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100 KTPA sulphur plant coming up on a BOO basis.  New SBR unit: There are commercial stress points.  Shutdown at Panipat: When is it likely?.  Announcements.  Today's update in E&P, Midstream-Downstream & CGD sector.  Oil & Gas Sector: All new tenders of the day.  Oil & Gas Sector: Get all winning contracts of the day.  Bangladesh to import 45,000 tonnes of diesel from India.  Kozhikode & Wayanad District City Gas Distribution Project.  Cuttack District City Gas Distribution Project.  Parliamentary Briefs.  Announcements.  International Energy Agency’s record oil release will ease pressure, say Indian refiners.  Disruptive entry: IOCL transitions from project promoter to aggressive PMC bidder.  Andhra refinery VCM licensor bid: BPCL-EIL play a game of Chinese checkers.  GAIL's ammonia gamble: The byproduct nobody noticed.  OIl PSUs: Moving from attendance to monioring to survelliance of its workforce.  Sonipat District City Gas Distribution Project.  Dewas District City Gas Distribution Project.  BPCL Bargarh 2G: A case study on how a project should never be built.  IOCL’s Panipat HDPE EPCC tender stretches over a year as a hard-risk LSTK package struggles to close.  Oil & Gas Sector: Get all winning contracts of the day.  Oil & Gas Sector: All new tenders of the day.  ONGC’s pipeline laying project corrigendum hardens five-season rate contract risk.  Our fertilizer portal updates.  Today's update in E&P, Midstream-Downstream & CGD sector.  Daily forward looking import matrices.  E&P contracting brief: Part I.  E&P contracting brief: Part II.  E&P contracting brief: Part III.  Downstream contracting briefs: Results.  Downstream contracting briefs: Part I.  Downstream contracting briefs: Part II.  Announcements.  India secures 70% of crude oil imports outside Strait of Hormuz: petroleum ministry.  Dahej Vagra District City Gas Distribution Project.   Dahod District City Gas Distribution Project.  NRL: Sky high chemical produciton ambition.  Paradip refinery petchem expansion: Final timelines.  Refinery optimization: Why did a well known consultant did not make it.  

100 KTPA sulphur plant coming up on a BOO basis

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New SBR unit: There are commercial stress points

Mar 16: 8There is an internal-versus-market split that is becoming troublesome for the promoter to garner bidders
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Shutdown at Panipat: When is it likely?

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Announcements

Mar 16: 8Centre bars households with PNG connections from retaining or refilling domestic LPG cylinders under new order [MOPNG] Details
8PNGRB pushes CGD firms to fast-track household PNG rollout to ease LPG pressure amid global supply disruptions [PNGRB] Details
8IGX opens special Sunday trading session on March 15 for auction and continuous gas market segments [IGX] Details
8Deep Industries signs MoU with Advait Greenergy to jointly bid for green hydrogen projects in India and overseas [DIL] Details
8HPCL announces board-level change as independent director K S Narendiran exits on completion of tenure [HPCL] Details
8Adani Total Gas says sharp stock price movement is entirely market-driven, denies any undisclosed trigger [Adani Gas] Details
8Hon’ble Prime Minister inaugurates OIL’s Numaligarh–Siliguri product pipeline capacity augmentation project [OIL] Details
8Sanmit Infra forms new subsidiary Sanmit Truevalue Infraprojects, picks up 51% stake for Rs 5.10 lakh [Sanmit] Details
8PM Modi inaugurates Adani Ports’ Haldia terminal, India’s first fully automated dry bulk facility [Adani Port] Details
8SEAMEC-led consortium bags ONGC’s Rs 410.74 crore Samudra Sevak O&M contract for 2026–28 [Seamec] Details
8Afcons denies any undisclosed trigger behind unusual volume movement, says all material disclosures are already public [Afcons] Details Details

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

Mar 16: 8Here's what's happening today in the E&P, midstream-downstream, and CGD section
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Oil & Gas Sector: All new tenders of the day

Mar 16: 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

Mar 16: 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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Bangladesh to import 45,000 tonnes of diesel from India

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 8Union Minister Kishan Reddy launches coal gasification projects in Nagpur Details
 8Policy certainty is the bedrock of India’s ethanol economy Details
 8As global oil prices surge, ethanol blending is the new lifeline for India’s auto sector Details
 8Praj Industries: can the shift towards using jet fuel from ethanol be the next multibagger opportunity? Details
 8GAIL lines up fresh LNG and Rs 10,000-crore pipeline push Details
 8Gulf war must end to avert deeper energy crisis Details
 8Replacing fossils with renewables can save fuel costs: experts Details
 8South Asia bets on LNG demand surge as India leads 110 mtpa import expansion Details
 8Bokaro LPG cylinder supply: DC reviews availability, ensures smooth distribution Details
 8‘Commercial LPG supply to normalise in 7–10 days’ Details
 8Notice to Haridwar gas agency after illegal LPG refilling video surfaces Details
 8Adani-Total Gas cuts price for certain industrial users Details
 8No LPG dry-outs in India, government urges people not to panic book cylinders Details
 8LPG supply risks in India: rising demand and limited storage capacity Details
 8Karnataka chief minister urges Centre to address LPG shortage Details
 8Crackdown on illegal LPG use and storage in Bengaluru, Kolar Details
 8LPG shortage: 20% commercial piped gas cut hits hotels, food chains in Mumbai Details
 8Goa: LPG cylinders sold for up to Rs 2,000 in black market Details
 8ICT Mumbai offers technology roadmap to tackle Middle East-linked LPG crisis Details
 8LPG production surges 31%, two Indian carriers to reach Mundra and Kandla on March 16–17 Details
 8Re Sustainability and Indian Oil launch India’s first integrated used oil circularity initiative Details
 8Vedanta chairman calls for bold push to unlock India’s resource potential Details
 8Modi inaugurates major upgrade to Numaligarh–Siliguri pipeline, boosting energy infrastructure in Northeast Details
 8Deep Industries inks MoU with Advait Greenergy Details
 8US waiver opens door for Russian oil to India Details
 8Indian Oil, BPCL, HPCL urge consumers to avoid panic booking LPG cylinders citing secure domestic supply Details
 8Relief for booking home LPG as oil companies restore online and phone-based systems Details
 8Oil prices open higher as war in Middle East rages Details
 8West Asia crisis: Centre in a huddle to cushion jet fuel shock for airlines Details
 8LPG crisis: sales of instant food options, frozen snacks surge 20 percent Details
 8LPG supply: Delhi CM Rekha Gupta warns hoarders, those inciting panic; says very soon situation will return to normal Details
 8India to procure spot LNG for urea manufacturing Details
 8SAF Association calls for using used cooking oil to produce sustainable aviation fuel Details
 8Oil companies weigh refinery price freeze; move may hit MRPL, CPCL Details
 8Oil crisis to send shockwaves across key sectors in Asia: Morgan Stanley Details
 8Engineers India Limited celebrates 62nd Foundation Day; ONGC extends greetings Details
 8HPCL announces board change as K S Narendiran completes tenure Details
 8PM Modi launches next-gen Haldia terminal – redefining bulk cargo in India Details
 8Iran crisis: IEA says strategic oil reserves to be released immediately in Asia-Oceania, from end-March in US and Europe Details
 8Kharg Island: Trump's mercy shot on Iran's oil lifeline could reshape the war Details
 8Bangladesh to import 45,000 tonnes of diesel from India Details
 8Drones vs. oil: India’s high-tech gamble meets the reality of Gulf geopolitics Details
 8India has secured energy supplies amid West Asia conflict, government assures in Parliament Details
 8LPG bookings fall to 77 lakh; Indian crude tanker sails out of UAE’s Fujairah safely Details
 8Iran mocks US over Russian oil waiver for India, says Washington ‘bullying earlier, begging now’ Details
 8Indian vessel ‘Jag Laadki’ sails safely after Fujairah oil terminal attack Details
 8Oil marketing companies release 25% commercial LPG cylinders Details
 8UAE port attacked but Indian tanker sails off safely Details
 8Attack on UAE oil hub; Indian tanker loads crude, leaves safely Details
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Kozhikode & Wayanad District City Gas Distribution Project

Mar 16: 8Project Name: Kozhikode & Wayanad District City Gas Distribution
8Project Cost: Rs 300 crore Click here for more details Details

Cuttack District City Gas Distribution Project

Mar 16: 8Project Name: Cuttack District City Gas Distribution
8Project Cost: Rs 350 crore Click here for more details Details

Parliamentary Briefs

Mar 13: New Page 1 8Proposed oil agreement with Burkina Faso [Lok Sabha] Details
8Expansion of Ujjwala LPG connections [Lok Sabha] Details
8One Nation, One Grid, One Price initiative [Lok Sabha] Details
8Impact of ethanol blending programme [Lok Sabha] Details
8CSR funds spent by PSUs [Lok Sabha] Details
8Hydrocarbon supply security and energy transition strategy [Lok Sabha] Details
8Prices of crude oil [Lok Sabha] Details
8Oil bond liabilities and repayments status [Lok Sabha] Details
8Domestic cooking gas subsidy and pricing [Lok Sabha] Details
8Status of BPCL ethanol bio-refinery project in Odisha [Lok Sabha] Details
8Hydrocarbon exploration in the Andaman-Nicobar region [Lok Sabha] Details
8LPG distribution network in Tamil Nadu [Lok Sabha] Details
8Retail petrol and diesel price structure [Lok Sabha] Details
8SC/ST dealership reconstitution policy provisions [Lok Sabha] Details
8Amendments to biofuel policy [Lok Sabha] Details
8Budget allocation and incentives under PMUY [Lok Sabha] Details
8Promotion of LNG vehicles [Lok Sabha] Details
8Allocation of CSR funds [Lok Sabha] Details
8Clean energy transition and gas infrastructure [Lok Sabha] Details
8Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana in Uttar Pradesh [Lok Sabha] Details
8Prices of petrol, diesel and LPG [Lok Sabha] Details
8Domestic consumption and production of petroleum products [Lok Sabha] Details Details

Announcements

Mar 13: New Page 1 8IGL issues updated advisory list for PNG internal pipeline vendors and inspectors [IGL] Details
8PNGRB clears ATF pipeline project linking Navgam to Ahmedabad Airport [PNGRB] Details
8Petroleum pipeline throughput in focus for December 2025 [PNGRB] Details
8PNGRB’s LNG terminal rule overhaul draws industry comments [PNGRB] Details
8Deep Industries enters green energy, names new independent director [DIL] Details
8Gujarat Gas reappoints EY as internal auditor for FY27 [GGL] Details
8Petronet LNG settles NSE, BSE penalties for LODR breach [Petronet] Details
8Adani Ports announces final results of bond buyback tender offers [Adani Port] Details
8IRM Energy seeks shareholder nod for Vivek Wathodkar as independent director [IRM] Details
8South West Pinnacle to join Valorem’s 11th annual investor conference [SWP] Details
8Afcons sets March 13 as record date for Rs 55 crore CP maturity [Afcons] Details
8Somany Ceramics faces partial production risk amid restricted gas supply [SCL] Details Details

International Energy Agency’s record oil release will ease pressure, say Indian refiners

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 8Thermal Kinetics breaks ethanol expansion barrier from 40 to 105 MMGY Details
 8Aemetis reports increased RNG production, progress with MVR system at Keyes ethanol plant Details
 8GAIL secures Oman LNG cargo as India reworks gas priorities amid Strait of Hormuz shutdown Details
 8Gas and the great Mumbai kitchen panic Details
 8South Asia’s $107 billion LNG expansion faces risks amid West Asia conflict Details
 8India fuel security 2026: Government says no shortage — but the full picture tells a different story Details
 8India explores strategic LNG storage to boost energy security amid supply shocks Details
 8Will domestic piped gas & CNG supply be affected in India amid Iran–Israel conflict? Press Information Bureau fact check clarifies viral claims Details
 8Indraprastha Gas Limited assures uninterrupted PNG, CNG supply amid global energy disruptions Details
 8New LPG booking rules: 45-day wait for rural areas, 25 days for urban cities Details
 8Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation integrates gas with firewood at crematoriums amidst LPG shortage Details
 8LPG shortage shows administrative failure of Centre, state: Akhilesh Yadav Details
 8LPG shortage in India: Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri says no fuel shortage as production jumps 28% amid panic Details
 8Coal and LPG prices may be adversely affected: Chhattisgarh Mini Steel Plant Association Details
 8Beijing tightens export curbs on refined oil: Report Details
 8We gain as oil prices rise, but stopping Iran priority, says Donald Trump Details
 8Oil drops after US issues license for countries to buy Russian oil stranded at sea for 30 days Details
 8Too much on their plate: Caterers scramble as LPG cylinders run out amid West Asia conflict Details
 8Oil unlikely to hit $200 a barrel despite war risks, says US energy secretary Details
 8International Energy Agency’s record oil release will ease pressure, say Indian refiners Details
 8Middle East war: OMCs to start allocating 20% of commercial LPG from today to curb hoarding, says Hardeep Singh Puri Details
 8Govt allocates 40,000 kilolitres of additional kerosene to states amid West Asia turmoil Details
 8India raises crude sourcing from non-Hormuz routes to 70%: Hardeep Singh Puri to Lok Sabha Details
 8Rahul Gandhi vs Hardeep Singh Puri in Lok Sabha over India’s oil security Details
 8‘Reliance Industries leadership’ helped India get 30-day Russian oil ‘waiver’ from US: News report Details
 8‘Not the moment for rumour-mongering’: Oil minister Hardeep Singh Puri assures fuel supplies amid Middle East conflict Details
 8India in talks with Iran over safe passage of 20 oil tankers through Strait of Hormuz Details
 8Narendra Modi comes to Sri Lanka’s rescue after Bangladesh as India agrees to ensure continued oil supplies amid escalating Middle East tensions Details
 8Oil ship, captained by Indian, arrives in Mumbai from Saudi Arabia port amid Gulf war; another vessel on way to India Details
 8India’s consumer inflation rises to 3.21% in February as oil risks loom Details
 8Katsunobu Katayama warns of persistently high oil prices, calls for market vigilance Details
 8Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited wins prize for distinction in HR excellence at Confederation of Indian Industry National HR Excellence Awards 2025–26 Details
 8Hardeep Singh Puri says: India’s masterstroke in energy security – 70% crude diversified, LPG production jumps 28% amid historic Strait of Hormuz closure Details
 8Oil and Natural Gas Corporation wins three awards at Governance Now 12th PSU Awards Details
 8Vedanta Limited chairman Anil Agarwal calls for resource self-reliance, simpler regulation and greater trust in entrepreneurs Details
 8Gujarat Gas Limited reappoints Ernst & Young LLP as internal auditors for FY 2026–27 Details
 8GAIL India Limited wins multiple awards at Governance Now 12th PSU Awards Details
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Disruptive entry: IOCL transitions from project promoter to aggressive PMC bidder

Mar 12: 8Find out what really is going on
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Andhra refinery VCM licensor bid: BPCL-EIL play a game of Chinese checkers

Mar 12: 8Find out why we say so
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GAIL's ammonia gamble: The byproduct nobody noticed

Mar 12: 8India's gas giant wants to make ammonia at a scale that defies logic.
8So why is it building an under-sized ammonia unit?
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OIl PSUs: Moving from attendance to monioring to survelliance of its workforce

Mar 12: 8What begins as a replacement for biometric attendance could quickly evolve into a far more intrusive system of daily employee tracking.
8The safety argument may be only the most presentable part of the story. Details

Sonipat District City Gas Distribution Project

Mar 13: 8Project Name: Sonipat District City Gas Distribution
8Project Cost: Rs 250 crore Click here for more details Details

Dewas District City Gas Distribution Project

Mar 13: 8Project Name: Dewas District City Gas Distribution
8Project Cost: Rs 300 crore Click here for more details Details

BPCL Bargarh 2G: A case study on how a project should never be built

Mar 12: 8Commissioning tender are out
8But there is little hope of starting up soon
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IOCL’s Panipat HDPE EPCC tender stretches over a year as a hard-risk LSTK package struggles to close

Mar 12: 8IOCL’s Panipat HDPE package was never a routine petrochemical bid, and its 18 extensions show why.
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Oil & Gas Sector: Get all winning contracts of the day

Mar 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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Oil & Gas Sector: All new tenders of the day

Mar 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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ONGC’s pipeline laying project corrigendum hardens five-season rate contract risk

Mar 12: 8ONGC’s pipeline laying project has surfaced as a revised five-season rate-contract package, but no technical bid opening sheet or admitted bidder list is visible in the document set.
8The real tension sits in ONGC’s attempt to disaggregate legacy LSTK execution while still making the marine spread contractor carry engineering, survey, FIM interface, shutdown and logistics risk.
8What remains unresolved is whether bidders will absorb that asymmetry cleanly or price it back through conservative offshore execution rates.
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Our fertilizer portal updates

Mar 12: The Gas that nobody owns: How India should ration its urea
8The government has promised a fix to its flawed rationing order. But the fix raises harder questions than the original notification ever did
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The single-unit dilemma: Running sick or not running at all
8For the plants that cannot rotate, cannot consolidate, and cannot lean on a sibling unit down the road, the 70% gas allocation is not just an operational inconvenience.
8It is a choice between two kinds of damage.
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Gas crisis exposes the cracks in India's urea backbone
8When the Middle East conflict choked LNG supplies, New Delhi moved fast.
8The rationing order it issued was meant to protect food security.
8Instead, it has left some efficient plants in the country fighting for survival — while a ministerial fix sits in the pipeline
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Today's update in E&P, Midstream-Downstream & CGD sector

Mar 12: 8Here's what's happening today in the E&P, midstream-downstream, and CGD section
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Daily forward looking import matrices

Mar 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
8All tankers
8Bulk and Dry cargo
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E&P contracting brief: Part I

Mar 12: 1) ONGC’s NH, MH and B&S offshore flow arms tender packs supply, fabrication and instrumentation risk into one three-year ARC
8The contract tries to buy faster field response by forcing one vendor to own survey, fabrication, hookup, testing and reinstatement across live offshore assets.
8That may sharpen reliability execution, but it also raises the stakes on bidder depth, documentation discipline and contractual clarity.
 
2) Oil India Limited’s Assam-Arunachal SPF tender pushes wellsite production risk outward while tightening the field-operations entry bar
8It is outsourcing a large slice of remote wellsite production discipline in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh.
8The tender ties 5,000 psi hardware, dual-fuel heating, metering, flare setup, on-site analysis, and continuous operations into one execution package that could narrow the real bidder pool fast.
 
3) Cairn Oil & Gas opens multi-asset intelligent pigging EOI with five-year execution flexibility
8The EOI separates MFL/conventional UT from HRUT and quietly introduces a five-year execution horizon that could reshape how specialist inspection vendors read capacity, sequencing and revenue visibility.
8The real test will emerge when the later tender converts this broad technical ambition into enforceable scope, interface and risk language.
 
4) Rajasthan-Gujarat core services extends the bid clock, rewrites the price format and keeps the risk-loaded service bundle intact
8The structure still forces bidders to price an integrated coring, handling, preservation and onsite analysis package under a hard buyer-controlled commercial frame.
 
5) OIL India extends 3000 HP drilling rig O&M after scope wording and price-bid revisions
8Find out more
 
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E&P contracting brief: Part II

Mar 12: 1) OIL Rajasthan’s mobile steam generator tender raises entry barriers with a high-security, crew-inclusive service model
8OIL Rajasthan is not merely hiring steam units; it is structuring a tightly controlled upstream field-services contract that rewards only balance-sheet-ready operators.
 
2) Only one bidder cleared OIL’s integrated workover HSE screen as bundled compliance scope tightened entry barriers
8OIL’s workover HSE tender looks less like a routine safety consultancy package and more like a field-control contract with embedded statutory and operational obligations.
8That may explain why only one of four participating bidders qualified, even though the available documents do not disclose the rejection grounds.
 
3) Oil India Limited’s latest corrigendum keeps Andaman imaging tender under buyer-drafted ATC supremacy
8Oil India Limited has issued the latest corrigendum for its Andaman offshore seismic imaging consultancy tender, with revised ATC documents again placed at the centre of bid compliance.
8The structure keeps price firm, personnel continuity tight and contractor-side execution risk broad, even as the visible corrigendum text does not spell out every underlying clause revision.
 
4) ONGC Ahmedabad-Mehsana artificial lift services tender : Update
8ONGC’s Ahmedabad Asset and Mehsana Asset artificial lift services tender has moved into corrigendum mode and now stands extended.
8The real shift is not the date extension alone but the rewrite of mobilization into a 60-day obligation tied to different not-before dates for the two assets.
 
5) Oil India extends core cutting and onsite analysis tender after repeated pre-bid calendar resets
8Oil India did not change the risk spine of its four-year core cutting services tender, but it kept stretching the calendar around bidder engagement.
 
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E&P contracting brief: Part III

Mar 12: 1) ONGC Assam Asset ties compressor uptime to contractor-led maintenance discipline under a tightly supervised three-year O&M model
8ONGC’s Assam Asset is not just hiring operators for a mobile air compressor; it is outsourcing uptime stewardship on an owned high-pressure package with a dense maintenance script.
 
2) ONGC tests a rate-contract model for offshore scrap evacuation at Nhava and Pipavav supply bases
8ONGC’s scrap EOI is really a yard-throughput document aimed at unclogging two western offshore logistics nodes before accumulation turns into an operational drag.
8The interesting twist is that the corporation is floating a long-term rate-contract idea while still keeping annual material allocation tied to open MSTC e-auctions.
 
3) ONGC’s latest WSS Ahmedabad corrigendum drops a qualification gate but keeps the three-year execution regime tight
8Find out more
 
4) SunPetro’s Bhaskar-1 field O&M tender stretches to 06 April 2026 a
8SunPetro has not merely pushed back a deadline on Bhaskar-1.
8The bulletin trail points to a deeper rewrite of who controls key operating decisions and how reimbursable field inputs will flow through the contract.
 
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Downstream contracting briefs: Results

Mar 12: 1) Kirloskar wins BPCL Kochi polypropylene cooling water pump package
8What the award reveals about vendor shaping, execution pressure, and hidden schedule risk sits beneath the surface.
 
2) Friends Earth Movers wins IOCL Haldia Refinery LRVP project and DMF facility installation award
8What kind of spread did it have against its competitors?
 
3) Hexane project: Why did just one bidder qualify?
8Find out more
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Downstream contracting briefs: Part I

Mar 12: 1) Biomass pellets: Getting them for ethanol plants is not that easy
8As IOCL is finding out to its chagrin
 
2) IOCL specialty chemicals and pharma KSM/API TEFS EOI ties refinery feedstocks to higher-value molecules
8But timing drift now clouds sequencing
 
3) GMPL extends asset valuation and impairment support tender but holds firm on chartered accountant-led eligibility
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4) BPCL’s BPREP LV electric heater tender uses zero-deviation discipline, NDA-gated technical access and a service-floor pricing trap
8Find out more
 
5) HPCL’s Mumbai Refinery biodiversity tender puts a specialist EIA-critical study through reverse auction discipline
8That mismatch between ecological complexity and platform-style price discovery could shape who bids, and how aggressively they price, long before fieldwork begins.
 
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Downstream contracting briefs: Part II

Mar 12: 1) BPCL’s crude-unit RTO tender pushes bidders from model supply into APC-linked performance risk
8BPCL is not buying another refinery dashboard. It is asking vendors to carry the integration burden from historian to APC, and then prove 2.0 cents/bbl value without any upside share.
 
2) HPCL’s Mangalore-Hassan-Cherlapalli G-NH3 pipeline study slips as a three-extension bid tests market appetite
8The repeated deferral suggests the real contest is not over timeline alone, but over who is willing to underwrite a still-fluid technical scope.
 
3) IOCL extends PRPC Toluene extraction licensor tender twice as scope rigidity meets a specialist bidder market
8Underneath, the bid record shows a specialist market testing a wide licensor scope against an owner that has largely refused to reopen commercial and technical risk boundaries.
 
4) IOCL R&D extends specialty chemicals, API and KSM vendor-identification EOI
8The extra window raises questions about bidder depth, document burden, and how quickly IOCL can build a usable specialty-manufacturing panel.
 
5) CPCL’s digital logbooks tender for CPCL Manali extended
8This tests the depth of the refinery-operations software market
 
6) GSPL’s Mundra-Mandvi & other connectivity RoU/RoW tender gets extension
8The extension is not just a calendar tweak; it lands on a corridor-readiness package that mixes survey, land, statutory, environmental, and legal burden in one bid. Bidder queries show discomfort with how the qualification and scoring architecture shapes the field.
 
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Announcements

Mar 12: New Page 1 8Manali Petro halts Plant-1 after CPCL stops propylene supply under government LPG priority order [MPL] Details
8Policy and Economic Report: Oil & Gas Market- February 2026 [FIPI] Details
8Petroleum products pipeline MIS - Month of December 2025 [PNGRB] Details
8PNGRB floats tender for 12 tablet kits with Pencil Pro and Smart Folio via GeM [PNGRB] Details
8ATGL flags gas supply curbs as government order prioritises CNG, PNG and fertilizers [ATGL] Details
8Appointment of Shri Bhupinder Kumar as Government Nominee Director [OIL] Details
8Government prioritises natural gas supply to fertilizer plants at 70% of past use [MGL] Details
8Eastspring crosses 5% stake in Mahanagar Gas through open market purchase [MGL] Details
8HOEC says it is unaware of any reason behind recent share price movement [HOEC] Details
8Jindal Drilling says no undisclosed event behind recent surge in trading volume [JD] Details
8CareEdge Global assigns BBB+/Stable foreign currency issuer rating to Adani Ports [Adani Ports] Details
8Desco Infratech promoter Pankaj Desai buys shares via open market transaction [Desco] Details Details

India secures 70% of crude oil imports outside Strait of Hormuz: petroleum ministry

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 8Gujarat govt committee to ensure adequate supply of LNG and domestic LPG cylinders Details
 8Don't panic, fuel cargoes on the way, says govt as supplies tighten Details
 8India receives 8 LNG cargoes in early March; 19 more expected soon Details
 8India regulates natural gas supply as Middle East conflict disrupts energy routes Details
 8Canada's big LNG offer for India's rising energy demand Details
 8GAIL buys Oman LNG cargo as India secures gas supply amid Strait of Hormuz disruption Details
 8Marelli launches engine control units for gasoline, flex fuel and CNG applications Details
 8Drivers queue up at CNG stations amid fears Details
 8Adani Total Gas says domestic PNG, CNG for transport allocated priority under govt order Details
 8Kolkata’s last-mile lifeline gets costlier after auto LPG price rise Details
 8LPG costing Rs 8,000 in Bengaluru, online booking halted as India’s gas crisis deepens Details
 8LPG crisis worsens from Delhi to Bihar, Goa to Uttarakhand, hotels, restaurants on verge of panic Details
 8India’s LPG production increases by 25% following government measures to boost domestic supply Details
 8Gulf crisis: don't rush-book LPG cylinders, delivery in 2.5 days, says government Details
 8Services exports, remittances may soften oil shock impact on India Details
 8India's state-run OMCs face heightened margin, cash-flow risks from oil price surge: Moody’s Details
 8Country's crude oil supplies remain secure, 2 LNG cargoes en route to India: Centre amid LPG crisis Details
 8Japan first G7 nation to announce release of oil reserves amid Gulf conflict Details
 8India needs no one's permission: Russian envoy defends oil trade amid US pressure Details
 8India imports 89% of its oil: how supply chain disruptions shake the world and turn oil into a strategic weapon Details
 8India buys 30 million barrels of oil from Russia as closure of Hormuz chokes Middle East route Details
 8India secures 70% of crude oil imports outside Strait of Hormuz: petroleum ministry Details
 8From oilfield to kitchen flame: India's crude oil and gas supply chain explained Details
 8India’s oil buy helped maintain price stability: US ambassador Sergio Gor Details
 8Green hydrogen tech startup Newtrace raises $6.3 million in Pre-Series A round Details
 8Oil settles up nearly 5% as supply fears mount despite record stocks release plan Details
 8Why oil prices jumped 9% to $100 despite IEA’s biggest reserve release Details
 8Trump says ‘not finished yet’ with strikes on Iran; urges oil companies to use Strait of Hormuz Details
 8Government holds back on fuel exports ban due to logistics, tax hurdles Details
 8PM Modi unveils Rs.5,650 crore infra, energy projects in Tamil Nadu; flags off new train services Details
 8EAM Jaishankar speaks to Russia’s Lavrov amid West Asia conflict, energy concerns Details
 8Iran warns of $200 oil prices amid Gulf tensions and ship attacks Details
 8IEA proposes release of record 400 million barrels of oil from strategic stocks Details
 8Indian Oil dividend: record date today for Rs.2 interim payout to IOC shareholders Details
 8Shri Kapil Pahwa of GAIL wins first prize in All-India MRPL essay writing competition Details
 8Indian Oil, Bharat Petroleum, HPCL ration LPG amid import blockade Details
 8PM Modi lays foundation for Rs.5,514 cr polypropylene plant at BPCL Kochi refinery Details
 8Numaligarh Refinery Limited wins two national awards at Governance Now PSU Awards 2026 Details
 8Reliance linked to historic $300 billion Texas oil refinery project announced by Trump Details
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Dahej Vagra District City Gas Distribution Project

Mar 12: 8Project Name: Dahej Vagra District City Gas Distribution
8Project Cost: Rs 350 crore Click here for more details Details

Dahod District City Gas Distribution Project

Mar 12: 8Project Name: Dahod District City Gas Distribution
8Project Cost: Rs 350 crore Click here for more details Details

NRL: Sky high chemical produciton ambition

Mar 11: 8NRL is a small one-refinery unit
8Yet its chemical diversification ambition exceeds those of the larger refineries
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Paradip refinery petchem expansion: Final timelines

Mar 11: 8At long last, IOCL's Rs 61000 crore Paradip petrochemical expansion is firing on all cylinders.
8The consultancy process is currently on, the final round of PMCs are in process, and expect a rush of tenders and a lot of work for all kinds of vendors
8Find out what kind of timelines we are talking about from here on
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Refinery optimization: Why did a well known consultant did not make it

Mar 11: 8Why did Ingenero and Tractebel make the grade
8And Kavin could not
8We go into the reasons why
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100 KTPA sulphur plant coming up on a BOO basis

Mar 16: 8Know more
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New SBR unit: There are commercial stress points

Mar 16: 8There is an internal-versus-market split that is becoming troublesome for the promoter to garner bidders
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Shutdown at Panipat: When is it likely?

Mar 16: 8Know more
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Announcements

Mar 16: 8Centre bars households with PNG connections from retaining or refilling domestic LPG cylinders under new order [MOPNG] Details
8PNGRB pushes CGD firms to fast-track household PNG rollout to ease LPG pressure amid global supply disruptions [PNGRB] Details
8IGX opens special Sunday trading session on March 15 for auction and continuous gas market segments [IGX] Details
8Deep Industries signs MoU with Advait Greenergy to jointly bid for green hydrogen projects in India and overseas [DIL] Details
8HPCL announces board-level change as independent director K S Narendiran exits on completion of tenure [HPCL] Details
8Adani Total Gas says sharp stock price movement is entirely market-driven, denies any undisclosed trigger [Adani Gas] Details
8Hon’ble Prime Minister inaugurates OIL’s Numaligarh–Siliguri product pipeline capacity augmentation project [OIL] Details
8Sanmit Infra forms new subsidiary Sanmit Truevalue Infraprojects, picks up 51% stake for Rs 5.10 lakh [Sanmit] Details
8PM Modi inaugurates Adani Ports’ Haldia terminal, India’s first fully automated dry bulk facility [Adani Port] Details
8SEAMEC-led consortium bags ONGC’s Rs 410.74 crore Samudra Sevak O&M contract for 2026–28 [Seamec] Details
8Afcons denies any undisclosed trigger behind unusual volume movement, says all material disclosures are already public [Afcons] Details Details

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

Mar 16: 8Here's what's happening today in the E&P, midstream-downstream, and CGD section
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Oil & Gas Sector: All new tenders of the day

Mar 16: 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

Mar 16: 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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Bangladesh to import 45,000 tonnes of diesel from India

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 8Union Minister Kishan Reddy launches coal gasification projects in Nagpur Details
 8Policy certainty is the bedrock of India’s ethanol economy Details
 8As global oil prices surge, ethanol blending is the new lifeline for India’s auto sector Details
 8Praj Industries: can the shift towards using jet fuel from ethanol be the next multibagger opportunity? Details
 8GAIL lines up fresh LNG and Rs 10,000-crore pipeline push Details
 8Gulf war must end to avert deeper energy crisis Details
 8Replacing fossils with renewables can save fuel costs: experts Details
 8South Asia bets on LNG demand surge as India leads 110 mtpa import expansion Details
 8Bokaro LPG cylinder supply: DC reviews availability, ensures smooth distribution Details
 8‘Commercial LPG supply to normalise in 7–10 days’ Details
 8Notice to Haridwar gas agency after illegal LPG refilling video surfaces Details
 8Adani-Total Gas cuts price for certain industrial users Details
 8No LPG dry-outs in India, government urges people not to panic book cylinders Details
 8LPG supply risks in India: rising demand and limited storage capacity Details
 8Karnataka chief minister urges Centre to address LPG shortage Details
 8Crackdown on illegal LPG use and storage in Bengaluru, Kolar Details
 8LPG shortage: 20% commercial piped gas cut hits hotels, food chains in Mumbai Details
 8Goa: LPG cylinders sold for up to Rs 2,000 in black market Details
 8ICT Mumbai offers technology roadmap to tackle Middle East-linked LPG crisis Details
 8LPG production surges 31%, two Indian carriers to reach Mundra and Kandla on March 16–17 Details
 8Re Sustainability and Indian Oil launch India’s first integrated used oil circularity initiative Details
 8Vedanta chairman calls for bold push to unlock India’s resource potential Details
 8Modi inaugurates major upgrade to Numaligarh–Siliguri pipeline, boosting energy infrastructure in Northeast Details
 8Deep Industries inks MoU with Advait Greenergy Details
 8US waiver opens door for Russian oil to India Details
 8Indian Oil, BPCL, HPCL urge consumers to avoid panic booking LPG cylinders citing secure domestic supply Details
 8Relief for booking home LPG as oil companies restore online and phone-based systems Details
 8Oil prices open higher as war in Middle East rages Details
 8West Asia crisis: Centre in a huddle to cushion jet fuel shock for airlines Details
 8LPG crisis: sales of instant food options, frozen snacks surge 20 percent Details
 8LPG supply: Delhi CM Rekha Gupta warns hoarders, those inciting panic; says very soon situation will return to normal Details
 8India to procure spot LNG for urea manufacturing Details
 8SAF Association calls for using used cooking oil to produce sustainable aviation fuel Details
 8Oil companies weigh refinery price freeze; move may hit MRPL, CPCL Details
 8Oil crisis to send shockwaves across key sectors in Asia: Morgan Stanley Details
 8Engineers India Limited celebrates 62nd Foundation Day; ONGC extends greetings Details
 8HPCL announces board change as K S Narendiran completes tenure Details
 8PM Modi launches next-gen Haldia terminal – redefining bulk cargo in India Details
 8Iran crisis: IEA says strategic oil reserves to be released immediately in Asia-Oceania, from end-March in US and Europe Details
 8Kharg Island: Trump's mercy shot on Iran's oil lifeline could reshape the war Details
 8Bangladesh to import 45,000 tonnes of diesel from India Details
 8Drones vs. oil: India’s high-tech gamble meets the reality of Gulf geopolitics Details
 8India has secured energy supplies amid West Asia conflict, government assures in Parliament Details
 8LPG bookings fall to 77 lakh; Indian crude tanker sails out of UAE’s Fujairah safely Details
 8Iran mocks US over Russian oil waiver for India, says Washington ‘bullying earlier, begging now’ Details
 8Indian vessel ‘Jag Laadki’ sails safely after Fujairah oil terminal attack Details
 8Oil marketing companies release 25% commercial LPG cylinders Details
 8UAE port attacked but Indian tanker sails off safely Details
 8Attack on UAE oil hub; Indian tanker loads crude, leaves safely Details
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Kozhikode & Wayanad District City Gas Distribution Project

Mar 16: 8Project Name: Kozhikode & Wayanad District City Gas Distribution
8Project Cost: Rs 300 crore Click here for more details Details

Cuttack District City Gas Distribution Project

Mar 16: 8Project Name: Cuttack District City Gas Distribution
8Project Cost: Rs 350 crore Click here for more details Details

Parliamentary Briefs

Mar 13: New Page 1 8Proposed oil agreement with Burkina Faso [Lok Sabha] Details
8Expansion of Ujjwala LPG connections [Lok Sabha] Details
8One Nation, One Grid, One Price initiative [Lok Sabha] Details
8Impact of ethanol blending programme [Lok Sabha] Details
8CSR funds spent by PSUs [Lok Sabha] Details
8Hydrocarbon supply security and energy transition strategy [Lok Sabha] Details
8Prices of crude oil [Lok Sabha] Details
8Oil bond liabilities and repayments status [Lok Sabha] Details
8Domestic cooking gas subsidy and pricing [Lok Sabha] Details
8Status of BPCL ethanol bio-refinery project in Odisha [Lok Sabha] Details
8Hydrocarbon exploration in the Andaman-Nicobar region [Lok Sabha] Details
8LPG distribution network in Tamil Nadu [Lok Sabha] Details
8Retail petrol and diesel price structure [Lok Sabha] Details
8SC/ST dealership reconstitution policy provisions [Lok Sabha] Details
8Amendments to biofuel policy [Lok Sabha] Details
8Budget allocation and incentives under PMUY [Lok Sabha] Details
8Promotion of LNG vehicles [Lok Sabha] Details
8Allocation of CSR funds [Lok Sabha] Details
8Clean energy transition and gas infrastructure [Lok Sabha] Details
8Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana in Uttar Pradesh [Lok Sabha] Details
8Prices of petrol, diesel and LPG [Lok Sabha] Details
8Domestic consumption and production of petroleum products [Lok Sabha] Details Details

Announcements

Mar 13: New Page 1 8IGL issues updated advisory list for PNG internal pipeline vendors and inspectors [IGL] Details
8PNGRB clears ATF pipeline project linking Navgam to Ahmedabad Airport [PNGRB] Details
8Petroleum pipeline throughput in focus for December 2025 [PNGRB] Details
8PNGRB’s LNG terminal rule overhaul draws industry comments [PNGRB] Details
8Deep Industries enters green energy, names new independent director [DIL] Details
8Gujarat Gas reappoints EY as internal auditor for FY27 [GGL] Details
8Petronet LNG settles NSE, BSE penalties for LODR breach [Petronet] Details
8Adani Ports announces final results of bond buyback tender offers [Adani Port] Details
8IRM Energy seeks shareholder nod for Vivek Wathodkar as independent director [IRM] Details
8South West Pinnacle to join Valorem’s 11th annual investor conference [SWP] Details
8Afcons sets March 13 as record date for Rs 55 crore CP maturity [Afcons] Details
8Somany Ceramics faces partial production risk amid restricted gas supply [SCL] Details Details

International Energy Agency’s record oil release will ease pressure, say Indian refiners

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 8Thermal Kinetics breaks ethanol expansion barrier from 40 to 105 MMGY Details
 8Aemetis reports increased RNG production, progress with MVR system at Keyes ethanol plant Details
 8GAIL secures Oman LNG cargo as India reworks gas priorities amid Strait of Hormuz shutdown Details
 8Gas and the great Mumbai kitchen panic Details
 8South Asia’s $107 billion LNG expansion faces risks amid West Asia conflict Details
 8India fuel security 2026: Government says no shortage — but the full picture tells a different story Details
 8India explores strategic LNG storage to boost energy security amid supply shocks Details
 8Will domestic piped gas & CNG supply be affected in India amid Iran–Israel conflict? Press Information Bureau fact check clarifies viral claims Details
 8Indraprastha Gas Limited assures uninterrupted PNG, CNG supply amid global energy disruptions Details
 8New LPG booking rules: 45-day wait for rural areas, 25 days for urban cities Details
 8Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation integrates gas with firewood at crematoriums amidst LPG shortage Details
 8LPG shortage shows administrative failure of Centre, state: Akhilesh Yadav Details
 8LPG shortage in India: Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri says no fuel shortage as production jumps 28% amid panic Details
 8Coal and LPG prices may be adversely affected: Chhattisgarh Mini Steel Plant Association Details
 8Beijing tightens export curbs on refined oil: Report Details
 8We gain as oil prices rise, but stopping Iran priority, says Donald Trump Details
 8Oil drops after US issues license for countries to buy Russian oil stranded at sea for 30 days Details
 8Too much on their plate: Caterers scramble as LPG cylinders run out amid West Asia conflict Details
 8Oil unlikely to hit $200 a barrel despite war risks, says US energy secretary Details
 8International Energy Agency’s record oil release will ease pressure, say Indian refiners Details
 8Middle East war: OMCs to start allocating 20% of commercial LPG from today to curb hoarding, says Hardeep Singh Puri Details
 8Govt allocates 40,000 kilolitres of additional kerosene to states amid West Asia turmoil Details
 8India raises crude sourcing from non-Hormuz routes to 70%: Hardeep Singh Puri to Lok Sabha Details
 8Rahul Gandhi vs Hardeep Singh Puri in Lok Sabha over India’s oil security Details
 8‘Reliance Industries leadership’ helped India get 30-day Russian oil ‘waiver’ from US: News report Details
 8‘Not the moment for rumour-mongering’: Oil minister Hardeep Singh Puri assures fuel supplies amid Middle East conflict Details
 8India in talks with Iran over safe passage of 20 oil tankers through Strait of Hormuz Details
 8Narendra Modi comes to Sri Lanka’s rescue after Bangladesh as India agrees to ensure continued oil supplies amid escalating Middle East tensions Details
 8Oil ship, captained by Indian, arrives in Mumbai from Saudi Arabia port amid Gulf war; another vessel on way to India Details
 8India’s consumer inflation rises to 3.21% in February as oil risks loom Details
 8Katsunobu Katayama warns of persistently high oil prices, calls for market vigilance Details
 8Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited wins prize for distinction in HR excellence at Confederation of Indian Industry National HR Excellence Awards 2025–26 Details
 8Hardeep Singh Puri says: India’s masterstroke in energy security – 70% crude diversified, LPG production jumps 28% amid historic Strait of Hormuz closure Details
 8Oil and Natural Gas Corporation wins three awards at Governance Now 12th PSU Awards Details
 8Vedanta Limited chairman Anil Agarwal calls for resource self-reliance, simpler regulation and greater trust in entrepreneurs Details
 8Gujarat Gas Limited reappoints Ernst & Young LLP as internal auditors for FY 2026–27 Details
 8GAIL India Limited wins multiple awards at Governance Now 12th PSU Awards Details
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Disruptive entry: IOCL transitions from project promoter to aggressive PMC bidder

Mar 12: 8Find out what really is going on
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Andhra refinery VCM licensor bid: BPCL-EIL play a game of Chinese checkers

Mar 12: 8Find out why we say so
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GAIL's ammonia gamble: The byproduct nobody noticed

Mar 12: 8India's gas giant wants to make ammonia at a scale that defies logic.
8So why is it building an under-sized ammonia unit?
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OIl PSUs: Moving from attendance to monioring to survelliance of its workforce

Mar 12: 8What begins as a replacement for biometric attendance could quickly evolve into a far more intrusive system of daily employee tracking.
8The safety argument may be only the most presentable part of the story. Details

Sonipat District City Gas Distribution Project

Mar 13: 8Project Name: Sonipat District City Gas Distribution
8Project Cost: Rs 250 crore Click here for more details Details

Dewas District City Gas Distribution Project

Mar 13: 8Project Name: Dewas District City Gas Distribution
8Project Cost: Rs 300 crore Click here for more details Details

BPCL Bargarh 2G: A case study on how a project should never be built

Mar 12: 8Commissioning tender are out
8But there is little hope of starting up soon
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IOCL’s Panipat HDPE EPCC tender stretches over a year as a hard-risk LSTK package struggles to close

Mar 12: 8IOCL’s Panipat HDPE package was never a routine petrochemical bid, and its 18 extensions show why.
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Oil & Gas Sector: Get all winning contracts of the day

Mar 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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Oil & Gas Sector: All new tenders of the day

Mar 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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ONGC’s pipeline laying project corrigendum hardens five-season rate contract risk

Mar 12: 8ONGC’s pipeline laying project has surfaced as a revised five-season rate-contract package, but no technical bid opening sheet or admitted bidder list is visible in the document set.
8The real tension sits in ONGC’s attempt to disaggregate legacy LSTK execution while still making the marine spread contractor carry engineering, survey, FIM interface, shutdown and logistics risk.
8What remains unresolved is whether bidders will absorb that asymmetry cleanly or price it back through conservative offshore execution rates.
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Our fertilizer portal updates

Mar 12: The Gas that nobody owns: How India should ration its urea
8The government has promised a fix to its flawed rationing order. But the fix raises harder questions than the original notification ever did
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The single-unit dilemma: Running sick or not running at all
8For the plants that cannot rotate, cannot consolidate, and cannot lean on a sibling unit down the road, the 70% gas allocation is not just an operational inconvenience.
8It is a choice between two kinds of damage.
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Gas crisis exposes the cracks in India's urea backbone
8When the Middle East conflict choked LNG supplies, New Delhi moved fast.
8The rationing order it issued was meant to protect food security.
8Instead, it has left some efficient plants in the country fighting for survival — while a ministerial fix sits in the pipeline
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Today's update in E&P, Midstream-Downstream & CGD sector

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Daily forward looking import matrices

Mar 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
8All tankers
8Bulk and Dry cargo
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E&P contracting brief: Part I

Mar 12: 1) ONGC’s NH, MH and B&S offshore flow arms tender packs supply, fabrication and instrumentation risk into one three-year ARC
8The contract tries to buy faster field response by forcing one vendor to own survey, fabrication, hookup, testing and reinstatement across live offshore assets.
8That may sharpen reliability execution, but it also raises the stakes on bidder depth, documentation discipline and contractual clarity.
 
2) Oil India Limited’s Assam-Arunachal SPF tender pushes wellsite production risk outward while tightening the field-operations entry bar
8It is outsourcing a large slice of remote wellsite production discipline in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh.
8The tender ties 5,000 psi hardware, dual-fuel heating, metering, flare setup, on-site analysis, and continuous operations into one execution package that could narrow the real bidder pool fast.
 
3) Cairn Oil & Gas opens multi-asset intelligent pigging EOI with five-year execution flexibility
8The EOI separates MFL/conventional UT from HRUT and quietly introduces a five-year execution horizon that could reshape how specialist inspection vendors read capacity, sequencing and revenue visibility.
8The real test will emerge when the later tender converts this broad technical ambition into enforceable scope, interface and risk language.
 
4) Rajasthan-Gujarat core services extends the bid clock, rewrites the price format and keeps the risk-loaded service bundle intact
8The structure still forces bidders to price an integrated coring, handling, preservation and onsite analysis package under a hard buyer-controlled commercial frame.
 
5) OIL India extends 3000 HP drilling rig O&M after scope wording and price-bid revisions
8Find out more
 
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E&P contracting brief: Part II

Mar 12: 1) OIL Rajasthan’s mobile steam generator tender raises entry barriers with a high-security, crew-inclusive service model
8OIL Rajasthan is not merely hiring steam units; it is structuring a tightly controlled upstream field-services contract that rewards only balance-sheet-ready operators.
 
2) Only one bidder cleared OIL’s integrated workover HSE screen as bundled compliance scope tightened entry barriers
8OIL’s workover HSE tender looks less like a routine safety consultancy package and more like a field-control contract with embedded statutory and operational obligations.
8That may explain why only one of four participating bidders qualified, even though the available documents do not disclose the rejection grounds.
 
3) Oil India Limited’s latest corrigendum keeps Andaman imaging tender under buyer-drafted ATC supremacy
8Oil India Limited has issued the latest corrigendum for its Andaman offshore seismic imaging consultancy tender, with revised ATC documents again placed at the centre of bid compliance.
8The structure keeps price firm, personnel continuity tight and contractor-side execution risk broad, even as the visible corrigendum text does not spell out every underlying clause revision.
 
4) ONGC Ahmedabad-Mehsana artificial lift services tender : Update
8ONGC’s Ahmedabad Asset and Mehsana Asset artificial lift services tender has moved into corrigendum mode and now stands extended.
8The real shift is not the date extension alone but the rewrite of mobilization into a 60-day obligation tied to different not-before dates for the two assets.
 
5) Oil India extends core cutting and onsite analysis tender after repeated pre-bid calendar resets
8Oil India did not change the risk spine of its four-year core cutting services tender, but it kept stretching the calendar around bidder engagement.
 
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E&P contracting brief: Part III

Mar 12: 1) ONGC Assam Asset ties compressor uptime to contractor-led maintenance discipline under a tightly supervised three-year O&M model
8ONGC’s Assam Asset is not just hiring operators for a mobile air compressor; it is outsourcing uptime stewardship on an owned high-pressure package with a dense maintenance script.
 
2) ONGC tests a rate-contract model for offshore scrap evacuation at Nhava and Pipavav supply bases
8ONGC’s scrap EOI is really a yard-throughput document aimed at unclogging two western offshore logistics nodes before accumulation turns into an operational drag.
8The interesting twist is that the corporation is floating a long-term rate-contract idea while still keeping annual material allocation tied to open MSTC e-auctions.
 
3) ONGC’s latest WSS Ahmedabad corrigendum drops a qualification gate but keeps the three-year execution regime tight
8Find out more
 
4) SunPetro’s Bhaskar-1 field O&M tender stretches to 06 April 2026 a
8SunPetro has not merely pushed back a deadline on Bhaskar-1.
8The bulletin trail points to a deeper rewrite of who controls key operating decisions and how reimbursable field inputs will flow through the contract.
 
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Downstream contracting briefs: Results

Mar 12: 1) Kirloskar wins BPCL Kochi polypropylene cooling water pump package
8What the award reveals about vendor shaping, execution pressure, and hidden schedule risk sits beneath the surface.
 
2) Friends Earth Movers wins IOCL Haldia Refinery LRVP project and DMF facility installation award
8What kind of spread did it have against its competitors?
 
3) Hexane project: Why did just one bidder qualify?
8Find out more
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Downstream contracting briefs: Part I

Mar 12: 1) Biomass pellets: Getting them for ethanol plants is not that easy
8As IOCL is finding out to its chagrin
 
2) IOCL specialty chemicals and pharma KSM/API TEFS EOI ties refinery feedstocks to higher-value molecules
8But timing drift now clouds sequencing
 
3) GMPL extends asset valuation and impairment support tender but holds firm on chartered accountant-led eligibility
8Click on Details for more
 
4) BPCL’s BPREP LV electric heater tender uses zero-deviation discipline, NDA-gated technical access and a service-floor pricing trap
8Find out more
 
5) HPCL’s Mumbai Refinery biodiversity tender puts a specialist EIA-critical study through reverse auction discipline
8That mismatch between ecological complexity and platform-style price discovery could shape who bids, and how aggressively they price, long before fieldwork begins.
 
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Downstream contracting briefs: Part II

Mar 12: 1) BPCL’s crude-unit RTO tender pushes bidders from model supply into APC-linked performance risk
8BPCL is not buying another refinery dashboard. It is asking vendors to carry the integration burden from historian to APC, and then prove 2.0 cents/bbl value without any upside share.
 
2) HPCL’s Mangalore-Hassan-Cherlapalli G-NH3 pipeline study slips as a three-extension bid tests market appetite
8The repeated deferral suggests the real contest is not over timeline alone, but over who is willing to underwrite a still-fluid technical scope.
 
3) IOCL extends PRPC Toluene extraction licensor tender twice as scope rigidity meets a specialist bidder market
8Underneath, the bid record shows a specialist market testing a wide licensor scope against an owner that has largely refused to reopen commercial and technical risk boundaries.
 
4) IOCL R&D extends specialty chemicals, API and KSM vendor-identification EOI
8The extra window raises questions about bidder depth, document burden, and how quickly IOCL can build a usable specialty-manufacturing panel.
 
5) CPCL’s digital logbooks tender for CPCL Manali extended
8This tests the depth of the refinery-operations software market
 
6) GSPL’s Mundra-Mandvi & other connectivity RoU/RoW tender gets extension
8The extension is not just a calendar tweak; it lands on a corridor-readiness package that mixes survey, land, statutory, environmental, and legal burden in one bid. Bidder queries show discomfort with how the qualification and scoring architecture shapes the field.
 
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Announcements

Mar 12: New Page 1 8Manali Petro halts Plant-1 after CPCL stops propylene supply under government LPG priority order [MPL] Details
8Policy and Economic Report: Oil & Gas Market- February 2026 [FIPI] Details
8Petroleum products pipeline MIS - Month of December 2025 [PNGRB] Details
8PNGRB floats tender for 12 tablet kits with Pencil Pro and Smart Folio via GeM [PNGRB] Details
8ATGL flags gas supply curbs as government order prioritises CNG, PNG and fertilizers [ATGL] Details
8Appointment of Shri Bhupinder Kumar as Government Nominee Director [OIL] Details
8Government prioritises natural gas supply to fertilizer plants at 70% of past use [MGL] Details
8Eastspring crosses 5% stake in Mahanagar Gas through open market purchase [MGL] Details
8HOEC says it is unaware of any reason behind recent share price movement [HOEC] Details
8Jindal Drilling says no undisclosed event behind recent surge in trading volume [JD] Details
8CareEdge Global assigns BBB+/Stable foreign currency issuer rating to Adani Ports [Adani Ports] Details
8Desco Infratech promoter Pankaj Desai buys shares via open market transaction [Desco] Details Details

India secures 70% of crude oil imports outside Strait of Hormuz: petroleum ministry

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 8Gujarat govt committee to ensure adequate supply of LNG and domestic LPG cylinders Details
 8Don't panic, fuel cargoes on the way, says govt as supplies tighten Details
 8India receives 8 LNG cargoes in early March; 19 more expected soon Details
 8India regulates natural gas supply as Middle East conflict disrupts energy routes Details
 8Canada's big LNG offer for India's rising energy demand Details
 8GAIL buys Oman LNG cargo as India secures gas supply amid Strait of Hormuz disruption Details
 8Marelli launches engine control units for gasoline, flex fuel and CNG applications Details
 8Drivers queue up at CNG stations amid fears Details
 8Adani Total Gas says domestic PNG, CNG for transport allocated priority under govt order Details
 8Kolkata’s last-mile lifeline gets costlier after auto LPG price rise Details
 8LPG costing Rs 8,000 in Bengaluru, online booking halted as India’s gas crisis deepens Details
 8LPG crisis worsens from Delhi to Bihar, Goa to Uttarakhand, hotels, restaurants on verge of panic Details
 8India’s LPG production increases by 25% following government measures to boost domestic supply Details
 8Gulf crisis: don't rush-book LPG cylinders, delivery in 2.5 days, says government Details
 8Services exports, remittances may soften oil shock impact on India Details
 8India's state-run OMCs face heightened margin, cash-flow risks from oil price surge: Moody’s Details
 8Country's crude oil supplies remain secure, 2 LNG cargoes en route to India: Centre amid LPG crisis Details
 8Japan first G7 nation to announce release of oil reserves amid Gulf conflict Details
 8India needs no one's permission: Russian envoy defends oil trade amid US pressure Details
 8India imports 89% of its oil: how supply chain disruptions shake the world and turn oil into a strategic weapon Details
 8India buys 30 million barrels of oil from Russia as closure of Hormuz chokes Middle East route Details
 8India secures 70% of crude oil imports outside Strait of Hormuz: petroleum ministry Details
 8From oilfield to kitchen flame: India's crude oil and gas supply chain explained Details
 8India’s oil buy helped maintain price stability: US ambassador Sergio Gor Details
 8Green hydrogen tech startup Newtrace raises $6.3 million in Pre-Series A round Details
 8Oil settles up nearly 5% as supply fears mount despite record stocks release plan Details
 8Why oil prices jumped 9% to $100 despite IEA’s biggest reserve release Details
 8Trump says ‘not finished yet’ with strikes on Iran; urges oil companies to use Strait of Hormuz Details
 8Government holds back on fuel exports ban due to logistics, tax hurdles Details
 8PM Modi unveils Rs.5,650 crore infra, energy projects in Tamil Nadu; flags off new train services Details
 8EAM Jaishankar speaks to Russia’s Lavrov amid West Asia conflict, energy concerns Details
 8Iran warns of $200 oil prices amid Gulf tensions and ship attacks Details
 8IEA proposes release of record 400 million barrels of oil from strategic stocks Details
 8Indian Oil dividend: record date today for Rs.2 interim payout to IOC shareholders Details
 8Shri Kapil Pahwa of GAIL wins first prize in All-India MRPL essay writing competition Details
 8Indian Oil, Bharat Petroleum, HPCL ration LPG amid import blockade Details
 8PM Modi lays foundation for Rs.5,514 cr polypropylene plant at BPCL Kochi refinery Details
 8Numaligarh Refinery Limited wins two national awards at Governance Now PSU Awards 2026 Details
 8Reliance linked to historic $300 billion Texas oil refinery project announced by Trump Details
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Dahej Vagra District City Gas Distribution Project

Mar 12: 8Project Name: Dahej Vagra District City Gas Distribution
8Project Cost: Rs 350 crore Click here for more details Details

Dahod District City Gas Distribution Project

Mar 12: 8Project Name: Dahod District City Gas Distribution
8Project Cost: Rs 350 crore Click here for more details Details

NRL: Sky high chemical produciton ambition

Mar 11: 8NRL is a small one-refinery unit
8Yet its chemical diversification ambition exceeds those of the larger refineries
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Paradip refinery petchem expansion: Final timelines

Mar 11: 8At long last, IOCL's Rs 61000 crore Paradip petrochemical expansion is firing on all cylinders.
8The consultancy process is currently on, the final round of PMCs are in process, and expect a rush of tenders and a lot of work for all kinds of vendors
8Find out what kind of timelines we are talking about from here on
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Refinery optimization: Why did a well known consultant did not make it

Mar 11: 8Why did Ingenero and Tractebel make the grade
8And Kavin could not
8We go into the reasons why
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  • Mar 11: Andhra VCM licensing: Diluted conditions:Details
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