep fuel reimbursement, QC acceptance and payment triggers tightly under ONGC certification.
8The tender now looks less like a simple seismic package and more like a test of who can absorb offshore execution risk without pricing shock.
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Haldia Refinery extends bitumen upgradation tender as additive vendors face tank-wise payment risk

Jun 30: 8For suppliers, this is less a product sale and more a performance-linked refinery operation.
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OIL turns surface production contractors into full-field operators across Assam and Arunachal Pradesh

Jun 30: 8OIL is procuring far more than portable production equipment.
8The successful contractor will operate, maintain and manage complete surface production facilities on a round-the-clock basis across remote well locations.
8The deeper implication lies in how operational responsibility is packaged under a single contract.
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Oil & Gas Sector: All new tenders of the day

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

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

Jun 30: 8A daily roundup of tender results in the oil and gas sector.
8Stay informed about contract awards, winning bidders, and project allocations over all oil & gas contracts.
Click on Reports for more. Details

IOCLs consultant empanelment tests whether top advisory firms will accept fixed rates for strategic work

Jun 30: 8The tender asks consultants to stay on a three-year rate card with no escalation. Bidders asked for annual revision and complexity-based pricing, but IndianOil held the line. That makes the tender a test of whether high-end consulting appetite survives public-sector cost discipline.
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Today's update in E&P, Midstream-Downstream & CGD sector

Jun 30: 8Here's what's happening today in the E&P, midstream-downstream, and CGD section
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Downstream contracting briefs

Jun 30: 1) Bharat Petroleum’s Maharashtra and Haryana compressed bio-gas consultancy tender turns waste-to-energy into an owner-engineering test
8Bharat Petroleum is not yet just buying plant construction for its municipal solid waste and paddy straw based compressed bio-gas programme. It is first hiring a consultant to control the tendering, engineering, statutory and construction-risk architecture across four feedstock-heavy locations. The deeper story is whether this becomes the company’s template for taking compressed bio-gas from policy ambition into executable project discipline.

2) Small Controlled Area Radiography becomes a shutdown productivity weapon at IOCL Guwahati Refinery
8IOCL Guwahati Refinery is using this tender to attack one of the most stubborn shutdown problems: inspection work that blocks other jobs. The tender shifts radiography into a close proximity model with certified crews, regulated source handling and round-the-clock mobilisation. The bigger question is whether a smaller radiation control zone can deliver faster workfront clearance without raising safety risk.

3) Manas River water intake tender asks consultants to prove river-source judgement, not just refinery project management
8The corrigendum keeps the focus on water intake facility experience from a surface freshwater source. That is a narrower technical universe than generic EPCM or PMC work. The market question is how many refinery consultants can prove accepted river-source feasibility work.

4) Kochi Refinery major Integrated Refinery Expansion Project turnaround corrigendum turns pump-pressure clarity into a decontamination risk filter
8Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited has extended the Kochi Refinery Package 2 decontamination tender to 06-07-2026, but the more important signal is inside the corrigendum. The new pump and discharge-pressure details sharpen the contractor’s mobilisation burden for PFCCU and DCU units during the major Integrated Refinery Expansion Project turnaround. The story is whether added clarity reduces bid risk or exposes how thin the qualified decontamination vendor pool really is.

5) Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited Kochi Refinery turnaround decontamination bid gets sharper after pump-data corrigendum
8The issue now is whether bidders can absorb the technical clarity without exposing gaps in their turnaround decontamination capability.

6) Refinery turnaround tender gets sharper after corrigendum, but contractors may face a tighter execution trap
8The extension gives bidders more time, but the new technical disclosures reduce the room for broad assumptions. Pump service, capacity, discharge size, location and pressure are now part of the decontamination conversation. That makes the tender less about ordinary refinery cleaning and more about proving shutdown-readiness before award.

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Downstream contracting briefs: Results

Jun 30: 1) GAIL Hazira Compressor Station fitness-for-service tender narrows to two bidders after a six-way technical contest
8GAIL’s Hazira Compressor Station integrity tender has moved from a six-bidder contest to a two-bidder technical field. The job is not a routine inspection contract but an API 579-linked fitness-for-service and remaining-life assessment of ageing static equipment and piping. The story is how sharply GAIL is filtering vendors for live midstream asset-integrity work.

2) Gujarat Refinery soil investigation award exposes a 106% price gap behind a cooling tower foundation job
8The award raises a sharper question: did Indian Oil get a disciplined price, or did rivals load the quote for refinery-site uncertainty?

3) Crude Distillation Unit-III turnaround award gives HPCL Visakh Refinery a low-price winner with a high-execution test
8HPCL has awarded the Crude Distillation Unit-III turnaround contract at Visakh Refinery to Shilpi Engineering Private Limited at Rs 34.67 crore. The nearest qualified bidder was 27.2% higher, turning the result into a sharp test of whether the L1 price has captured the real shutdown risk. The larger story is how HPCL used a five-tender sequencing rule to spread refinery turnaround exposure across contractors.

4) BPCL’s hydrogen membrane engineering award at Kochi Refinery exposes a 103.7% price gap
8The award raises a sharper question: is this lean specialist pricing or an aggressive bet on refinery hydrogen work?

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Who is the key man in the PMO for oil & gas

Jul 01: 8Find out why the PM trusts him.
Click on Details Details

PNGRB's aggressive intrusion: Why Is the industry split down the middle over it?

Jul 01: 8Everyone should oppose PNGRB's intrusive LNG regulations.
8Yet some are staying disturbingly quiet.
Why is that? Details

Competitor at the gate: A PLL project runs aground

Jul 01: 8Murky situation runs the project aground
Click on Details for more Details

Owner wants only Technip to do the engineering for its next generation solvent business

Jul 01: 8Now why is that so?
Click on Details for more Details

Operator combines customs clearance and nationwide logistics under one contractor model

Jul 01: 8It is seeking a single contractor capable of handling both customs clearance and transportation across its operated blocks.
8The EOI also folds scrap-clearance procedures into the same engagement rather than treating them separately.
8The structure hints at a broader operational integration without revealing how the commercial tender will ultimately be packaged.
Click on Details for more Details

Bina petrochemical and refinery expansion project turns ethylene cracker mechanical bidding into a Rs 1,000-crore risk test

Jul 01: 8BPCL and EIL have extended the ethylene cracker mechanical works bid, but the real story is not the extra week. The tender now carries a revised BoQ, new tender ID, mandatory resubmission and tighter manpower expectations. Contractors are being asked to price heavy lifts, free-issue material custody, site logistics and insurance exposure with limited relief.
Click on Details for more Details

Mumbai Pune Solapur Pipeline: High risk

Jul 01: 8How is HPCL addressing the issue?
Click on Details for more Details

BPCL catalyst scale-up corrigendum turns vendor search into a controlled technology gate

Jul 01: 8BPCL is no longer just mapping domestic catalyst manufacturers. The corrigendum turns the EOI into a sharper techno-commercial screening route. The real story is whether future catalyst procurement will now move through a smaller, pre-cleared vendor pool.
Click on Details for more Details

Can instrumentation contractors can become the real restart gatekeepers for a long-idled PTA plant?

Jul 01: 8Find out more
Click on Details Details

Aviation turbine fuel JeTreat plant award: Why did Fluor price the FEED at twice Techgreen’s quote?

Jul 01: 8This is quite an interesting insight
Click on Details for more Details

Bureau Veritas wins ageing-asset life assessment job with a 59.1% price gap

Jul 01: 8The award is less about inspection and more about deciding how long ageing HVJ gateway assets can safely keep running.
8But what explains such a large price gap?
Click on Details for more Details

ONGC turns vessel fuel consumption into a commercial bid weapon

Jul 01: 8Fuel efficiency is no longer just an operating parameter in this tender.
8ONGC has embedded HFHSD consumption into bid evaluation while separately providing for recovery when actual consumption exceeds quoted values.
8The combination changes how offshore vessel pricing will be judged beyond headline day rates.
Click on Details for more Details

ONGC uses a pilot programme to test whether wellbore conditioning can solve persistent drilling inefficiencies

Jul 01: 8ONGC is not procuring a conventional drilling tool but evaluating whether a one-year pilot can change drilling performance.
8The document directly links the technology to torque, drag, weight transfer and open-hole exposure.
8The outcome of the pilot could determine whether the approach moves beyond a trial.
Click on Details for more Details

Oil & Gas Sector: All new tenders of the day

Jul 01: 8Get all the latest tenders announced across the oil and gas industry today.
8Discover new procurement opportunities from key public and private sector players.
Also click on the Tenders section for more detailed documentation
Click on Reports for more. Details

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

Jul 01: 8A daily roundup of tender results in the oil and gas sector.
8Stay informed about contract awards, winning bidders, and project allocations over all oil & gas contracts.
Click on Reports for more. Details

Downstream contracting briefs

Jul 01: 1) BPCL Kochi Refinery’s Fluid Catalytic Cracking stack canopy is really an ageing-asset stress test
8Find out more

2) Paradip-Numaligarh crude oil pipeline: How to prepare for an emergency
8Find out more

3) BPCL Kochi Refinery polypropylene project lab tender stretches by 79 days as EIL holds the line on LSTK responsibility
8The delay trail shows bidders pushing back on approvals, utilities, civil inputs, credentials and electrical interfaces while EIL kept most risks inside the contractor’s LSTK basket. The sharper question is whether the lab package is becoming a commissioning-critical bottleneck for the wider polypropylene project.

4) IOCL Paradip Refinery extends jetty pipeline intelligent pigging tender as first-time integrity scan exposes execution-risk questions
8The pre-bid record shows bidders probing pigging media, nitrogen pressure, deep excavation, water ingress, coating repair and missing historic inspection data. The tender is becoming a test of whether refinery jetty pipeline integrity can be priced cleanly under a reverse-auction service model.

5) Visakh Refinery cuts inspection services race in half after technical screening
8Eight bidders entered the technical round, but only four survived. The deeper signal is that minor refinery projects are being pulled into tighter inspection, safety and deployment discipline.

Click on Details for more Details

E&P contracting brief: Part I

Jul 01: 1) ONGC Hazira LCP tender puts Tri-Sen’s rotating machinery credentials under the spotlight
8The sole entered a tender that demands specialist experience in SIL-2 control systems for rotating machines rather than conventional instrumentation work.
8The qualification bar extends beyond panel supply into engineering and commissioning capability.
8The competitive implications become clearer once the technical gate is examined.
 
2) ONGC Ahmedabad ETP pre-bid replies leave brownfield condition risk with bidders
8Repeated bidder requests for clearer equipment condition were largely answered with references back to the existing scope of work.
8ONGC declined to define the health of many ageing assets before bidding.
8The commercial consequences sit beneath the revamping obligations rather than the price schedule.
 
3) ONGC MH asset MIP tender extends after pre-bid replies reshape pump risk
8ONGC has extended the MH asset MIP replacement tender after a heavy round of pre-bid replies.
8The clarifications soften selected equipment specifications but keep the core offshore brownfield risk with the contractor.
8The deeper issue is how ONGC balances vendor participation with water-injection reliability across ICW, WIS and MNW.
 
4) ONGC H2S corrigendum extends bid while tightening e-BG and safety scope
8ONGC has extended its H2S equipment and services tender, but the corrigendum does more than shift the clock.
8The changes relax select training wording while tightening digital bid-security timing and detector-tube responsibility.
8The deeper issue is how ONGC is shaping sour-gas safety vendors through compliance, mobilisation and performance-linked risk.
 
Click on Details for more Details

E&P contracting brief: Part II

Jul 01: 1) ONGC Waste Heat recovery Unit replacement tender extended without easing offshore EPC risk
8ONGC has pushed the WHRU replacement bid deadline by 28 days, but the extension does not dilute the offshore execution burden.
8The package still carries brownfield platform interfaces, marine support, EPC delivery and tight bid-security discipline.
8The real signal lies in how ONGC gives bidders more time while keeping rejection and pricing controls intact.
 
2) OIL Rajasthan wireline logging tender extended
8OIL has extended its Rajasthan Field wireline logging O&M tender, adding 22 days to the original bid window.
8The extension gives bidders more time, but the technical and compliance burden remains unchanged.
8The sharper issue sits inside the bundled scope covering logging crews, unit maintenance and explosive movement.
 
3) OIL Nagajan OCS EPC tender extended
8OIL has pushed the Nagajan OCS EPC bid deadline after a long trail of technical corrigendums.
8The extension gives bidders more time, but the LSTK risk structure remains unchanged.
8The sharper issue is how much detailed engineering exposure stays with the contractor.
 
Click on Details for more Details

Today's update in E&P, Midstream-Downstream & CGD sector

Jul 01: 8Here's what's happening today in the E&P, midstream-downstream, and CGD section
Click on Reports for more Details Details

Jhansi District City Gas Distribution Project

Jul 01: 8Project Name: Jhansi District City Gas Distribution
8Project Cost: Rs 350 crore Click here for more details Details

Cylinder prices slashed: Commercial LPG down Rs.183.50 from July 1, first cut in 2026

Jul 01: For reference purposes the website carries here the following Newsclips (These are public domain newsclips and the website is not responsible for their content):
 8As crude oil cargoes flush market, Indian refiners book supplies for next 45 days Details
 8Nayara Energy cuts petrol by Rs 5/litre, diesel by Rs 3 as global oil rates cool down Details
 8India just built the world's first hydrogen plant that runs on nuclear heat, not electricity Details
 8ADNOC’s Bab project strengthens UAE gas security Details
 8TotalEnergies launches tender for 7.1 MW solar plant at Mozambique LNG project Details
 8Major Spanish LNG hub calls for delay to EU ban on Russian gas Details
 8China delivers two 174,000-cubic-meter LNG carriers in high-end shipbuilding milestone Details
 8Nat-gas prices rebound on hot US temps and strong LNG exports Details
 8Natural gas news: heat and LNG demand put bulls back in control Details
 8India's coordinated, concerted effort shielded citizens during Hormuz energy disruption, says Amitabh Kant Details
 8BPRL eyes Videocon’s global oil and gas assets Details
 8Atul Gupta appointed CMD of Engineers India Details
 8Russia may allow lower quality fuel production, imports as supply crisis bites: Report Details
 8Asia's crude oil imports tick up in June but uncertainty reigns Details
 8Bengal's new energy hub: ONGC's Ashoknagar project begins commercial crude oil production in July Details
 8Oil slips 1% on Iran talks hopes, set for monthly drop amid fragile ceasefire tensions Details
 8Cylinder prices slashed: Commercial LPG down Rs.183.50 from July 1, first cut in 2026 Details
 8India weighs 30-day LPG stockpile as BPCL leads storage expansion amid energy security push Details
 8India's Russian oil imports to hit record high in June, data shows Details
 8India's flex-fuel ambitions may deliver little extra payoff as EVs gain ground: Bernstein Details
 8Government denies calling E20 ethanol blending programme an 'experiment' in Supreme Court Details
 8Pakistan backtracks on energy gamble, buys emergency LNG as Qatar exports stay in limbo Details
 8India plans strategic fuel reserves after Gulf conflict Details
 8India secures crude, LPG supplies through August as Strait of Hormuz reopens Details
 8Hormuz crisis: why India faces a 100-day oil test Details
 8HPCL HR wins four awards at Financial Express HR Awards 2026 Details
 8Chennai Petroleum's credit ratings reaffirmed; CRISIL updates bank-wise facility details Details
 8Strategic fuel reserves: why India wants more oil backup Details
 8Oil prices ease as investors await US-Iran talks; Brent crude falls to $72 per barrel Details
 8India adjusts tax landscape amid global oil price fluctuations Details
 8India cuts windfall tax on diesel, raises petrol tax from July Details
 8India plans to cut reliance on Middle East oil Details
 8Morgan Stanley cuts Brent forecast to $75 a barrel Details
 8Shell: global LNG demand to surge 65% by 2050 Details
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Daily forward looking import matrices

Jul 01: 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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Vedanta Oil & Gas lands its first AA+: For a business whose production just fell 15%

Jun 30: 8Find out does the two go together
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Petronet LNG:: Is it preparing to build a parallel renewable gas platform?

Jun 30: 8Why is an LNG major trying to do that?
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Asian Energy Services turns producer: How thin does India's marginal-field crude market really runs?

Jun 30: 8Find out more.
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The Reliance-BP gas JV holds its AAA: A top rating on a think middle ground

Jun 30: 8Find out why do we say on about this gas trading outfit
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Paradip petrochemical complex project tightens man-month billing while carving out licensor-cost risk

Jun 30: 8Indian Oil Corporation Limited’s latest addendum for the Paradip petrochemical complex project is less routine than it looks. It blocks bidders from using overtime, Sundays or holidays to cure monthly man-hour shortfalls, but also removes licensor-service costs from the bidder’s scope. The result is a sharper split between owner-controlled technology interfaces and contractor-controlled manpower discipline.
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Hazira-Vijaipur-Jagdishpur pipeline repair clears a four-bidder technical field

Jun 30: 8GAIL’s 36-inch Hazira-Vijaipur-Jagdishpur pipeline shutdown job has moved past technical evaluation with four of five bidders qualifying.
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Bina turns Ethylene Cracker Unit mechanical works retender into a Rs 1,049.95 crore resubmission test

Jun 30: 8The revised BoQ now carries a combined estimated value of Rs 1,049.95 crore across Part-A and Part-B. The sharper story is whether contractors can absorb the heavy-lift, manpower, utility and execution-risk load without repricing the job defensively.
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Hopetown mini floating storage and regasification unit tender starts with a single-expert gatekeeper

Jun 30: 8The tender was structured as a single-tender procurement, with DNV MES India Private Limited named as the seller organisation for participation. That makes the award less about bidder competition and more about reliance on known specialist expertise. For executives, the issue is whether technical certainty is being prioritised over wider market discovery.
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ONGC PRP-X extension keeps offshore pipeline bidders under 2027 monsoon pressure

Jun 30: 8ONGC has extended the PRP-X bid deadline, but the execution pressure has not eased.
8The company has held the completion line at 15 May 2027 after rejecting further schedule relief.
8The real story is how much offshore sequencing risk bidders must price before submission.
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ONGC Western Offshore seismic tender keeps PGS and Shearwater fuel risk inside bidder-control zone

Jun 30: 8ONGC’s participated-bidder clarifications give Pgs Geophysical As and Shearwater Geoservices Limited some room on vessel technology.
8The same replies keep fuel reimbursement, QC acceptance and payment triggers tightly under ONGC certification.
8The tender now looks less like a simple seismic package and more like a test of who can absorb offshore execution risk without pricing shock.
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Haldia Refinery extends bitumen upgradation tender as additive vendors face tank-wise payment risk

Jun 30: 8For suppliers, this is less a product sale and more a performance-linked refinery operation.
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OIL turns surface production contractors into full-field operators across Assam and Arunachal Pradesh

Jun 30: 8OIL is procuring far more than portable production equipment.
8The successful contractor will operate, maintain and manage complete surface production facilities on a round-the-clock basis across remote well locations.
8The deeper implication lies in how operational responsibility is packaged under a single contract.
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Oil & Gas Sector: All new tenders of the day

Jun 30: 8Get all the latest tenders announced across the oil and gas industry today.
8Discover new procurement opportunities from key public and private sector players.
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Oil & Gas Sector: Get all winning contracts of the day

Jun 30: 8A daily roundup of tender results in the oil and gas sector.
8Stay informed about contract awards, winning bidders, and project allocations over all oil & gas contracts.
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IOCLs consultant empanelment tests whether top advisory firms will accept fixed rates for strategic work

Jun 30: 8The tender asks consultants to stay on a three-year rate card with no escalation. Bidders asked for annual revision and complexity-based pricing, but IndianOil held the line. That makes the tender a test of whether high-end consulting appetite survives public-sector cost discipline.
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Today's update in E&P, Midstream-Downstream & CGD sector

Jun 30: 8Here's what's happening today in the E&P, midstream-downstream, and CGD section
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Downstream contracting briefs

Jun 30: 1) Bharat Petroleum’s Maharashtra and Haryana compressed bio-gas consultancy tender turns waste-to-energy into an owner-engineering test
8Bharat Petroleum is not yet just buying plant construction for its municipal solid waste and paddy straw based compressed bio-gas programme. It is first hiring a consultant to control the tendering, engineering, statutory and construction-risk architecture across four feedstock-heavy locations. The deeper story is whether this becomes the company’s template for taking compressed bio-gas from policy ambition into executable project discipline.

2) Small Controlled Area Radiography becomes a shutdown productivity weapon at IOCL Guwahati Refinery
8IOCL Guwahati Refinery is using this tender to attack one of the most stubborn shutdown problems: inspection work that blocks other jobs. The tender shifts radiography into a close proximity model with certified crews, regulated source handling and round-the-clock mobilisation. The bigger question is whether a smaller radiation control zone can deliver faster workfront clearance without raising safety risk.

3) Manas River water intake tender asks consultants to prove river-source judgement, not just refinery project management
8The corrigendum keeps the focus on water intake facility experience from a surface freshwater source. That is a narrower technical universe than generic EPCM or PMC work. The market question is how many refinery consultants can prove accepted river-source feasibility work.

4) Kochi Refinery major Integrated Refinery Expansion Project turnaround corrigendum turns pump-pressure clarity into a decontamination risk filter
8Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited has extended the Kochi Refinery Package 2 decontamination tender to 06-07-2026, but the more important signal is inside the corrigendum. The new pump and discharge-pressure details sharpen the contractor’s mobilisation burden for PFCCU and DCU units during the major Integrated Refinery Expansion Project turnaround. The story is whether added clarity reduces bid risk or exposes how thin the qualified decontamination vendor pool really is.

5) Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited Kochi Refinery turnaround decontamination bid gets sharper after pump-data corrigendum
8The issue now is whether bidders can absorb the technical clarity without exposing gaps in their turnaround decontamination capability.

6) Refinery turnaround tender gets sharper after corrigendum, but contractors may face a tighter execution trap
8The extension gives bidders more time, but the new technical disclosures reduce the room for broad assumptions. Pump service, capacity, discharge size, location and pressure are now part of the decontamination conversation. That makes the tender less about ordinary refinery cleaning and more about proving shutdown-readiness before award.

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Downstream contracting briefs: Results

Jun 30: 1) GAIL Hazira Compressor Station fitness-for-service tender narrows to two bidders after a six-way technical contest
8GAIL’s Hazira Compressor Station integrity tender has moved from a six-bidder contest to a two-bidder technical field. The job is not a routine inspection contract but an API 579-linked fitness-for-service and remaining-life assessment of ageing static equipment and piping. The story is how sharply GAIL is filtering vendors for live midstream asset-integrity work.

2) Gujarat Refinery soil investigation award exposes a 106% price gap behind a cooling tower foundation job
8The award raises a sharper question: did Indian Oil get a disciplined price, or did rivals load the quote for refinery-site uncertainty?

3) Crude Distillation Unit-III turnaround award gives HPCL Visakh Refinery a low-price winner with a high-execution test
8HPCL has awarded the Crude Distillation Unit-III turnaround contract at Visakh Refinery to Shilpi Engineering Private Limited at Rs 34.67 crore. The nearest qualified bidder was 27.2% higher, turning the result into a sharp test of whether the L1 price has captured the real shutdown risk. The larger story is how HPCL used a five-tender sequencing rule to spread refinery turnaround exposure across contractors.

4) BPCL’s hydrogen membrane engineering award at Kochi Refinery exposes a 103.7% price gap
8The award raises a sharper question: is this lean specialist pricing or an aggressive bet on refinery hydrogen work?

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