2 MMSCMD auction: A brand new pricing formula. From a blowout scare to a buying spree. Who runs Adani-Total Gas?. ONGC boss: What really is going on?. Who profits when LPG gets scarce?. HOEC's flagship asset: Leaking everywhere. GAIL owns all of Dabhol now. A routine feritlizer gas tender has a war clause. ONGC’s pipeline laying project slips another 14 days as bidder concerns refuse to fade. OIL widens offshore LTSOBM experience window as Andaman drilling tender hunts for deeper bidder pool. ONGC inserts a contractor blacklist trigger into PRP-X technical qualification rules. OIL’s OSV tender extension signals a deeper reset than a routine date shift. IOCL Panipat Naphtha Cracker award exposes a split NDT market, with L4 quoting 426.2% above L1. ATF pipeline tender turns a PMC role into an execution-risk cockpit. HPCL’s Santacruz ATF pipeline tender puts Mumbai’s aviation fuel artery under a fresh risk microscope. Oil & Gas Sector: All new tenders of the day. Oil & Gas Sector: Get all winning contracts of the day. Today's update in E&P, Midstream-Downstream & CGD sector. Downstream contracting briefs: Awards. Downstream contracting briefs: Part I. Downstream contracting briefs: Part II. E&P contracting brief for the day. GAIL takes 100% control of Konkan LNG as NCLT approves major capital reduction. Ujjain, Dewas and Indore (Except area already authorized) District City Gas Distribution Project. IOCL R&D draws Big Four-heavy field for technology forecasting panel, but keeps future work on L1 leash. E&P contracting brief: Part I. E&P contracting brief: Part II. E&P contracting brief: Part III. Downstream contracting briefs: Awards. Catalyst updates. Downstream contracting briefs. Daily forward looking import matrices. Oil & Gas Sector: All new tenders of the day. Oil & Gas Sector: Get all winning contracts of the day. Today's update in E&P, Midstream-Downstream & CGD sector. Why the government cut Ujjwala LPG subsidy from nine to four cylinders a year. Zero bids in peak summer: An empty order book ends the gas-power revival debate. How the Hormuz war killed the gas-urea arbitrage. Why IndianOil is building a permanent external strategy engine instead of buying standalone studies. Rotostat’s HPCL win exposes how refinery turnaround risk is being priced at Visakh.
2 MMSCMD auction: A brand new pricing formula
Jun 11: 8Has the war changed pricing dynamics in India? Click on Details for more
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From a blowout scare to a buying spree
Jun 11: 8Deep Industries curious comeback Click on Details for moreDetails
Who runs Adani-Total Gas?
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Which member of the Adani family? 8And know more about the transition that is going on 8Why was there a long goodbye that ended overnight? Click on Details for more
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ONGC boss: What really is going on?
Jun 11: 8Something every interesting is going on at the very top in ONGC 8And it is strange Click on Details for more.
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Who profits when LPG gets scarce?
Jun 11: 8Clearly, there is someone, and by a huge margin Click on Details for more
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HOEC's flagship asset: Leaking everywhere
Jun 11: 8The question is: for how long will this go on? Click on Details
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GAIL owns all of Dabhol now
Jun 11: 8And that includes the problem Click on Details for more
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A routine feritlizer gas tender has a war clause
Jun 11: 8How war impacts gas supply, purchase and pricing 8And then a seller drops the cap, a buyer keeps an exit Click on Details for more
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ONGC’s pipeline laying project slips another 14 days as bidder concerns refuse to fade
Jun 11: 8The latest corrigendum pushes bid submission to 24 June 2026, extending the tender timeline for a third visible time. 8The cumulative delay now stretches well beyond the original April deadline. 8The bigger question is whether the extensions are buying competition or merely postponing unresolved commercial concerns. Click on Details for moreDetails
OIL widens offshore LTSOBM experience window as Andaman drilling tender hunts for deeper bidder pool
Jun 11: 8After initially resisting requests during the pre-bid stage, OIL ultimately extended the offshore LTSOBM experience lookback from seven years to 10 years. 8The move expands eligibility without changing the requirement for proven offshore execution. 8The bigger question is what this says about the available vendor universe for specialised synthetic mud services. Click on Details for moreDetails
ONGC inserts a contractor blacklist trigger into PRP-X technical qualification rules
Jun 11: 8The most consequential amendment is not financial but behavioural. 8ONGC has introduced a disqualification route tied to recent contract termination and NOA annulment history. 8The clause extends beyond EPCI contractors and reaches their pipe-laying subcontractors, potentially reshaping the competitive field. Click on Details for moreDetails
OIL’s OSV tender extension signals a deeper reset than a routine date shift
Jun 11: 8OIL has not merely pushed the tender calendar. 8The corrigendum sits on top of changes to scope, evaluation criteria, contract conditions and rate schedules. 8The signal is that bidder resistance has forced a wider technical and commercial recalibration. Click on Details for moreDetails
IOCL Panipat Naphtha Cracker award exposes a split NDT market, with L4 quoting 426.2% above L1
ATF pipeline tender turns a PMC role into an execution-risk cockpit
Jun 11: 8The tender is dressed as consultancy, but the scope reads closer to an owner’s execution nerve centre. The EPCM consultant must sit across engineering review, procurement support, construction management, commissioning and close-out. For bidders, the real risk is not the line length but the breadth of implied accountability. Click on Details for moreDetails
HPCL’s Santacruz ATF pipeline tender puts Mumbai’s aviation fuel artery under a fresh risk microscope
Jun 11: 8Let us tell you why Click on Details for moreDetails
Oil & Gas Sector: All new tenders of the day
Jun 11: 8Get all the latest tenders announced across the oil and gas industry today. 8Discover new procurement opportunities from key public and private sector players. Also click on the Tenders section for more detailed documentation Click on Reports for more.
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Oil & Gas Sector: Get all winning contracts of the day
Jun 11: 8A daily roundup of tender results in the oil and gas sector. 8Stay informed about contract awards, winning bidders, and project allocations over all oil & gas contracts. Click on Reports for more.
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Today's update in E&P, Midstream-Downstream & CGD sector
Jun 11: 8Here's what's happening today in the E&P, midstream-downstream, and CGD section Click on Reports for more DetailsDetails
Downstream contracting briefs: Awards
Jun 11: 1) EIL’s desalter award for NRL may be less about price and more about technology control 8The tender wraps a CDU/VDU desalter revamp inside a protected EIL-NRL technology framework. That turns a vessel package into a controlled-access process know-how contract. The real story may sit behind who was allowed to bid, not just who won.
2) IOCL Panipat Refinery’s shutdown inspection award exposes a thin L1-L2 pricing line 8The narrow spread suggests the winning price was market-tested, not a freak lowball. The deeper story is whether inspection quality can hold under tight shutdown manpower economics.
Jun 11: 1)BPCL Kochi Refinery’s IREP decontamination tender hides a bigger turnaround-risk strategy 8The tender is not just about chemical cleaning. BPCL has split the job into three packages and blocked any one vendor from winning more than one. That clause may say more about refinery shutdown risk than the scope itself.
2) BPCL’s CRDC hydroprocessing tender quietly outsources high-pressure diesel R&D execution risk 8BPCL is not buying routine testing here. The tender pushes two-stage hydroprocessing, catalyst handling, H2S stripping, fractionation and dispatch into a vendor-run toll model. The real story is how much process risk BPCL is moving outside its own R&D fence.
3) CPCL’s 120-day tender drift exposes the hard edge of refinery digitalisation 8The delay turns a routine digitalisation package into a market-readiness test.
4) Manali pelletizer tender slips 77 days, exposing a thin vendor pool for sulphur solidification systems 8The unanswered question is whether the market is short of qualified bidders or uncomfortable with the risk transfer.
5) BPCL BPREP ECU tender turns intumescent coating into a hidden bid-risk test 8The bidder asked whether pricing should follow a uniform 12 mm thickness or UL-1709/Hp/A-based design. EIL/BPCL retained both the job specification and the 12 mm minimum while withholding structural drawings until award. That leaves a high-value imported coating item exposed to post-award quantity risk.
Jun 11: 1) BPCL PRFCC opens the door to SaaS, but not to lighter accountability 8BPCL has relaxed the single-tenant condition into a controlled multi-tenant SaaS model. The shift can widen the vendor pool. But the real risk still sits in data governance, isolation and final handover.
2) IOCL’s Panipat SAF trial quietly widens the UCO quality gate 8IOCL has relaxed nitrogen from 20 ppmw to 100 ppmw and sulfur from 20 ppmw to 35 ppmw. That is not a minor lab correction; it reshapes the feedstock pool for the DHDS-based SAF trial. The question is what this wider contaminant tolerance says about refinery risk appetite.
3) IOCL’s CBG pipeline tender extension hides a sharper scope reset on mainline OFC risk 8IOCL has clarified that mainline HDPE duct laying and OFC blowing are outside the route package, cutting out a potentially messy ROW-linked obligation. The bigger question is how that excluded communications layer will be sequenced with pipeline commissioning.
4) EIL’s cancelled NRL polypropylene blower tender hints at a stressed OEM procurement 8The package was not a routine supply tender; it was an API 617 Part 3 integrally geared centrifugal nitrogen blower. The bid went through repeated date shifts before cancellation. That makes the cancellation a signal, not just an administrative footnote.
Jun 11: 1) ONGC's diving tender turns rig integrity surveys into a four-day execution challenge 8The question is whether offshore diving contractors can consistently deliver within those timelines without creating bottlenecks for drilling assets.
2) ONGC Mehsana PCP tender shifts artificial-lift maintenance into an uptime-linked risk contract 8ONGC’s Mehsana Asset is recasting PCP maintenance as a performance contract rather than a routine field-service package. 8The tender folds spares, VFD/VSD systems, digital complaint tracking, GPS-monitored teams and availability KPIs into one 5-year obligation.
3) ONGC turns well testing crews into KPI-linked production assets at Ahmedabad Asset 8ONGC has tied a significant portion of monthly payments to measurable operational outcomes ranging from well-testing execution to safety, reporting and crew discipline. 8The model raises a bigger question about how future oilfield service contracts may be structured.
4) ONGC extends bid window for a decade-long subsea blowout response membership programme 8ONGC has pushed the bid deadline from 10 June 2026 to 17 June 2026 for a highly specialised subsea well-control package. 8The contract is not for equipment purchase but for long-term membership access to emergency capping capability. 8The extra week raises questions about whether the market needed more time to evaluate a technically demanding offshore risk-management model.
GAIL takes 100% control of Konkan LNG as NCLT approves major capital reduction
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