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How did Deep Industries under-cut John energy by 65%.  ONGC cancels offshore cementing tender after defending a high-control execution model.  Oil India's Andaman study seeks answers beyond seismic interpretation.  ONGC turns a 1000 HP rig hiring into a QCBS test of fleet quality, HSE history and mobilisation discipline.  Today's update in E&P, Midstream-Downstream & CGD sector.  E&P contracting brief: Part I.  E&P contracting brief: Part II.  Daily forward looking import matrices.  $37,000 to $411,000 a day: The war made one Indian company richer than it has ever been.  Decree by decree: How India built a rationing state in 100 days without saying the word.  India's energy crisis has one censored number. It's $16.3 billion.  HOEC's strange quarter: revenue below zero, oil back in its tanks, and a Rs 409-crore question.  India is moving 12 lakh homes onto piped gas.  Oil & Gas Sector: All new tenders of the day.  Oil & Gas Sector: Get all winning contracts of the day.  Supply curbs bulk buyers shut out of retail fuel network.  Hyderabad District City Gas Distribution Project.  The MAP play: Coromandel’s bet on Water-Soluble Fertilizers.  Refinery technical shortlist narrows design engineering services race to four bidders.  IOCL’s Hopetown mini FSRU: There is quite a bit of risk.  IOCL’s Panipat 2G ethanol tender exposes the hidden cost of making biomass behave like refinery feedstock.  Oil & Gas Sector: All new tenders of the day.  Oil & Gas Sector: Get all winning contracts of the day.  ONGC’s Pipeline Laying Project gets bid relief, but leaves the hard risk architecture untouched.  Enquest Petro Solutions gets a lucrative offshore job.  Downstream contracting briefs: Part I.  Downstream contracting briefs: Part II.  E&P contracting brief for the day.  Daily forward looking import matrices.  Today's update in E&P, Midstream-Downstream & CGD sector.  Iran shuts Strait of Hormuz after fresh US strikes.  Dakshina Kannada District City Gas Distribution Project.  The NFL urea tender runs into turbulence.  2 MMSCMD auction: A brand new pricing formula.  From a blowout scare to a buying spree.  Who runs Adani-Total Gas?.  ONGC boss: What really is going on?.  Who profits when LPG gets scarce?.  HOEC's flagship asset: Leaking everywhere.  GAIL owns all of Dabhol now.  

How did Deep Industries under-cut John energy by 65%

Jun 15: 8This spread is far too high
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ONGC cancels offshore cementing tender after defending a high-control execution model

Jun 15: 8Why did it do so?
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Oil India's Andaman study seeks answers beyond seismic interpretation

Jun 15: 8The scope goes far beyond mapping horizons and faults.
8Consultants are expected to connect seismic interpretation with prospect risking, hydrocarbon volume estimation and techno-economic evaluation.
8The assignment ultimately influences how Oil India may view future drilling opportunities in the block.
Click on Details for more Details

ONGC turns a 1000 HP rig hiring into a QCBS test of fleet quality, HSE history and mobilisation discipline

Jun 15: 8It is framed as a charter hire, but the scoring architecture turns it into a stress test of equipment age, automation and drilling-risk history.
8The 1000 HP package keeps conventional and super-single rigs in play while pushing AC-VFD, TDS, auto driller and stronger solids-control systems up the ranking curve.
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Today's update in E&P, Midstream-Downstream & CGD sector

Jun 15: 8Here's what's happening today in the E&P, midstream-downstream, and CGD section
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E&P contracting brief: Part I

Jun 15: 1) OGT Mallavaram HC dew-point tender shifts brownfield execution risk onto self-performing EPCI bidders
8ONGC’s OGT Mallavaram modification tender looks modest in size but demanding in execution discipline.
8The HC dew-point objective pushes bidders into live-terminal integration, piping reliability, instrumentation mapping and commissioning accountability.
8The sharper story sits in how ONGC has narrowed the vendor field before price bids even open.
 
2) Builds a 17-set H2S response network for high-risk drilling operations
8The tender is not buying isolated safety equipment but a deployable response network spanning offshore and onshore assets.
8ONGC wants contractors capable of maintaining 17 complete H2S systems simultaneously
8The scale suggests the company is preparing for sustained sour-gas exposure across multiple drilling and testing campaigns.
 
3) Cambay Asset pushes Level III rig NDT into operationally constrained terrain for Cardwell Rig CW#9
8ONGC’s Cambay Asset is seeking Level III NDT inspection for a Cardwell drilling rig where the technical challenge is not just defect detection.
8The tender allows inspection even with the mast standing, putting access, documentation and fit-to-use certification under sharper scrutiny.
 
4) Eastern and western offshore PTS tender shifts well-testing accountability into a tighter five-set service bundle
8ONGC is not merely hiring production testing hardware for offshore wells.
8The tender fuses 10k PTS equipment, sour-service certification, offshore manpower, data capture and site execution into one consolidated bid.
8The real tension sits in a hybrid asset model that keeps some ONGC-owned pressure-control equipment inside contractor-led operations.
 
5) MLU tender gets extension as corrigendum eases WITSML gate but tightens call-out mobilisation discipline
8OIL’s mud logging tender has been extended , but the corrigendum does more than reset the clock.
8A key WITSML relaxation opens the digital door wider, while call-out mobilisation and gas sampling obligations become more exacting.
 
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E&P contracting brief: Part II

Jun 15: 1) Baghewala-Mehsana crude bowser tender extended as corrigendum relaxes experience but tightens fleet control
8OIL has extended the Baghewala-Mehsana crude bowser tender after a bidder pushback on restrictive qualification terms.
8The corrigendum opens the experience gate but keeps the 24 KL, 2026-manufactured fleet architecture largely intact.
 
2) ATI Goa extends MICE venue operator EOI as revenue-share model tests operator appetite.
8ONGC has given bidders 15 more days to respond to its MICE venue operator EOI for ATI Goa.
8The extension comes as the promoter seeks market feedback on a wide operating mandate covering event acquisition, MEP upkeep, F&B, AV/IT and revenue management.
 
3) Rajahmundry CDS-TTM tender extended, giving bidders 21 more days but no risk relief.
8ONGC has pushed the Rajahmundry CDS-TTM bid deadline , widening the bid window by 21 days.
8The extension gives specialist vendors more time to line up 500 T API 8C tools, TTM documentation, operators and TPI certifications.
8But the harder question sits inside the unchanged clauses, where breakdown, mobilization and casing-lowering risks still sit heavily with the contractor.
 
4) Assam workover rig tender extended as specialised low-mast requirement keeps bidder fit under watch
8OIL has pushed its Assam low-mast workover rig tender, stretching the bid cycle by 48 days.
8The extension comes after technical clause edits, pre-bid resistance and a new HSD fuel variation mechanism.
8The real story is whether extra time solves the vendor-fit problem or merely delays it.
 
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Daily forward looking import matrices

Jun 15: 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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$37,000 to $411,000 a day: The war made one Indian company richer than it has ever been

Jun 15: 8Find out more
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Decree by decree: How India built a rationing state in 100 days without saying the word

Jun 15: 8How did that happen?
Click on Details for more Details

India's energy crisis has one censored number. It's $16.3 billion

Jun 15: 8The government's wartime energy briefing counts everything — tonnes, cylinders, connections, FIRs.
8It never names a price.
8Industry data shows India paid $16.3 billion
8And this is for the April's crude — half as much again as a year earlier, for fewer barrels.
8The number the briefing won't print is the one that explains everything else in it. Details

HOEC's strange quarter: revenue below zero, oil back in its tanks, and a Rs 409-crore question

Jun 15: 8Find out exactly what is going on
Click on Details Details

India is moving 12 lakh homes onto piped gas

Jun 15: 8Is that a wise strategy?
We tell why it may not be Details

Oil & Gas Sector: All new tenders of the day

Jun 15: 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 15: 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

Supply curbs bulk buyers shut out of retail fuel network

Jun 15: For reference purposes the website carries here the following Newsclips (These are public domain newsclips and the website is not responsible for their content):
 8India’s gas market needs modern pipeline rules Details
 8BML Munjal researcher has made an AI tool to prevent India’s LPG leak accidents Details
 8UK sets January 2027 deadline for ban on fuel made from Russian crude Details
 8Oil prices plunge as US and Iran reach deal to reopen Strait of Hormuz Details
 8‘Went hungry for two days’: how the LPG price spike paralysed India’s biggest container port Details
 8When is Modi government planning to review fuel prices? Union minister Suresh Gopi gives big update, says petrol, diesel rates to be… Details
 8Indian LNG tanker heads toward Strait of Hormuz as US-Iran deal lifts reopening hopes Details
 8India pays a 40% premium for spot LNG to replace Qatari and Emirati supply Details
 8Australia tribunal rejects move by Japan's Inpex to stop LNG strike Details
 8Indian-flagged vessel faces engine failure near Oman Details
 8Assam, Nagaland agree to oil and gas exploration along contested border. Could this boost India’s energy security? Details
 8UK intercepts India-bound shadow fleet oil tanker 'Smyrtos': why this is a major first Details
 8Bio-energy emerging as key pillar of India's green growth strategy: TPCI Details
 8Ethanol transition can shift to “transport energy backbone” to shield India from oil shocks: KPMG Details
 8Coal gasification-based urea production to be economically viable once scaled: Centre Details
 8AM Green, VOC Port sign pact for green ammonia hub in Tuticorin Details
 8No shortage of energy in country, LPG, oil supply situation comfortable: Hardeep Singh Puri Details
 8India’s Russian oil imports rise in May as refiners boost purchases Details
 8Gadkari says he has approved E100 fuel regulations, clears path for ethanol-only vehicles in India Details
 8Diesel curbs raise concerns for hospitals, IT parks dependent on generator power Details
 8Rupee rebounds 67 paise to 95.18 against US dollar as oil prices tumble on Iran deal hopes Details
 8CIC pulls up PNGRB over RTI reply on safety, inspections of IGL pipeline work Details
 8Supply curbs bulk buyers shut out of retail fuel network Details
 8Oil marketing stocks jump as crude prices slide nearly 4% Details
 8India-US energy cooperation could help drive $500 billion trade goal by 2030: report Details
 8India summons top US diplomat for second time to protest strikes on ships off Oman, source says Details
 8Govt caps diesel sales at 200 litres per vehicle daily to prevent fuel shortages Details
 8US sought India’s Russian oil buy to steady markets, then imposed tariffs: Jaishankar Details
 8Oil prices slip below $90: Brent, WTI tumble after Trump announces ‘ending war with Iran’ Details
 8Mahanagar gas opens skill training centre in Latur to empower rural youth Details
 8Meet Manoj Kumar Sharma, PESB’s pick for GAIL director (projects) Details
 8BPCL’s Ravi L honoured with outstanding procurement leader 2026 award Details
 8HPCL sets record date for highest dividend payout in 5 years: crucial TDS rules for shareholders Details
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Hyderabad District City Gas Distribution Project

Jun 15: 8Project Name: Hyderabad District City Gas Distribution
8Project Cost: Rs 300 crore Click here for more details Details

The MAP play: Coromandel’s bet on Water-Soluble Fertilizers

Jun 12: 8A new 150 MTPD Technical MAP unit could feed India’s fast-growing specialty fertilizer market.
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Refinery technical shortlist narrows design engineering services race to four bidders

Jun 12: 8The refinery’s design engineering tender has moved into a tighter technical race after only four of ten bidders qualified. The scope is deeper than routine consultancy, with refinery piping, mechanical, civil and native-file obligations shaping the final field. The disqualification reasons remain undisclosed, leaving a critical question on where the real entry barrier sat.
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IOCL’s Hopetown mini FSRU: There is quite a bit of risk

Jun 12: 8Is there only a thin field of bidders?
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IOCL’s Panipat 2G ethanol tender exposes the hidden cost of making biomass behave like refinery feedstock

Jun 12: 8Find out why we say so
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Oil & Gas Sector: All new tenders of the day

Jun 12: 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 12: 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

ONGC’s Pipeline Laying Project gets bid relief, but leaves the hard risk architecture untouched

Jun 12: 8ONGC has pushed the bid closing and TBO dates for its Pipeline Laying Project by two weeks.
8The extension gives offshore contractors more time, but it does not dilute the tender’s financial, documentary or technical filters.
8The real story lies in what ONGC chose not to reopen.
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Enquest Petro Solutions gets a lucrative offshore job

Jun 12: 8Find out which one
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Downstream contracting briefs: Part I

Jun 12: 1) MRPL turns a small PERC catalyst-grade buy into a tightly filtered CCR reliability tender
8MRPL’s PERC tender looks modest in quantity but carries refinery-critical chemistry risk. The GeM structure adds EMD, ePBG and MSE preference layers to a niche CCR consumable. The real story sits in how MRPL balances wider procurement access with tight catalyst-service safeguards.

2) NRL expansion project tightens vessel procurement risk with zero-deviation tender for UG sump tanks
8NRL’s pressure-vessel tender looks small, but the risk is buried in site welding, transport control and documentation discipline. EIL has narrowed the bidder field while pushing execution certainty through zero-deviation terms. The real story is how much site-interface risk has been priced into a four-vessel package.

3) EIL’s 59-day stretch on NRL’s purge silo tender hints at a thin qualified vendor pool
8A routine date extension would not usually raise eyebrows. Five extensions on a technically specialised stainless steel purge silo package suggest bidder-side friction.

4) BPCL’s BPREP coalescer tender delay may be masking vendor discomfort with zero-deviation bidding
8On paper, this is only a date change. But a 43-day reset in a limited tender suggests EIL may be trying to keep the vendor pool alive without relaxing the terms.

5) IOCL pipeline EIA-RA tender gets second extension as GeM timeline slips 15 days
8IOCL’s pipeline EIA-RA rate contract has moved from a routine GeM close to a second extension. The slip is small on paper but meaningful for a package tied to clearances, consequence modelling and project sequencing. The reasons remain unstated, leaving bidders and project teams to read the procurement signal carefully.

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Downstream contracting briefs: Part II

Jun 12: 1) CPCL/Refinery-III corrigendum shifts sky-line paint supply risk to contractors in Manali shutdown tender
8CPCL’s latest corrigendum looks minor, but it changes the cost logic of two rope-access painting items. The correction moves work out of CDU-III references and into offsite and utility plant areas. For shutdown contractors, the unresolved issue is how far this material-risk shift will bite into RA pricing.

2) CPCL Manali shutdown TPI scope puts static equipment and pipeline inspection at the centre
 8The tender is not a generic manpower hire. It targets qualified TPI engineers for shutdown-linked inspection. The missing detailed SOW keeps the biggest technical payoff unresolved.

3) Refinery turns paddy straw into a controlled refinery feedstock for its CBG project
8The tender shifts biomass from farm-gate commodity to process-linked input. Bale geometry, moisture limits and visual checks become operating controls. The commercial consequences sit behind the technical specification.

4) BPREP heater scope puts thermal, electrical and controls responsibility on one vendor
8The package is not limited to equipment supply. It combines heater design, ASME Code-U stamping, control panels, thermocouples and control-room signal interface. That integration raises the technical threshold before price competitiveness even matters.

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E&P contracting brief for the day

Jun 12: 1) ONGC Ahmedabad ETP tender makes the contractor responsible for fixing a decade-old treatment system while keeping it running
8How will that work?
 
2) Participating bidders force ONGC to clean up contradictory pump design assumptions in Kalol FR package
8Find out who the bidders are
 
3) ONGC redraws seismic acquisition geometry in Western offshore after tender launch
8The latest corrigendum changes the shooting direction for GS-OSHP-2023/1 and revises the survey-area coordinates.
8Such changes arrive after bidders have already begun technical planning and pricing. The operational consequences may be larger than the corrigendum's brief wording suggests.
 
4) ONGC N-25 corrigendum tightens eBG and SFMS bank guarantee discipline without relaxing CSP execution risk.
8ONGC’s latest corrigendum does not soften the offshore CSP challenge. Instead, it rewires the financial-security route through revised eBG and SFMS bank guarantee formats.
8The bigger signal lies in what ONGC chose not to change.
 
5) Oil India Limited extends Andaman offshore helicopter charter tender as aviation-risk filters stay intact
8Oil India Limited has pushed the Andaman offshore helicopter charter deadline by 14 days without softening the core aviation-risk framework.
8The extension gives bidders more time, but the SOW still demands offshore-capable aircraft, DGCA compliance, medivac readiness, and replacement support.
 
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Daily forward looking import matrices

Jun 12: 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
Click on Reports for more. Details

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

Jun 12: 8Here's what's happening today in the E&P, midstream-downstream, and CGD section
Click on Reports for more Details Details

Iran shuts Strait of Hormuz after fresh US strikes

Jun 12: For reference purposes the website carries here the following Newsclips (These are public domain newsclips and the website is not responsible for their content):
 8Iran-linked oil tanker suffers fire Details
 8Greek LNG buyer says long-term USA deals are getting harder Details
 8Dangote refinery seeks to raise $1 billion in private debt sale Details
 8Chinese refiners delay projects due to Middle East oil supply disruption Details
 8Technip Energies secures major contract for Coral Norte floating LNG project in Mozambique Details
 8Breaking Pakistan’s LNG dependence cycle Details
 8Essar’s green mobility ecosystem powering India’s freight transition Details
 8Why India’s hydrogen trucking push is still stuck in first gear Details
 8Ethanol-blended petrol gets excise duty exemption as India pushes green fuel Details
 8Inflation in the US hits three-year high as gas prices surge Details
 8India's petroleum exports to Africa zoom 110% in May Details
 8India ramps up spot LNG buying on Middle East disruption fears Details
 8U.S. gas exports gain ground in India as Gulf supplies falter Details
 8'LPG well covered, crude not a problem': How much energy supply is India left with? Details
 8U.S. to build its first-ever floating LNG export terminal Details
 8India flags second tanker incident off Oman within 24 hours Details
 8India secures crude supply through August with higher UAE imports Details
 8Indian Navy removes unexploded missile warhead from Kochi-bound oil tanker Details
 8U.S. becomes India’s top gas supplier as Iran war cuts it off from the Gulf Details
 8ONGC awards Rs. 2,000 crore wind power project to Prozeal Green Energy Details
 8Iran shuts Strait of Hormuz after fresh US strikes Details
 8Oil may rise to $150 a barrel if US-Iran hostilities resume: Rystad Details
 8Rajasthan refinery to start diesel production this month, targets 4 million tonnes annually Details
 8HC stays MGVCL action as GAIL flags gas supply risk Details
 8India is set to rewrite its oil destiny, moving from risk to leverage Details
 8Ten reasons oil is still below $100 a barrel Details
 8Oil India partners with Canada’s PTRC on CCUS, geothermal energy and clean-tech innovation Details
 8Oil rises more than $1 as escalation in US-Iran strikes unnerves traders Details
 8India slashes excise duty on ethanol-blended petrol Details
 8Brazil ready to ramp up crude supplies to India as Iran war disrupts Gulf flows Details
 8Cochin Shipyard and HBL launch Rs. 9-crore green maritime propulsion venture Details
 8HPCL launches 'No Bill No Pay' initiative, a first among oil marketing companies in India Details
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Dakshina Kannada District City Gas Distribution Project

Jun 12: 8Project Name: Dakshina Kannada District City Gas Distribution
8Project Cost: Rs 350 crore Click here for more details Details

The NFL urea tender runs into turbulence

Jun 11: What was meant to have be an easy deal is no longer so
8Find out what kind of speculations are on
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2 MMSCMD auction: A brand new pricing formula

Jun 11: 8Has the war changed pricing dynamics in India?
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From a blowout scare to a buying spree

Jun 11: 8Deep Industries curious comeback
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Who runs Adani-Total Gas?

Jun 11: Which member of the Adani family?
8And know more about the transition that is going on
8Why was there a long goodbye that ended overnight?
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ONGC boss: What really is going on?

Jun 11: 8Something every interesting is going on at the very top in ONGC
8And it is strange
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Who profits when LPG gets scarce?

Jun 11: 8Clearly, there is someone, and by a huge margin
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HOEC's flagship asset: Leaking everywhere

Jun 11: 8The question is: for how long will this go on?
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GAIL owns all of Dabhol now

Jun 11: 8And that includes the problem
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How did Deep Industries under-cut John energy by 65%

Jun 15: 8This spread is far too high
Click on Details for more Details

ONGC cancels offshore cementing tender after defending a high-control execution model

Jun 15: 8Why did it do so?
Click on Details for more Details

Oil India's Andaman study seeks answers beyond seismic interpretation

Jun 15: 8The scope goes far beyond mapping horizons and faults.
8Consultants are expected to connect seismic interpretation with prospect risking, hydrocarbon volume estimation and techno-economic evaluation.
8The assignment ultimately influences how Oil India may view future drilling opportunities in the block.
Click on Details for more Details

ONGC turns a 1000 HP rig hiring into a QCBS test of fleet quality, HSE history and mobilisation discipline

Jun 15: 8It is framed as a charter hire, but the scoring architecture turns it into a stress test of equipment age, automation and drilling-risk history.
8The 1000 HP package keeps conventional and super-single rigs in play while pushing AC-VFD, TDS, auto driller and stronger solids-control systems up the ranking curve.
Click on Details for more Details

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

Jun 15: 8Here's what's happening today in the E&P, midstream-downstream, and CGD section
Click on Reports for more Details Details

E&P contracting brief: Part I

Jun 15: 1) OGT Mallavaram HC dew-point tender shifts brownfield execution risk onto self-performing EPCI bidders
8ONGC’s OGT Mallavaram modification tender looks modest in size but demanding in execution discipline.
8The HC dew-point objective pushes bidders into live-terminal integration, piping reliability, instrumentation mapping and commissioning accountability.
8The sharper story sits in how ONGC has narrowed the vendor field before price bids even open.
 
2) Builds a 17-set H2S response network for high-risk drilling operations
8The tender is not buying isolated safety equipment but a deployable response network spanning offshore and onshore assets.
8ONGC wants contractors capable of maintaining 17 complete H2S systems simultaneously
8The scale suggests the company is preparing for sustained sour-gas exposure across multiple drilling and testing campaigns.
 
3) Cambay Asset pushes Level III rig NDT into operationally constrained terrain for Cardwell Rig CW#9
8ONGC’s Cambay Asset is seeking Level III NDT inspection for a Cardwell drilling rig where the technical challenge is not just defect detection.
8The tender allows inspection even with the mast standing, putting access, documentation and fit-to-use certification under sharper scrutiny.
 
4) Eastern and western offshore PTS tender shifts well-testing accountability into a tighter five-set service bundle
8ONGC is not merely hiring production testing hardware for offshore wells.
8The tender fuses 10k PTS equipment, sour-service certification, offshore manpower, data capture and site execution into one consolidated bid.
8The real tension sits in a hybrid asset model that keeps some ONGC-owned pressure-control equipment inside contractor-led operations.
 
5) MLU tender gets extension as corrigendum eases WITSML gate but tightens call-out mobilisation discipline
8OIL’s mud logging tender has been extended , but the corrigendum does more than reset the clock.
8A key WITSML relaxation opens the digital door wider, while call-out mobilisation and gas sampling obligations become more exacting.
 
Click on Details for more Details

E&P contracting brief: Part II

Jun 15: 1) Baghewala-Mehsana crude bowser tender extended as corrigendum relaxes experience but tightens fleet control
8OIL has extended the Baghewala-Mehsana crude bowser tender after a bidder pushback on restrictive qualification terms.
8The corrigendum opens the experience gate but keeps the 24 KL, 2026-manufactured fleet architecture largely intact.
 
2) ATI Goa extends MICE venue operator EOI as revenue-share model tests operator appetite.
8ONGC has given bidders 15 more days to respond to its MICE venue operator EOI for ATI Goa.
8The extension comes as the promoter seeks market feedback on a wide operating mandate covering event acquisition, MEP upkeep, F&B, AV/IT and revenue management.
 
3) Rajahmundry CDS-TTM tender extended, giving bidders 21 more days but no risk relief.
8ONGC has pushed the Rajahmundry CDS-TTM bid deadline , widening the bid window by 21 days.
8The extension gives specialist vendors more time to line up 500 T API 8C tools, TTM documentation, operators and TPI certifications.
8But the harder question sits inside the unchanged clauses, where breakdown, mobilization and casing-lowering risks still sit heavily with the contractor.
 
4) Assam workover rig tender extended as specialised low-mast requirement keeps bidder fit under watch
8OIL has pushed its Assam low-mast workover rig tender, stretching the bid cycle by 48 days.
8The extension comes after technical clause edits, pre-bid resistance and a new HSD fuel variation mechanism.
8The real story is whether extra time solves the vendor-fit problem or merely delays it.
 
Click on Details for more Details

Daily forward looking import matrices

Jun 15: 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

$37,000 to $411,000 a day: The war made one Indian company richer than it has ever been

Jun 15: 8Find out more
Click on Details Details

Decree by decree: How India built a rationing state in 100 days without saying the word

Jun 15: 8How did that happen?
Click on Details for more Details

India's energy crisis has one censored number. It's $16.3 billion

Jun 15: 8The government's wartime energy briefing counts everything — tonnes, cylinders, connections, FIRs.
8It never names a price.
8Industry data shows India paid $16.3 billion
8And this is for the April's crude — half as much again as a year earlier, for fewer barrels.
8The number the briefing won't print is the one that explains everything else in it. Details

HOEC's strange quarter: revenue below zero, oil back in its tanks, and a Rs 409-crore question

Jun 15: 8Find out exactly what is going on
Click on Details Details

India is moving 12 lakh homes onto piped gas

Jun 15: 8Is that a wise strategy?
We tell why it may not be Details

Oil & Gas Sector: All new tenders of the day

Jun 15: 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 15: 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

Supply curbs bulk buyers shut out of retail fuel network

Jun 15: For reference purposes the website carries here the following Newsclips (These are public domain newsclips and the website is not responsible for their content):
 8India’s gas market needs modern pipeline rules Details
 8BML Munjal researcher has made an AI tool to prevent India’s LPG leak accidents Details
 8UK sets January 2027 deadline for ban on fuel made from Russian crude Details
 8Oil prices plunge as US and Iran reach deal to reopen Strait of Hormuz Details
 8‘Went hungry for two days’: how the LPG price spike paralysed India’s biggest container port Details
 8When is Modi government planning to review fuel prices? Union minister Suresh Gopi gives big update, says petrol, diesel rates to be… Details
 8Indian LNG tanker heads toward Strait of Hormuz as US-Iran deal lifts reopening hopes Details
 8India pays a 40% premium for spot LNG to replace Qatari and Emirati supply Details
 8Australia tribunal rejects move by Japan's Inpex to stop LNG strike Details
 8Indian-flagged vessel faces engine failure near Oman Details
 8Assam, Nagaland agree to oil and gas exploration along contested border. Could this boost India’s energy security? Details
 8UK intercepts India-bound shadow fleet oil tanker 'Smyrtos': why this is a major first Details
 8Bio-energy emerging as key pillar of India's green growth strategy: TPCI Details
 8Ethanol transition can shift to “transport energy backbone” to shield India from oil shocks: KPMG Details
 8Coal gasification-based urea production to be economically viable once scaled: Centre Details
 8AM Green, VOC Port sign pact for green ammonia hub in Tuticorin Details
 8No shortage of energy in country, LPG, oil supply situation comfortable: Hardeep Singh Puri Details
 8India’s Russian oil imports rise in May as refiners boost purchases Details
 8Gadkari says he has approved E100 fuel regulations, clears path for ethanol-only vehicles in India Details
 8Diesel curbs raise concerns for hospitals, IT parks dependent on generator power Details
 8Rupee rebounds 67 paise to 95.18 against US dollar as oil prices tumble on Iran deal hopes Details
 8CIC pulls up PNGRB over RTI reply on safety, inspections of IGL pipeline work Details
 8Supply curbs bulk buyers shut out of retail fuel network Details
 8Oil marketing stocks jump as crude prices slide nearly 4% Details
 8India-US energy cooperation could help drive $500 billion trade goal by 2030: report Details
 8India summons top US diplomat for second time to protest strikes on ships off Oman, source says Details
 8Govt caps diesel sales at 200 litres per vehicle daily to prevent fuel shortages Details
 8US sought India’s Russian oil buy to steady markets, then imposed tariffs: Jaishankar Details
 8Oil prices slip below $90: Brent, WTI tumble after Trump announces ‘ending war with Iran’ Details
 8Mahanagar gas opens skill training centre in Latur to empower rural youth Details
 8Meet Manoj Kumar Sharma, PESB’s pick for GAIL director (projects) Details
 8BPCL’s Ravi L honoured with outstanding procurement leader 2026 award Details
 8HPCL sets record date for highest dividend payout in 5 years: crucial TDS rules for shareholders Details
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Hyderabad District City Gas Distribution Project

Jun 15: 8Project Name: Hyderabad District City Gas Distribution
8Project Cost: Rs 300 crore Click here for more details Details

The MAP play: Coromandel’s bet on Water-Soluble Fertilizers

Jun 12: 8A new 150 MTPD Technical MAP unit could feed India’s fast-growing specialty fertilizer market.
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Refinery technical shortlist narrows design engineering services race to four bidders

Jun 12: 8The refinery’s design engineering tender has moved into a tighter technical race after only four of ten bidders qualified. The scope is deeper than routine consultancy, with refinery piping, mechanical, civil and native-file obligations shaping the final field. The disqualification reasons remain undisclosed, leaving a critical question on where the real entry barrier sat.
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IOCL’s Hopetown mini FSRU: There is quite a bit of risk

Jun 12: 8Is there only a thin field of bidders?
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IOCL’s Panipat 2G ethanol tender exposes the hidden cost of making biomass behave like refinery feedstock

Jun 12: 8Find out why we say so
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Oil & Gas Sector: All new tenders of the day

Jun 12: 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 12: 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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ONGC’s Pipeline Laying Project gets bid relief, but leaves the hard risk architecture untouched

Jun 12: 8ONGC has pushed the bid closing and TBO dates for its Pipeline Laying Project by two weeks.
8The extension gives offshore contractors more time, but it does not dilute the tender’s financial, documentary or technical filters.
8The real story lies in what ONGC chose not to reopen.
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Enquest Petro Solutions gets a lucrative offshore job

Jun 12: 8Find out which one
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Downstream contracting briefs: Part I

Jun 12: 1) MRPL turns a small PERC catalyst-grade buy into a tightly filtered CCR reliability tender
8MRPL’s PERC tender looks modest in quantity but carries refinery-critical chemistry risk. The GeM structure adds EMD, ePBG and MSE preference layers to a niche CCR consumable. The real story sits in how MRPL balances wider procurement access with tight catalyst-service safeguards.

2) NRL expansion project tightens vessel procurement risk with zero-deviation tender for UG sump tanks
8NRL’s pressure-vessel tender looks small, but the risk is buried in site welding, transport control and documentation discipline. EIL has narrowed the bidder field while pushing execution certainty through zero-deviation terms. The real story is how much site-interface risk has been priced into a four-vessel package.

3) EIL’s 59-day stretch on NRL’s purge silo tender hints at a thin qualified vendor pool
8A routine date extension would not usually raise eyebrows. Five extensions on a technically specialised stainless steel purge silo package suggest bidder-side friction.

4) BPCL’s BPREP coalescer tender delay may be masking vendor discomfort with zero-deviation bidding
8On paper, this is only a date change. But a 43-day reset in a limited tender suggests EIL may be trying to keep the vendor pool alive without relaxing the terms.

5) IOCL pipeline EIA-RA tender gets second extension as GeM timeline slips 15 days
8IOCL’s pipeline EIA-RA rate contract has moved from a routine GeM close to a second extension. The slip is small on paper but meaningful for a package tied to clearances, consequence modelling and project sequencing. The reasons remain unstated, leaving bidders and project teams to read the procurement signal carefully.

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Downstream contracting briefs: Part II

Jun 12: 1) CPCL/Refinery-III corrigendum shifts sky-line paint supply risk to contractors in Manali shutdown tender
8CPCL’s latest corrigendum looks minor, but it changes the cost logic of two rope-access painting items. The correction moves work out of CDU-III references and into offsite and utility plant areas. For shutdown contractors, the unresolved issue is how far this material-risk shift will bite into RA pricing.

2) CPCL Manali shutdown TPI scope puts static equipment and pipeline inspection at the centre
 8The tender is not a generic manpower hire. It targets qualified TPI engineers for shutdown-linked inspection. The missing detailed SOW keeps the biggest technical payoff unresolved.

3) Refinery turns paddy straw into a controlled refinery feedstock for its CBG project
8The tender shifts biomass from farm-gate commodity to process-linked input. Bale geometry, moisture limits and visual checks become operating controls. The commercial consequences sit behind the technical specification.

4) BPREP heater scope puts thermal, electrical and controls responsibility on one vendor
8The package is not limited to equipment supply. It combines heater design, ASME Code-U stamping, control panels, thermocouples and control-room signal interface. That integration raises the technical threshold before price competitiveness even matters.

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E&P contracting brief for the day

Jun 12: 1) ONGC Ahmedabad ETP tender makes the contractor responsible for fixing a decade-old treatment system while keeping it running
8How will that work?
 
2) Participating bidders force ONGC to clean up contradictory pump design assumptions in Kalol FR package
8Find out who the bidders are
 
3) ONGC redraws seismic acquisition geometry in Western offshore after tender launch
8The latest corrigendum changes the shooting direction for GS-OSHP-2023/1 and revises the survey-area coordinates.
8Such changes arrive after bidders have already begun technical planning and pricing. The operational consequences may be larger than the corrigendum's brief wording suggests.
 
4) ONGC N-25 corrigendum tightens eBG and SFMS bank guarantee discipline without relaxing CSP execution risk.
8ONGC’s latest corrigendum does not soften the offshore CSP challenge. Instead, it rewires the financial-security route through revised eBG and SFMS bank guarantee formats.
8The bigger signal lies in what ONGC chose not to change.
 
5) Oil India Limited extends Andaman offshore helicopter charter tender as aviation-risk filters stay intact
8Oil India Limited has pushed the Andaman offshore helicopter charter deadline by 14 days without softening the core aviation-risk framework.
8The extension gives bidders more time, but the SOW still demands offshore-capable aircraft, DGCA compliance, medivac readiness, and replacement support.
 
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Daily forward looking import matrices

Jun 12: 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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Today's update in E&P, Midstream-Downstream & CGD sector

Jun 12: 8Here's what's happening today in the E&P, midstream-downstream, and CGD section
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Iran shuts Strait of Hormuz after fresh US strikes

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 8Iran-linked oil tanker suffers fire Details
 8Greek LNG buyer says long-term USA deals are getting harder Details
 8Dangote refinery seeks to raise $1 billion in private debt sale Details
 8Chinese refiners delay projects due to Middle East oil supply disruption Details
 8Technip Energies secures major contract for Coral Norte floating LNG project in Mozambique Details
 8Breaking Pakistan’s LNG dependence cycle Details
 8Essar’s green mobility ecosystem powering India’s freight transition Details
 8Why India’s hydrogen trucking push is still stuck in first gear Details
 8Ethanol-blended petrol gets excise duty exemption as India pushes green fuel Details
 8Inflation in the US hits three-year high as gas prices surge Details
 8India's petroleum exports to Africa zoom 110% in May Details
 8India ramps up spot LNG buying on Middle East disruption fears Details
 8U.S. gas exports gain ground in India as Gulf supplies falter Details
 8'LPG well covered, crude not a problem': How much energy supply is India left with? Details
 8U.S. to build its first-ever floating LNG export terminal Details
 8India flags second tanker incident off Oman within 24 hours Details
 8India secures crude supply through August with higher UAE imports Details
 8Indian Navy removes unexploded missile warhead from Kochi-bound oil tanker Details
 8U.S. becomes India’s top gas supplier as Iran war cuts it off from the Gulf Details
 8ONGC awards Rs. 2,000 crore wind power project to Prozeal Green Energy Details
 8Iran shuts Strait of Hormuz after fresh US strikes Details
 8Oil may rise to $150 a barrel if US-Iran hostilities resume: Rystad Details
 8Rajasthan refinery to start diesel production this month, targets 4 million tonnes annually Details
 8HC stays MGVCL action as GAIL flags gas supply risk Details
 8India is set to rewrite its oil destiny, moving from risk to leverage Details
 8Ten reasons oil is still below $100 a barrel Details
 8Oil India partners with Canada’s PTRC on CCUS, geothermal energy and clean-tech innovation Details
 8Oil rises more than $1 as escalation in US-Iran strikes unnerves traders Details
 8India slashes excise duty on ethanol-blended petrol Details
 8Brazil ready to ramp up crude supplies to India as Iran war disrupts Gulf flows Details
 8Cochin Shipyard and HBL launch Rs. 9-crore green maritime propulsion venture Details
 8HPCL launches 'No Bill No Pay' initiative, a first among oil marketing companies in India Details
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Dakshina Kannada District City Gas Distribution Project

Jun 12: 8Project Name: Dakshina Kannada District City Gas Distribution
8Project Cost: Rs 350 crore Click here for more details Details

The NFL urea tender runs into turbulence

Jun 11: What was meant to have be an easy deal is no longer so
8Find out what kind of speculations are on
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2 MMSCMD auction: A brand new pricing formula

Jun 11: 8Has the war changed pricing dynamics in India?
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From a blowout scare to a buying spree

Jun 11: 8Deep Industries curious comeback
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Who runs Adani-Total Gas?

Jun 11: Which member of the Adani family?
8And know more about the transition that is going on
8Why was there a long goodbye that ended overnight?
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ONGC boss: What really is going on?

Jun 11: 8Something every interesting is going on at the very top in ONGC
8And it is strange
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Who profits when LPG gets scarce?

Jun 11: 8Clearly, there is someone, and by a huge margin
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HOEC's flagship asset: Leaking everywhere

Jun 11: 8The question is: for how long will this go on?
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GAIL owns all of Dabhol now

Jun 11: 8And that includes the problem
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