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Today's update in E&P and Midstream-Downstream sector.  Daily forward looking import matrices.  Fuel prices cannot be reduced immediately on fall in global crude rates: union minister Suresh Gopi.  How the Hormuz crisis could reshape LNG contracts.  India's 'one gas grid' is still a quarter unbuilt.  ONGC's largest recent eastern offshore developments.  ONGC quietly abandons two rig categories as Samudra Manthan pivots to a drillship-only strategy.  ONGC’s PRP-X corrigendum quietly enlarges the IM–S1-6 water injection replacement package.  Four bidders clear OIL’s 3000 HP rig filter while one falls at the technical gate.  Mumbai refinery SAF plan: A green pivot or a compliance tightrope?.  Purified Terephthalic Acid unit award hides a performance-risk contract inside a modest consultancy package.  Rs 7.958 crore award for grass root toluene extraction project hides a bigger technology lock-in story.  Petrochemical equity acquisition advisory project gets deadline stretch.  Coal Gas India’s synthesis gas to synthetic natural gas plant delay points to a harder-than-usual methanation bid.  Refinery shutdown turns safety into an artificial intelligence surveillance contract.  SunPetro Updates.  ONGC’s Western Offshore Basin consultant tender sees two bidders fall at qualification gate as subsurface risk screen stays tight.  Today's update in E&P & Midstream-Downstream sector.  Oil & Gas Sector: All new tenders of the day.   Oil & Gas Sector: Get all winning contracts of the day.  E&P contracting brief: Part I.  E&P contracting brief: Part II.  Downstream contracting briefs: Awards.  Downstream contracting briefs: Part I.  Downstream contracting briefs: Part II.  Downstream contracting briefs: Part III.  Daily forward looking import matrices.  Battling power crisis: India's masterplan to launch 'Coal Exchange' amid LNG shortage.  Today's update in E&P, Midstream-Downstream & CGD sector.  India's first independent ammonia terminal, anchored by a zinc miner's fertiliser plant.  India's biggest explorer, ordered to pay a company in liquidation.  Private LPG distributor's margin doubled during the war.  Market study for isopropyl alcohol, propane and sulphuric acid raises a quiet scope-mismatch question.  Air separation unit for Bardhman coal gasification complex gets a 170-day bid runway as technical and legal risk is rewritten.  Biodiesel procurement turns into a quality-compliance contest, not a price war.  Oil & Gas Sector: All new tenders of the day.   Oil & Gas Sector: Get all winning contracts of the day.  Downstream contracting briefs: Part I.  Downstream contracting briefs: Part II.  Daily forward looking import matrices.  

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

Jun 19: 8Here's what's happening today in the E&P and midstream-downstream section
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Daily forward looking import matrices

Jun 19: 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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Fuel prices cannot be reduced immediately on fall in global crude rates: union minister Suresh Gopi

Jun 19: For reference purposes the website carries here the following Newsclips (These are public domain newsclips and the website is not responsible for their content):
 8Venture global and enbw reach LNG agreements Details
 8Exxonmobil backs 1st south African LNG import terminal with supply deal Details
 8TruAlt bioenergy secures Rs.150 crore for SAF project under PM JI-VAN Yojana Details
 8Union minister shri prahlad joshi launches green hydrogen certification portal to enhance transparency in green hydrogen sector Details
 8SED to develop india’s advanced 2G ethanol biorefinery with Rs.150 crore government financial assistance under PM ji-van Details
 8Ethanol can cut imports and clean the air, says toyota's vikram gulati Details
 8US, Iran sign 14-point interim deal to end hostilities, reopen strait of Hormuz Details
 8Strait of Hormuz reopening: 31 supertankers carrying 62 million barrels of oil set to flood Asian markets Details
 8HPCL's Rajasthan refinery restarts key crude unit after april fire Details
 8First signs of LNG traffic return emerge at strait of hormuz with a relief for Pakistan Details
 8Petrochina, indian oil fail to secure tankers to load Iraqi crude Details
 8Rising crude to $90–95 could widen India’s CAD: crisil Details
 8Fuel prices cannot be reduced immediately on fall in global crude rates: union minister Suresh Gopi Details
 8E20 petrol does not draw ants, says BPCL Details
 8Rupee hits six-week high on RBI measures and dollar inflow hopes Details
 8US quietly allows waiver on Russian oil to expire Details
 8Oil below $80 may cap fuel price hikes, boost India outlook Details
 8I squared, US DFC to set up $3 billion energy infrastructure platform in Asia Details
 8First signs of LNG traffic return emerge at strait of Hormuz with a relief for Pakistan Details
 8Petronet LNG outlines schedule for analyst meets in FY26 Details
 8Pricing the unpriceable: India’s ev adoption ceiling is a financing problem, not a technology problem Details
 8Odisha accelerates PNG rollout, encourages LPG consumers to switch to cleaner fuel Details
 8How pradhan mantri ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) is ensure clean fuel for beneficiaries - explained Details
 8Indian oil corp issues tender to charter LPG carrier from gulf, document shows Details
 8India must diversify oil sources, build larger reserves: S&P global; crude trading lowest since the war Details
 8Fuel supply constraints over west Asia crisis ‘being reviewed daily’ Details
 8India's current account deficit to rise to 2.2 PC of GDP on higher oil prices in FY27: crisil Details
 8HPCL sets september 11 deadline to claim unclaimed FY 19 dividend Details
 8HPCL's HRRL refinery resumes operations; Diesel dispatches to start this week Details
 8Green energy shift: why Indian oil psus are investing Rs.4 lakh crore in net-zero targets Details
 8Petrochina, Indian oil fail to secure tankers to load Iraqi crude, sources say Details
 8India's pump prices stuck even as global crude crashes Details
 8JPMorgan: European stocks are attractively cheap after oil price slump Details
 8India oil corp seeks gas, oil tankers to lift cargoes from gulf, documents show Details
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How the Hormuz crisis could reshape LNG contracts

Jun 18: 8The disruption exposed clauses written for an era of abundance
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India's 'one gas grid' is still a quarter unbuilt

Jun 18: 8Find out more
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ONGC's largest recent eastern offshore developments

Jun 18: 8Path cleared for this Rs 5000 crore project
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ONGC quietly abandons two rig categories as Samudra Manthan pivots to a drillship-only strategy

Jun 18: 8Find out more
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ONGC’s PRP-X corrigendum quietly enlarges the IM–S1-6 water injection replacement package

Jun 18: 8What appears to be a technical correction effectively changes the scale of work bidders must price.
8The implications extend beyond quantities into offshore installation strategy.
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Four bidders clear OIL’s 3000 HP rig filter while one falls at the technical gate

Jun 18: 8Four firms survived OIL's screening process for the 3000 HP drilling rig O&M contract.
8One bidder failed despite a tender designed to attract experienced drilling-service providers.
8The outcome raises questions about which qualification requirements proved hardest to satisfy.
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Mumbai refinery SAF plan: A green pivot or a compliance tightrope?

Jun 18: 8The appraisal record shows the project is as much about regulatory housekeeping as it is about energy transition. The committee has recommended the proposal for Terms of Reference, but only after raising questions on greenbelt compliance, environmental clearance history, and capacity reconciliation.
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Purified Terephthalic Acid unit award hides a performance-risk contract inside a modest consultancy package

Jun 18: 8The scope reaches catalyst economy, product quality, corrosion, rotating equipment, energy efficiency and emergency plant response. The bigger story is whether the refinery is testing outcome-linked technical consulting for refinery-petrochemical assets.
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Rs 7.958 crore award for grass root toluene extraction project hides a bigger technology lock-in story

Jun 18: 8This award fixes the process-licensor layer before later engineering and procurement packages take shape. The real question is how much of the refinery’s aromatics economics will now be dictated by the selected technology package.
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Petrochemical equity acquisition advisory project gets deadline stretch

Jun 18: 8The extension looks less like administrative housekeeping and more like a signal from the bidder side. A limited tender, no formal pre-qualification criteria, and reverse auction together create a peculiar procurement design for a sensitive acquisition-advisory mandate.
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Coal Gas India’s synthesis gas to synthetic natural gas plant delay points to a harder-than-usual methanation bid

Jun 18: 8Find out why do we say so
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Refinery shutdown turns safety into an artificial intelligence surveillance contract

Jun 18: 8The sharper question is whether artificial intelligence can handle the chaos of a refinery shutdown without becoming another compliance layer.
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SunPetro Updates

Jun 18: 1) Bhaskar solar tender pushes 10 MW EPC risk beyond panels into grid, oilfield HSE and farmer-interface execution
8SunPetro’s Bhaskar-I solar package is framed as a 10 MW green-power EPC job, but the real test sits in grid evacuation, statutory approvals and oilfield-safe execution.
8The contractor is being asked to own the messy interfaces between PV engineering, GETCO connectivity, CEIG approval, farmer coordination and hydrocarbon-site compliance.
 
2) Gujarat logging tender bundles advanced reservoir diagnostics with hard 48-hour callout risk
8SunPetro is not merely hiring a wireline crew for Gujarat; it is asking for a full reservoir-diagnostics and perforation stack on callout terms.
8The scope pulls NMR, 3D resistivity, formation testing, PLT, imaging and explosive services into one readiness-heavy contract.
8The real story sits in how much compliance, mobilisation and data-quality risk the contractor must carry.
 
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ONGC’s Western Offshore Basin consultant tender sees two bidders fall at qualification gate as subsurface risk screen stays tight

Jun 18: 8ONGC’s WOB consultancy bid has narrowed to two qualified players after two participating bidders were disqualified.
8The tender is small in duration but heavy in consequence, with 11 offshore prospects and wells above Rs 100 crore each in the background.
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Today's update in E&P & Midstream-Downstream sector

Jun 18:  8Here's what's happening today in the E&P and midstream-downstream section
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Oil & Gas Sector: All new tenders of the day

Jun 18: 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
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Oil & Gas Sector: Get all winning contracts of the day

Jun 18: 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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E&P contracting brief: Part I

Jun 18: 1) LWD tender raises the bar with HPHT, hi-tech tools and tight fleet-control clauses
8ONGC is not merely hiring LWD tools; it is stitching conventional, HPHT and hi-tech drilling intelligence into one three-year operating framework.
8The tender gives the company unusual deployment flexibility while forcing contractors to absorb customs, data, mobilisation and tool-readiness burdens.
 
2) PSV maintenance contract for ONGC Ankleshwar Asset, undercutting nearest rival by 24.0%
8A routine PSV maintenance award has produced an unusually wide commercial spread across the bidder field.
8The winning quote sits dramatically below the upper-ranked competitors despite a technically demanding compliance framework.
8The implications for future maintenance tender pricing may extend well beyond Ankleshwar.
 
3) OIL retreats on mobilisation timelines after initially rejecting bidder concerns in Mud logging tender
8OIL first dismissed requests for additional mobilisation time.
8Days later, the company expanded mobilisation windows across regular units, call-out units and the real-time monitoring system.
8The reversal raises questions about how much bidder feedback influenced the final risk allocation.
 
4) Latest Rajahmundry corrigendum rewrites the contract hierarchy without touching the drilling package
8The latest corrigendum does not alter the core CDS and TTM requirements.
8Instead, it supersedes previous buyer-added terms and re-establishes the contractual rulebook governing the procurement.
8The implications may be more commercial than technical.
 
5) Andaman offshore mud services tender after widening Low Toxic Synthetic Oil Base Mud System eligibility
8The deadline extension follows a material relaxation in OIL’s core experience requirement.
8A seven-year offshore LTSOBM track record has been expanded to ten years.
8The timing raises questions about whether bidder qualification depth was narrower than initially anticipated.
 
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E&P contracting brief: Part II

Jun 18: 1) Drilling rig O&M tender after three amendments but leaves bidder concerns unresolved
8Find out more
 
2) Jaisalmer Field Development Plan consultants another 28 days as a specialist subsurface tender seeks wider participation
8Oil India has pushed the bid deadline from 1 June to 29 June 2026 for its integrated seismic-to-simulation consultancy package.
8The extension comes on a tender that combines AVO, inversion, reservoir modelling and FDP preparation in a single workflow.
8Whether the extra time broadens competition or simply helps bidders assemble scarce expertise remains unanswered.
 
3) Workover rig O&M tender extended as ILM relief softens one risk but PQC discipline stays intact
8ONGC has pushed the workover rig O&M bid deadline without loosening the core qualification grid.
8The real shift is in ILM compensation, where ONGC-attributable delay can now move to 100% ODR.
8The extension buys bidders time, but not much contractual comfort.
 
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Downstream contracting briefs: Awards

Jun 18: 1) Mantec’s Low-price win on Indradhanush feeder line raises execution-depth questions
8For a 24-inch, 186 km pipeline study, the question is what level of field intensity and regulatory support this price can actually sustain.

2) CPCL’s turnaround award at double the estimate
8Why was that so

3) Reverse osmosis membrane award points to single-source control in refinery water systems
8Find out more

4) Fluid catalytic cracking unit II, flue gas desulphurisation II and Old carbon monoxide boiler turnaround award throws up a 29.6% L1-L2 price gap
8Know more

5) GAIL small connectivity pipeline environmental studies
8Rate contract throws up a 62.5% gap between first and second bidder

6) Refinery’s 20 MW/28 MWp Solar Plant in Maharashtra award exposes how open-access solar is becoming a boardroom control issue
8The consultant must optimise generation, consumption, banking, wheeling, transmission losses and time-of-day tariff exposure across HPCL-linked load centres. That turns a solar project management contract into a wider energy-cost governance mandate.

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Downstream contracting briefs: Part I

Jun 18: 1) Refinery makes cryogenic nitrogen reliability the technical core of the tender
8The tender is anchored in a 3000 Nm3/h gaseous nitrogen and 450 Nm3/h liquid nitrogen system. This is not just labour supply for a utility island. The bidder has to protect downstream refinery users without the comfort of a loose operating boundary.

2) Indian Oil Corporation Limited Panipat Refinery shutdown tender turns sulphur block maintenance into a high-control, high-liability execution test
8It loads the contractor with valve testing, scaffolding discipline, hot-work readiness, heavy equipment exposure and penalty-linked flange integrity. The commercial pressure sits inside the technical clauses, and the real risk is not visible in the headline value.

3) IOCLs project management consultancy tender for the Paradip petrochemical complex project slips by 99 days without visible risk relief
8The company has pushed the bid deadline for the Paradip petrochemical complex project management consultancy package for cumene and phenol units to 14 July 2026. The five-step extension gives bidders more time, but the cited corrigenda do not show any matching relaxation in liability, escalation, mobilisation advance or Phase-1 schedule. The bigger story lies in what the owner has extended and what it has refused to reopen.

4) Kochi polypropylene project lab tender stretches by 76 days as LSTK scope, liability and bidder eligibility issues pile up
8The delay trail sits beside dense clarifications on laboratory systems, civil design, HVAC vendors, statutory approvals and liability caps. The bigger story is whether EIL has widened competition or merely bought time for a narrow contractor pool.

5) EIL blocks OEM-standard shortcut in NRL polypropylene project cooling tower tender
8The real story is not paperwork, but how quality-control risk is being pushed back into bidder pricing.

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Downstream contracting briefs: Part II

Jun 18: 1) Mumbai Refinery catalyst loading package gets a 21-day extension
8Bidders challenge execution tolerances

2) Catalyst loading and unloading at Mumbai refinery package 2 exposes a quiet turnaround bottleneck
8The real story sits in how the refinery had to rebalance precision, safety and bidder appetite before closing the bid.

3) Catalyst replacement package gets a 21-day bid extension as dense-loading tolerance is quietly relaxed
8For a shutdown-linked refinery package, the change raises a bigger question about how far procurement conditions were stretching the specialist contractor market.

4) Capacity augmentation of Vadinar Bina crude oil pipeline project: Tender exposes a hidden utilities bottleneck
8The extension trail suggests that even secondary utility packages can become procurement chokepoints in midstream expansion.

5) BPCL quietly hardens contractor risk in Bina petrochemical and refinery expansion project utilities package
8For contractors, the utilities package is becoming less about headline rates and more about absorbing execution unknowns.

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Downstream contracting briefs: Part III

Jun 18: 1) New Sour Water Stripper Unit exposes a deeper refinery bottleneck after higher DHDT throughput
8The documents point to a sharper operational stress: sour water generation from the DHDT unit has risen to about 23,252 kg/hr, exceeding the existing unit’s capacity. The larger question is whether the new unit is a routine addition or a forced response to a capacity imbalance created by refinery revamp economics.

2) Petro resid fluidized catalytic cracking project digital tender: What is up?
8It tests whether refinery execution can be run from a control tower.

3) Auto liquefied natural gas stations tender quietly turns a consultancy job into a full execution-control mandate
8The tender is not merely seeking desk-based design support. The owner has loaded the consultant with design, engineering, tendering support, statutory documentation, construction supervision, vendor coordination, quality control and measurement certification. The real story is how a project management consultancy contract is being used to de-risk a multi-site clean-fuel rollout before the engineering, procurement and construction contractors even enter the field.

4) BPCL keeps pressure-vessel bidders on a zero-deviation track for the Bina Petchem and Refinery Expansion Project
8The real tension sits between schedule acceleration and fabricator-side risk absorption.

5) Pipeline defects assessment tender turns ILI data into fitness-for-service operating calls
8That makes the tender a decision-support mandate for operating pipelines rather than a data-gathering exercise.

6) Residue oily sludge disposal tender for pipeline cancelled
8The cancellation now raises a sharper question over whether the retender will fix platform alignment or redraw the risk map.

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Daily forward looking import matrices

Jun 18: 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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Battling power crisis: India's masterplan to launch 'Coal Exchange' amid LNG shortage

Jun 18: For reference purposes the website carries here the following Newsclips (These are public domain newsclips and the website is not responsible for their content):
 8President Murmu and PM Modi to lay foundation for Rs. 25,000 crore coal gasification project on June 20 Details
 8Jet fuel market rebalances on higher production, imports, IEA says Details
 8Rupee nearly flat as oil-led rally faces off against dollar demand; Fed verdict looms Details
 8Natural gas prices rebound as inventories tighten, LNG exports rise: Motilal Oswal Details
 8India's strategic oil reserves cover only 9–10 days of crude imports: Report Details
 8Iranian oil tankers pass US blockade after US-Iran deal, data shows Details
 8IEA sees gradual Hormuz recovery tipping into significant 2027 surplus Details
 8India's strategic oil reserves cover only 9–10 days of crude imports: Report Details
 8OECD oil stocks fall to lowest level since 1990: IEA Details
 8ADNOC sells at least 30 million barrels of crude in supply boost, sources say Details
 8Fall in global crude prices may not translate into instant fuel price cuts in India: NIPFP economist Details
 8Brent oil price drops below $80 on US-Iran deal Details
 8Donald Trump says US can ‘soon’ reimpose Russian crude sanctions after Hormuz reopening Details
 8Oil prices to ease after US-Iran deal, but return to pre-war levels could take months: Analysts Details
 8Essar arm secures $500 million crude and product facility from Abu Dhabi's IRH Details
 8Himanta Biswa Sarma virtually inaugurates PNG projects in Mangaldai and Tezpur Details
 8India may take a leaf from China's book for oil pool Details
 8SEEPCO supplies 6 million barrels of Nigerian crude to Indian refiners Details
 8TotalEnergies doubled oil trading profit in Q1 Details
 8CLNE to deliver LNG systems for two power projects in Puerto Rico Details
 8$15.7 billion floating LNG project on Canada's horizon as Kanata partners with Hanwha Ocean Details
 8Assam CM pitches PNG expansion to cut LPG imports and boost energy security Details
 8Why Modi's fuel appeal is really about ending India's LPG dependence Details
 8LPG availability unlikely to ease soon, warns government official Details
 8Exxon Mobil to supply LNG to South Africa as it cuts coal reliance Details
 8GAIL (India) Limited invites bids for one-year LNG carrier charter Details
 8Ship-tracking data reveals Qatar's LNG fleet returning to Middle East waters Details
 8Battling power crisis: India's masterplan to launch 'Coal Exchange' amid LNG shortage Details
 8India–Japan climate cooperation advances as LNG emissions report raises regional concerns Details
 8SEEPCO supplies 6 million barrels of Nigerian crude to Indian refiners Details
 8Global gas markets get another boost as Australian LNG strike ends Details
 8Exxon set to supply LNG to South Africa’s first import terminal Details
 8US crude oil and gasoline inventories still falling: EIA Details
 8India owes Iran $7 billion! Details
 8Oil India Limited deploys Industrial IoT solution on its production wells in push to digitise oilfield operations Details
 8Raghuram Rajan warns India after Hormuz shock: Build bigger oil reserves, diversify faster Details
 8India's strategic oil reserves cover only 9–10 days of crude imports: Report Details
 8Cochin Shipyard Limited distances itself from engineering college advertisements, warns of legal action Details
 8Essar Energy Transition Fuels and IRH Global Trading agree on a $500 million strategic crude and product facility Details
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Today's update in E&P, Midstream-Downstream & CGD sector

Jun 17: 8Here's what's happening today in the E&P, midstream-downstream, and CGD section
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India's first independent ammonia terminal, anchored by a zinc miner's fertiliser plant

Jun 17: 8Find out how this 15-year take-or-pay bet on the molecule is going it work its way through
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India's biggest explorer, ordered to pay a company in liquidation

Jun 17: 8ONGC lost the arbitration, lost the liquidated-damages claim, and lost the bank guarantee it was holding — to a Singapore contractor that's already being wound up.
8And it is a big amount.
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Private LPG distributor's margin doubled during the war

Jun 17: 8Why do they think the margin will not fall back again to "normal"?
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Market study for isopropyl alcohol, propane and sulphuric acid raises a quiet scope-mismatch question

Jun 17: 8Find out what it is
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Air separation unit for Bardhman coal gasification complex gets a 170-day bid runway as technical and legal risk is rewritten

Jun 17: 8The 170-day slip is paired with changes in gas guarantees, utility responsibility, arbitration and commissioning exposure. The deeper question is whether bidders are being given time to price a clarified package or a tougher one.
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Biodiesel procurement turns into a quality-compliance contest, not a price war

Jun 17: 8The new biodiesel tender fixes the basic price, but leaves suppliers fighting on certification, distance, tank-truck discipline and sampling history. That changes the competitive battlefield from undercutting to operational credibility. The biggest winners may be vendors with proven process control rather than the lowest commercial appetite.
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Oil & Gas Sector: All new tenders of the day

Jun 17: 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
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Oil & Gas Sector: Get all winning contracts of the day

Jun 17: 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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Downstream contracting briefs: Part I

Jun 17: 1) Refinery turnaround tender turns Packinox 74-E-01 cleaning into an asset-integrity stress test
8The tender is framed as a cleaning job, but the real story is exchanger integrity under shutdown pressure. The owner is asking bidders to remove suspected ammonium chloride deposits while avoiding metallurgy damage and enabling immediate inspection. That makes this a technical-risk tender, not a commodity maintenance package.

2) GAIL Cauvery Basin inline inspection tender turns small-diameter pipeline pigging into a high-verification integrity test
8GAIL’s Cauvery Basin tender is framed as an inline inspection job, but the technical burden goes well beyond a conventional MFL run. The contractor must manage dual-MFL tools, EGP, XYZ mapping, pull-through validation, dig verification and FFP/RRR reporting under a payment structure tied to data acceptance. The tender’s real signal lies in how GAIL is distributing tool-performance risk and vendor-entry flexibility.

3) Kochi polypropylene project tightens cashflow control through a 70% engineering-and-supply ceiling
8The latest amendment does more than revise boilerplate commercial language. It prevents bidders from loading more than 70% of the lump-sum price into design, detailed engineering and supply, with excess recovery pushed to the final bill. That can change how equipment-heavy bidders price working capital into the laboratory package.

4) EIL amendment tightens pump design-pressure basis for Petronet LNG propane dehydrogenation and polypropylene plant
8A small pressure revision in EIL’s pump package carries larger implications for fire-water reliability and methanol unloading safety.
8For vendors, the risk lies in whether earlier selections still stand cleanly under a zero-deviation regime.

5) Bina desuperheater tender gets a 25-day bid window reset without visible scope relief
8The extension looks less like routine slippage and more like a controlled attempt to keep a technically filtered vendor pool alive. What remains unchanged is the sharper commercial signal behind the schedule relief.

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Downstream contracting briefs: Part II

Jun 17: 1) Oil spill response and recovery in Manali refinery faces a 28-day tender stretch
8The sharper question is whether the specialist vendor pool is struggling with the qualification and readiness burden.

2) BPCL keeps mega-crane risk on bidders in Bina ethylene cracker unit
8The pre-bid exchange shows bidders are worried about how long 1600 MT, 1250 MT and 600–850 MT cranes must stay at site. EIL has not provided a fixed deployment duration and has instead pushed bidders back to the erection table and their own execution plan. That leaves a high-value construction logistics risk sitting squarely inside bid pricing.

3) IOCL Mathura Refinery extends EIL-nominated vacuum column overhead sour gas troubleshooting bid
8The sharper cue lies in how the corrigendum cleans up security-deposit treatment for a critical sour gas release assignment. The real downstream opportunity may sit beyond the report, in the revamp pathway that the study is being asked to map.

4) IOCL’s Transmix Separator Plant shutdown tender draws four bidders after republished Western Region Pipelines schedule
8The republished schedule may have widened the window, but it did not visibly dilute the operational burden.

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Daily forward looking import matrices

Jun 17: 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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Today's update in E&P and Midstream-Downstream sector

Jun 19: 8Here's what's happening today in the E&P and midstream-downstream section
Click on Reports for more Details Details

Daily forward looking import matrices

Jun 19: 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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Fuel prices cannot be reduced immediately on fall in global crude rates: union minister Suresh Gopi

Jun 19: For reference purposes the website carries here the following Newsclips (These are public domain newsclips and the website is not responsible for their content):
 8Venture global and enbw reach LNG agreements Details
 8Exxonmobil backs 1st south African LNG import terminal with supply deal Details
 8TruAlt bioenergy secures Rs.150 crore for SAF project under PM JI-VAN Yojana Details
 8Union minister shri prahlad joshi launches green hydrogen certification portal to enhance transparency in green hydrogen sector Details
 8SED to develop india’s advanced 2G ethanol biorefinery with Rs.150 crore government financial assistance under PM ji-van Details
 8Ethanol can cut imports and clean the air, says toyota's vikram gulati Details
 8US, Iran sign 14-point interim deal to end hostilities, reopen strait of Hormuz Details
 8Strait of Hormuz reopening: 31 supertankers carrying 62 million barrels of oil set to flood Asian markets Details
 8HPCL's Rajasthan refinery restarts key crude unit after april fire Details
 8First signs of LNG traffic return emerge at strait of hormuz with a relief for Pakistan Details
 8Petrochina, indian oil fail to secure tankers to load Iraqi crude Details
 8Rising crude to $90–95 could widen India’s CAD: crisil Details
 8Fuel prices cannot be reduced immediately on fall in global crude rates: union minister Suresh Gopi Details
 8E20 petrol does not draw ants, says BPCL Details
 8Rupee hits six-week high on RBI measures and dollar inflow hopes Details
 8US quietly allows waiver on Russian oil to expire Details
 8Oil below $80 may cap fuel price hikes, boost India outlook Details
 8I squared, US DFC to set up $3 billion energy infrastructure platform in Asia Details
 8First signs of LNG traffic return emerge at strait of Hormuz with a relief for Pakistan Details
 8Petronet LNG outlines schedule for analyst meets in FY26 Details
 8Pricing the unpriceable: India’s ev adoption ceiling is a financing problem, not a technology problem Details
 8Odisha accelerates PNG rollout, encourages LPG consumers to switch to cleaner fuel Details
 8How pradhan mantri ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) is ensure clean fuel for beneficiaries - explained Details
 8Indian oil corp issues tender to charter LPG carrier from gulf, document shows Details
 8India must diversify oil sources, build larger reserves: S&P global; crude trading lowest since the war Details
 8Fuel supply constraints over west Asia crisis ‘being reviewed daily’ Details
 8India's current account deficit to rise to 2.2 PC of GDP on higher oil prices in FY27: crisil Details
 8HPCL sets september 11 deadline to claim unclaimed FY 19 dividend Details
 8HPCL's HRRL refinery resumes operations; Diesel dispatches to start this week Details
 8Green energy shift: why Indian oil psus are investing Rs.4 lakh crore in net-zero targets Details
 8Petrochina, Indian oil fail to secure tankers to load Iraqi crude, sources say Details
 8India's pump prices stuck even as global crude crashes Details
 8JPMorgan: European stocks are attractively cheap after oil price slump Details
 8India oil corp seeks gas, oil tankers to lift cargoes from gulf, documents show Details
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How the Hormuz crisis could reshape LNG contracts

Jun 18: 8The disruption exposed clauses written for an era of abundance
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India's 'one gas grid' is still a quarter unbuilt

Jun 18: 8Find out more
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ONGC's largest recent eastern offshore developments

Jun 18: 8Path cleared for this Rs 5000 crore project
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ONGC quietly abandons two rig categories as Samudra Manthan pivots to a drillship-only strategy

Jun 18: 8Find out more
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ONGC’s PRP-X corrigendum quietly enlarges the IM–S1-6 water injection replacement package

Jun 18: 8What appears to be a technical correction effectively changes the scale of work bidders must price.
8The implications extend beyond quantities into offshore installation strategy.
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Four bidders clear OIL’s 3000 HP rig filter while one falls at the technical gate

Jun 18: 8Four firms survived OIL's screening process for the 3000 HP drilling rig O&M contract.
8One bidder failed despite a tender designed to attract experienced drilling-service providers.
8The outcome raises questions about which qualification requirements proved hardest to satisfy.
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Mumbai refinery SAF plan: A green pivot or a compliance tightrope?

Jun 18: 8The appraisal record shows the project is as much about regulatory housekeeping as it is about energy transition. The committee has recommended the proposal for Terms of Reference, but only after raising questions on greenbelt compliance, environmental clearance history, and capacity reconciliation.
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Purified Terephthalic Acid unit award hides a performance-risk contract inside a modest consultancy package

Jun 18: 8The scope reaches catalyst economy, product quality, corrosion, rotating equipment, energy efficiency and emergency plant response. The bigger story is whether the refinery is testing outcome-linked technical consulting for refinery-petrochemical assets.
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Rs 7.958 crore award for grass root toluene extraction project hides a bigger technology lock-in story

Jun 18: 8This award fixes the process-licensor layer before later engineering and procurement packages take shape. The real question is how much of the refinery’s aromatics economics will now be dictated by the selected technology package.
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Petrochemical equity acquisition advisory project gets deadline stretch

Jun 18: 8The extension looks less like administrative housekeeping and more like a signal from the bidder side. A limited tender, no formal pre-qualification criteria, and reverse auction together create a peculiar procurement design for a sensitive acquisition-advisory mandate.
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Coal Gas India’s synthesis gas to synthetic natural gas plant delay points to a harder-than-usual methanation bid

Jun 18: 8Find out why do we say so
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Refinery shutdown turns safety into an artificial intelligence surveillance contract

Jun 18: 8The sharper question is whether artificial intelligence can handle the chaos of a refinery shutdown without becoming another compliance layer.
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SunPetro Updates

Jun 18: 1) Bhaskar solar tender pushes 10 MW EPC risk beyond panels into grid, oilfield HSE and farmer-interface execution
8SunPetro’s Bhaskar-I solar package is framed as a 10 MW green-power EPC job, but the real test sits in grid evacuation, statutory approvals and oilfield-safe execution.
8The contractor is being asked to own the messy interfaces between PV engineering, GETCO connectivity, CEIG approval, farmer coordination and hydrocarbon-site compliance.
 
2) Gujarat logging tender bundles advanced reservoir diagnostics with hard 48-hour callout risk
8SunPetro is not merely hiring a wireline crew for Gujarat; it is asking for a full reservoir-diagnostics and perforation stack on callout terms.
8The scope pulls NMR, 3D resistivity, formation testing, PLT, imaging and explosive services into one readiness-heavy contract.
8The real story sits in how much compliance, mobilisation and data-quality risk the contractor must carry.
 
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ONGC’s Western Offshore Basin consultant tender sees two bidders fall at qualification gate as subsurface risk screen stays tight

Jun 18: 8ONGC’s WOB consultancy bid has narrowed to two qualified players after two participating bidders were disqualified.
8The tender is small in duration but heavy in consequence, with 11 offshore prospects and wells above Rs 100 crore each in the background.
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Today's update in E&P & Midstream-Downstream sector

Jun 18:  8Here's what's happening today in the E&P and midstream-downstream section
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Oil & Gas Sector: All new tenders of the day

Jun 18: 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 18: 8A daily roundup of tender results in the oil and gas sector.
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E&P contracting brief: Part I

Jun 18: 1) LWD tender raises the bar with HPHT, hi-tech tools and tight fleet-control clauses
8ONGC is not merely hiring LWD tools; it is stitching conventional, HPHT and hi-tech drilling intelligence into one three-year operating framework.
8The tender gives the company unusual deployment flexibility while forcing contractors to absorb customs, data, mobilisation and tool-readiness burdens.
 
2) PSV maintenance contract for ONGC Ankleshwar Asset, undercutting nearest rival by 24.0%
8A routine PSV maintenance award has produced an unusually wide commercial spread across the bidder field.
8The winning quote sits dramatically below the upper-ranked competitors despite a technically demanding compliance framework.
8The implications for future maintenance tender pricing may extend well beyond Ankleshwar.
 
3) OIL retreats on mobilisation timelines after initially rejecting bidder concerns in Mud logging tender
8OIL first dismissed requests for additional mobilisation time.
8Days later, the company expanded mobilisation windows across regular units, call-out units and the real-time monitoring system.
8The reversal raises questions about how much bidder feedback influenced the final risk allocation.
 
4) Latest Rajahmundry corrigendum rewrites the contract hierarchy without touching the drilling package
8The latest corrigendum does not alter the core CDS and TTM requirements.
8Instead, it supersedes previous buyer-added terms and re-establishes the contractual rulebook governing the procurement.
8The implications may be more commercial than technical.
 
5) Andaman offshore mud services tender after widening Low Toxic Synthetic Oil Base Mud System eligibility
8The deadline extension follows a material relaxation in OIL’s core experience requirement.
8A seven-year offshore LTSOBM track record has been expanded to ten years.
8The timing raises questions about whether bidder qualification depth was narrower than initially anticipated.
 
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E&P contracting brief: Part II

Jun 18: 1) Drilling rig O&M tender after three amendments but leaves bidder concerns unresolved
8Find out more
 
2) Jaisalmer Field Development Plan consultants another 28 days as a specialist subsurface tender seeks wider participation
8Oil India has pushed the bid deadline from 1 June to 29 June 2026 for its integrated seismic-to-simulation consultancy package.
8The extension comes on a tender that combines AVO, inversion, reservoir modelling and FDP preparation in a single workflow.
8Whether the extra time broadens competition or simply helps bidders assemble scarce expertise remains unanswered.
 
3) Workover rig O&M tender extended as ILM relief softens one risk but PQC discipline stays intact
8ONGC has pushed the workover rig O&M bid deadline without loosening the core qualification grid.
8The real shift is in ILM compensation, where ONGC-attributable delay can now move to 100% ODR.
8The extension buys bidders time, but not much contractual comfort.
 
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Downstream contracting briefs: Awards

Jun 18: 1) Mantec’s Low-price win on Indradhanush feeder line raises execution-depth questions
8For a 24-inch, 186 km pipeline study, the question is what level of field intensity and regulatory support this price can actually sustain.

2) CPCL’s turnaround award at double the estimate
8Why was that so

3) Reverse osmosis membrane award points to single-source control in refinery water systems
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4) Fluid catalytic cracking unit II, flue gas desulphurisation II and Old carbon monoxide boiler turnaround award throws up a 29.6% L1-L2 price gap
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5) GAIL small connectivity pipeline environmental studies
8Rate contract throws up a 62.5% gap between first and second bidder

6) Refinery’s 20 MW/28 MWp Solar Plant in Maharashtra award exposes how open-access solar is becoming a boardroom control issue
8The consultant must optimise generation, consumption, banking, wheeling, transmission losses and time-of-day tariff exposure across HPCL-linked load centres. That turns a solar project management contract into a wider energy-cost governance mandate.

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Downstream contracting briefs: Part I

Jun 18: 1) Refinery makes cryogenic nitrogen reliability the technical core of the tender
8The tender is anchored in a 3000 Nm3/h gaseous nitrogen and 450 Nm3/h liquid nitrogen system. This is not just labour supply for a utility island. The bidder has to protect downstream refinery users without the comfort of a loose operating boundary.

2) Indian Oil Corporation Limited Panipat Refinery shutdown tender turns sulphur block maintenance into a high-control, high-liability execution test
8It loads the contractor with valve testing, scaffolding discipline, hot-work readiness, heavy equipment exposure and penalty-linked flange integrity. The commercial pressure sits inside the technical clauses, and the real risk is not visible in the headline value.

3) IOCLs project management consultancy tender for the Paradip petrochemical complex project slips by 99 days without visible risk relief
8The company has pushed the bid deadline for the Paradip petrochemical complex project management consultancy package for cumene and phenol units to 14 July 2026. The five-step extension gives bidders more time, but the cited corrigenda do not show any matching relaxation in liability, escalation, mobilisation advance or Phase-1 schedule. The bigger story lies in what the owner has extended and what it has refused to reopen.

4) Kochi polypropylene project lab tender stretches by 76 days as LSTK scope, liability and bidder eligibility issues pile up
8The delay trail sits beside dense clarifications on laboratory systems, civil design, HVAC vendors, statutory approvals and liability caps. The bigger story is whether EIL has widened competition or merely bought time for a narrow contractor pool.

5) EIL blocks OEM-standard shortcut in NRL polypropylene project cooling tower tender
8The real story is not paperwork, but how quality-control risk is being pushed back into bidder pricing.

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Downstream contracting briefs: Part II

Jun 18: 1) Mumbai Refinery catalyst loading package gets a 21-day extension
8Bidders challenge execution tolerances

2) Catalyst loading and unloading at Mumbai refinery package 2 exposes a quiet turnaround bottleneck
8The real story sits in how the refinery had to rebalance precision, safety and bidder appetite before closing the bid.

3) Catalyst replacement package gets a 21-day bid extension as dense-loading tolerance is quietly relaxed
8For a shutdown-linked refinery package, the change raises a bigger question about how far procurement conditions were stretching the specialist contractor market.

4) Capacity augmentation of Vadinar Bina crude oil pipeline project: Tender exposes a hidden utilities bottleneck
8The extension trail suggests that even secondary utility packages can become procurement chokepoints in midstream expansion.

5) BPCL quietly hardens contractor risk in Bina petrochemical and refinery expansion project utilities package
8For contractors, the utilities package is becoming less about headline rates and more about absorbing execution unknowns.

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Downstream contracting briefs: Part III

Jun 18: 1) New Sour Water Stripper Unit exposes a deeper refinery bottleneck after higher DHDT throughput
8The documents point to a sharper operational stress: sour water generation from the DHDT unit has risen to about 23,252 kg/hr, exceeding the existing unit’s capacity. The larger question is whether the new unit is a routine addition or a forced response to a capacity imbalance created by refinery revamp economics.

2) Petro resid fluidized catalytic cracking project digital tender: What is up?
8It tests whether refinery execution can be run from a control tower.

3) Auto liquefied natural gas stations tender quietly turns a consultancy job into a full execution-control mandate
8The tender is not merely seeking desk-based design support. The owner has loaded the consultant with design, engineering, tendering support, statutory documentation, construction supervision, vendor coordination, quality control and measurement certification. The real story is how a project management consultancy contract is being used to de-risk a multi-site clean-fuel rollout before the engineering, procurement and construction contractors even enter the field.

4) BPCL keeps pressure-vessel bidders on a zero-deviation track for the Bina Petchem and Refinery Expansion Project
8The real tension sits between schedule acceleration and fabricator-side risk absorption.

5) Pipeline defects assessment tender turns ILI data into fitness-for-service operating calls
8That makes the tender a decision-support mandate for operating pipelines rather than a data-gathering exercise.

6) Residue oily sludge disposal tender for pipeline cancelled
8The cancellation now raises a sharper question over whether the retender will fix platform alignment or redraw the risk map.

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Battling power crisis: India's masterplan to launch 'Coal Exchange' amid LNG shortage

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 8President Murmu and PM Modi to lay foundation for Rs. 25,000 crore coal gasification project on June 20 Details
 8Jet fuel market rebalances on higher production, imports, IEA says Details
 8Rupee nearly flat as oil-led rally faces off against dollar demand; Fed verdict looms Details
 8Natural gas prices rebound as inventories tighten, LNG exports rise: Motilal Oswal Details
 8India's strategic oil reserves cover only 9–10 days of crude imports: Report Details
 8Iranian oil tankers pass US blockade after US-Iran deal, data shows Details
 8IEA sees gradual Hormuz recovery tipping into significant 2027 surplus Details
 8India's strategic oil reserves cover only 9–10 days of crude imports: Report Details
 8OECD oil stocks fall to lowest level since 1990: IEA Details
 8ADNOC sells at least 30 million barrels of crude in supply boost, sources say Details
 8Fall in global crude prices may not translate into instant fuel price cuts in India: NIPFP economist Details
 8Brent oil price drops below $80 on US-Iran deal Details
 8Donald Trump says US can ‘soon’ reimpose Russian crude sanctions after Hormuz reopening Details
 8Oil prices to ease after US-Iran deal, but return to pre-war levels could take months: Analysts Details
 8Essar arm secures $500 million crude and product facility from Abu Dhabi's IRH Details
 8Himanta Biswa Sarma virtually inaugurates PNG projects in Mangaldai and Tezpur Details
 8India may take a leaf from China's book for oil pool Details
 8SEEPCO supplies 6 million barrels of Nigerian crude to Indian refiners Details
 8TotalEnergies doubled oil trading profit in Q1 Details
 8CLNE to deliver LNG systems for two power projects in Puerto Rico Details
 8$15.7 billion floating LNG project on Canada's horizon as Kanata partners with Hanwha Ocean Details
 8Assam CM pitches PNG expansion to cut LPG imports and boost energy security Details
 8Why Modi's fuel appeal is really about ending India's LPG dependence Details
 8LPG availability unlikely to ease soon, warns government official Details
 8Exxon Mobil to supply LNG to South Africa as it cuts coal reliance Details
 8GAIL (India) Limited invites bids for one-year LNG carrier charter Details
 8Ship-tracking data reveals Qatar's LNG fleet returning to Middle East waters Details
 8Battling power crisis: India's masterplan to launch 'Coal Exchange' amid LNG shortage Details
 8India–Japan climate cooperation advances as LNG emissions report raises regional concerns Details
 8SEEPCO supplies 6 million barrels of Nigerian crude to Indian refiners Details
 8Global gas markets get another boost as Australian LNG strike ends Details
 8Exxon set to supply LNG to South Africa’s first import terminal Details
 8US crude oil and gasoline inventories still falling: EIA Details
 8India owes Iran $7 billion! Details
 8Oil India Limited deploys Industrial IoT solution on its production wells in push to digitise oilfield operations Details
 8Raghuram Rajan warns India after Hormuz shock: Build bigger oil reserves, diversify faster Details
 8India's strategic oil reserves cover only 9–10 days of crude imports: Report Details
 8Cochin Shipyard Limited distances itself from engineering college advertisements, warns of legal action Details
 8Essar Energy Transition Fuels and IRH Global Trading agree on a $500 million strategic crude and product facility Details
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India's first independent ammonia terminal, anchored by a zinc miner's fertiliser plant

Jun 17: 8Find out how this 15-year take-or-pay bet on the molecule is going it work its way through
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India's biggest explorer, ordered to pay a company in liquidation

Jun 17: 8ONGC lost the arbitration, lost the liquidated-damages claim, and lost the bank guarantee it was holding — to a Singapore contractor that's already being wound up.
8And it is a big amount.
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Private LPG distributor's margin doubled during the war

Jun 17: 8Why do they think the margin will not fall back again to "normal"?
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Market study for isopropyl alcohol, propane and sulphuric acid raises a quiet scope-mismatch question

Jun 17: 8Find out what it is
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Air separation unit for Bardhman coal gasification complex gets a 170-day bid runway as technical and legal risk is rewritten

Jun 17: 8The 170-day slip is paired with changes in gas guarantees, utility responsibility, arbitration and commissioning exposure. The deeper question is whether bidders are being given time to price a clarified package or a tougher one.
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Biodiesel procurement turns into a quality-compliance contest, not a price war

Jun 17: 8The new biodiesel tender fixes the basic price, but leaves suppliers fighting on certification, distance, tank-truck discipline and sampling history. That changes the competitive battlefield from undercutting to operational credibility. The biggest winners may be vendors with proven process control rather than the lowest commercial appetite.
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Downstream contracting briefs: Part I

Jun 17: 1) Refinery turnaround tender turns Packinox 74-E-01 cleaning into an asset-integrity stress test
8The tender is framed as a cleaning job, but the real story is exchanger integrity under shutdown pressure. The owner is asking bidders to remove suspected ammonium chloride deposits while avoiding metallurgy damage and enabling immediate inspection. That makes this a technical-risk tender, not a commodity maintenance package.

2) GAIL Cauvery Basin inline inspection tender turns small-diameter pipeline pigging into a high-verification integrity test
8GAIL’s Cauvery Basin tender is framed as an inline inspection job, but the technical burden goes well beyond a conventional MFL run. The contractor must manage dual-MFL tools, EGP, XYZ mapping, pull-through validation, dig verification and FFP/RRR reporting under a payment structure tied to data acceptance. The tender’s real signal lies in how GAIL is distributing tool-performance risk and vendor-entry flexibility.

3) Kochi polypropylene project tightens cashflow control through a 70% engineering-and-supply ceiling
8The latest amendment does more than revise boilerplate commercial language. It prevents bidders from loading more than 70% of the lump-sum price into design, detailed engineering and supply, with excess recovery pushed to the final bill. That can change how equipment-heavy bidders price working capital into the laboratory package.

4) EIL amendment tightens pump design-pressure basis for Petronet LNG propane dehydrogenation and polypropylene plant
8A small pressure revision in EIL’s pump package carries larger implications for fire-water reliability and methanol unloading safety.
8For vendors, the risk lies in whether earlier selections still stand cleanly under a zero-deviation regime.

5) Bina desuperheater tender gets a 25-day bid window reset without visible scope relief
8The extension looks less like routine slippage and more like a controlled attempt to keep a technically filtered vendor pool alive. What remains unchanged is the sharper commercial signal behind the schedule relief.

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Downstream contracting briefs: Part II

Jun 17: 1) Oil spill response and recovery in Manali refinery faces a 28-day tender stretch
8The sharper question is whether the specialist vendor pool is struggling with the qualification and readiness burden.

2) BPCL keeps mega-crane risk on bidders in Bina ethylene cracker unit
8The pre-bid exchange shows bidders are worried about how long 1600 MT, 1250 MT and 600–850 MT cranes must stay at site. EIL has not provided a fixed deployment duration and has instead pushed bidders back to the erection table and their own execution plan. That leaves a high-value construction logistics risk sitting squarely inside bid pricing.

3) IOCL Mathura Refinery extends EIL-nominated vacuum column overhead sour gas troubleshooting bid
8The sharper cue lies in how the corrigendum cleans up security-deposit treatment for a critical sour gas release assignment. The real downstream opportunity may sit beyond the report, in the revamp pathway that the study is being asked to map.

4) IOCL’s Transmix Separator Plant shutdown tender draws four bidders after republished Western Region Pipelines schedule
8The republished schedule may have widened the window, but it did not visibly dilute the operational burden.

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