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Who says gas based units do not run in the winters? .  Offshore charter rates have reset: And this time they are not slipping back .  OIL’s 3000 HP tender.  ONGC’s Ahmedabad asset sick well revival tender pushed again.  ONGC adds ROFR leverage into four-PSV award math.  O&M  for Samudra Sevak and Samudra Prabha.  ONGC tightens domestic ERW casing gate with heat-wise cleanliness and thread metrology demands .  ONGC’s 349-well campaign: What is next.  IOCL’s attempt at gas infrastructure in Hopetown: No easy.  Legacy hydrocarbon infrastructure and emerging green molecule logistics: Will it ever work?.  Finding a takeover consultant: Why is BPCL struggling with it?.  Carbon Capture & Utilization: Why did this refinery get it all wrong.  L1 emerges for 14 TPD CBG PMC, with L2 trailing by 53.1%.  PE pallets: PSU producers wants downstream unit next door.  Downstream contracting briefs: Technical bid.  Downstream contracting briefs: Awards.  Andhra Refinery Update.  Downstream contracting briefs.  Today's update in E&P, Midstream-Downstream & CGD sector.  Downstream contracting briefs.  Daily forward looking import matrices.  Bulandshahr District City Gas Distribution Project.  Kakinada District City Gas Distribution Project.  Petrobras expands crude oil sales to India.  Announcements.  IOCL top brass: What is going on?.  ONGC's offshore pipeline laying programmes: Lessons learnt.  ONGC’s Jackup rig tender: Six throw in their hats.  Andhra Refinery Update.  The North East Grid is going into Phase-III expansion.  Oil India’s Dandewala GSU EPC tender is extended with EMD cut and BEC-BRC rewired.  ONGC hard-links liquidated damages to 72-hour commissioning run and adds dismantling risk in GCRP at Nawagam GCP .  E&P contracting brief for the day.  Downstream contracting briefs: Awards.  Downstream contracting briefs: Part I.  Downstream contracting briefs: Part II.  Daily forward looking import matrices.  Today's update in E&P, Midstream-Downstream & CGD sector.  Ernakulam District City Gas Distribution Project.  Faizabad and Sultanpur Districts City Gas Distribution Project.  

Who says gas based units do not run in the winters?

Feb 05: 8There is common chatter that gas-based power backs off in winter because it’s expensive.
8But this power unit's consumption went from zero to a massive 1.4 mmscmd of gas
8And all of it is APM gas. 
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Offshore charter rates have reset: And this time they are not slipping back

Feb 05: There is a structural reset
8Also know how E&P operators have changed strategy from how they did business in the past.
Click on Details for more Details

OIL’s 3000 HP tender

Feb 05: 8What is the latest that is going on?
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ONGC’s Ahmedabad asset sick well revival tender pushed again

Feb 05: 8No rethinking yet on cancellation after Deep fiasco
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ONGC adds ROFR leverage into four-PSV award math

Feb 05: 8That change rewrites how foreign shipyards should read “L1” risk, and it quietly changes how Indian yards can price proximity versus outright lowest price.
8Who is behind this change?
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O&M  for Samudra Sevak and Samudra Prabha

Feb 05: 8One shy bidder emerges
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ONGC tightens domestic ERW casing gate with heat-wise cleanliness and thread metrology demands 

Feb 05: 8It is less about volume and more about provable metallurgy, threading discipline, and inspection governance.
8Clause-level emphasis reveals where ONGC believes casing failures originate and how it intends to police vendors.
8The competitive shakeout is likely to occur well before pricing is ever discovered.
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ONGC’s 349-well campaign: What is next

Feb 05: 8This is a multi-step process as of now
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IOCL’s attempt at gas infrastructure in Hopetown: No easy

Feb 05: 8But it did manage to rope in players
Click on Details for more Details

Legacy hydrocarbon infrastructure and emerging green molecule logistics: Will it ever work?

Feb 05: 8Can anyone credibly de-risk ammonia batching in an LPG pipeline without forcing major capex retrofits?
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Finding a takeover consultant: Why is BPCL struggling with it?

Feb 05: 8Finding the right fit looks like a hit-and-miss
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Carbon Capture & Utilization: Why did this refinery get it all wrong

Feb 05: 8The idea is to push decarbonisation beyond fence by letting external vendors monetise carbon capture and utilisation
8But then it got it all wrong
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L1 emerges for 14 TPD CBG PMC, with L2 trailing by 53.1%

Feb 05: 8Bio-gas PMC package with a sharp two-bidder price split that signals divergent risk assumptions.
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PE pallets: PSU producers wants downstream unit next door

Feb 05: 8It has a specific products in mind
8But whether partners will fall in line with that demand remains a moot point
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Downstream contracting briefs: Technical bid

Feb 05: 1) Two-bidder field locks in for BPCL’s demountable flare package
8The tender’s real gate is not capacity on paper but whether “demountable” can be proven through a contractual mount/demount demonstration with cranes, consumables, and execution risk sitting squarely on the contractor.
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Downstream contracting briefs: Awards

Feb 05: 1) BPCL’s BPREP pressure vessel–CS package lands group-wise, with Mahathi taking three of five workpacks
8The award outcome concentrates most value with one vendor, which tightens execution dependencies across multiple critical-service vessels. What that means for interface risk, inspection hold points, and the next BPREP equipment waves is where the real story sits.
 
2) Winner emerges for EIL’s carbon steel pressure vessel package for BPCL’s BPREP
8Find out more
 
3) Panipat refinery heat tracer rectification package awarded
8IOCL’s Panipat refinery heat tracing rectification tender ended as a two-horse race after four bidders fell at technical screening.
 
4) HPRGE picks winner for Bhatinda 2G ethanol solar + BESS feasibility as H1 undercuts H2 by 69.5%
8The award comes with a sharp price signal, with the h1 quote far below the runner-up, raising questions on effort assumptions versus deliverable rigor. One clause quietly reshapes bidder incentives by barring the winning consultant from the downstream epc tender at the same location.

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Andhra Refinery Update

Feb 05: BPCL Phenol unit licensors face tighter acetone benzene spec and long-tailed CPBG
8The phenol unit licensor tender is quietly hardening on both risk and process basis, even as the bid timeline stretches.
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Downstream contracting briefs

Feb 05: 1) Five bid due date extensions push NRL’s PPU purge gas recovery (membrane) package
8The missing piece is why the promoter had to bend its own no-extension posture—and what that implies for participation and post-award risk transfer.
 
2) IOCL extends IEX power trader tender timeline for Barauni Refinery without touching risk or scope
8IOCL has pushed out the bid deadline for its IEX-linked power trader engagement at Barauni Refinery. The extension is clean, procedural, and leaves all commercial and risk clauses untouched. The move quietly highlights the fragility of competition in India’s licensed power trading services market.

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

Feb 05: 8Here's what's happening today in the E&P, midstream-downstream, and CGD section
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Downstream contracting briefs

Feb 05: 1) Mehsana rig electrical retrofit tightens SITC accountability around MCCB-ELR integration
8ONGC is not buying breakers; it is buying a protection-and-control retrofit that must perform under live rig conditions.
8The scope quietly locks integration testing and compatibility into acceptance, reshaping who can realistically bid.
8The real contest will play out around access risk, not nameplate ratings.
 
2) 100 mw+ solar epc empanelment pushes evacuation and grid-change risk onto vendors
8OIL is not buying a plant here; it is building a vendor funnel for 100 mw+ solar assets that must perform for 25 years.
8The fine print quietly expands EPC into evacuation, approvals and right of way while reserving commercial pressure for later RFQs.
8A small documentation anomaly and a hard grid-change stance hint at how tough the next stage could be.
 
3) Participating bidders test HPWBM mud engineering tender on mobilisation clocks and centrifuge-only risk oil india/hpwbm drilling services
8Oil’s participating bidders pushed on camp support, equipment acceptability and how “optional” centrifuge services will really be used in the field.
8The promoter’s replies stayed mostly in “no change” territory, but a few edits quietly rewired mobilisation and consortium staffing in ways that can reshape who stays competitive.
8The technical compliance risk is now less about one HPWBM spec and more about whether bidders can absorb split mobilisation obligations without pricing themselves out.
 
4) ILM rig services tender timeline extended
8ONGC has pushed the bid deadline for its high-horsepower rig ILM services package deeper into February 2026.
8The extension is narrow, clean, and limited strictly to timelines, with no technical or commercial softening.
8The move raises familiar questions about bidder readiness in long-horizon drilling support contracts.
 
5) Performance based O&M at Bhaskar-1 field extended
8SunPetro has pushed the bid deadline for its Bhaskar-1 performance based O&M contract to March 2026.
8The move comes without any change to scope or risk allocation, keeping the pressure squarely on bidders.
8What triggered the extra time, and what it signals about participation, remains the key question.
 
6) ONGC pushes project dot system integrator empanelment closing to a later date
8The extension looks routine on paper, but the tender’s QBS evidence burden and a timeline-control choice buried in clarifications reshape who can realistically compete.
8What that means for bidder pool quality, evaluation risk, and the timing of downstream limited tenders is now the real story.
 
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Daily forward looking import matrices

Feb 05: 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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Bulandshahr District City Gas Distribution Project

Feb 05: 8Project Name: Bulandshahr District City Gas Distribution
8Project Cost: Rs 350 crore Click here for more details Details

Kakinada District City Gas Distribution Project

Feb 05: 8Project Name: Kakinada District City Gas Distribution
8Project Cost: Rs 250 crore Click here for more details Details

Petrobras expands crude oil sales to India

Feb 05: For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
8Annual rate contract for plumbing and carpentry work Details
8Tender for in-situ machining and bolt drilling & tapping of coke drum flanges Details
8Tender for supply of gas turbine spares Details 
8CMC for IBM/DELL/LENOVO/HP servers and accessories Details
8Tender for supply and installation of miscellaneous electrical items Details
8Procurement of VRS multi product dispensers for retail outlets Details
8Three-year rate contract for COMOS engineering documentation support Details
8Tender for supply of grease pump Details
8Tender for STP and maintenance of domestic 14.2 kg LPG cylinders Details
8Annual rate contract (ARC) for re-tubing of heat exchanger Details
8Tender for in-house STP and maintenance of LPG cylinders Details
8Contract for professional services/works including surveying, soil investigation, structural designing and development of layout plan Details
8Appointment of third-party logistics (3PL) for supply of lubricants to direct OEM under MSO for a period of 2 years Details
8Procurement of CS/AS/SS tubes for heat exchangers Details
8Procurement of Peroni pumps spares Details
8Hiring of HCV and LCV for CNG cascade transportation in Ponda and North Goa areas Details
8Tender for review and updation of internal audit manual and internal controls (corrigendum-2) Details
8Tender for SITC of MCCBs with ELR and accessories for E-760-16 drilling rig Details
8Tender for replacement of damaged condenser coils of air-cooled AC Details
8Tender for microtunneling and pipeline installation across SONG-2 river crossing Details
8Tender for cathodic protection and coating surveys for SRPL pipelines Details
8Tender for supply of Kirloskar Bro. Ltd. make bare pump assembly Details
8Procurement of engine#1 coupling element for rig Sagar Uday Details
8Procurement of spares for 12 nos. of Metachem make chemical dosing pumps Details
8Rate contract for civil major repair and renovation works Details
8Tender for manufacture and supply of ERW steel pipe Details
8Procurement of Flexitallic make change gasket Details
8Tender for procurement of forged fittings Details
8Tender for supply of pipe fittings Details
8Tender for supply of SO2 detection tubes (20–200 ppm) Details
8Tender for supply of breather valve with flame arrester Details
8Procurement of spares for BIFFI make actuators for PHPL Details
8Procurement of spares for diesel engines of refinery fire water pumps of F&S Details
8Tender for supply of saddle type pressure gauges Details
8Supply of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) jars on staggered basis Details
8Tender for supply of propylene Details
8Tender for supply of refractory castable Details
8Tender for supply of Del PD pump spares Details
8Tender for operation and maintenance of electrical systems Details
8Tender for lining up of agency for conducting T4S audit Details
8Tender for supply of firing device for 3400 KW MUG compressor Details
8Tender for fire hydrant pipeline painting at LPG BP bottling plant Details
8Tender for supply of vertical sump pumps with FLP motors Details
8Procurement of fall arrestor system comprising of horizontal lifeline and accessories in unloading B Details
8Annual rate contract for maintenance of CCTV systems Details
8Tender for transportation of 6 inch API 5L 3LPE coated pipes Details
8Tender for inhouse pressure testing of DPT cylinders Details
8Tender for OEM supervision assistance for Flowserve make rotary equipment Details
8Supply of material excluding freight charges Details
8Tender for procurement of liquid sulphur pump spares Details
8Procurement of Flowserve make mainline pump spares for VBPL Details
8Tender for supply of limit switch box for ROSOV Details
8Procurement of utilities pump 34-P-101 pump spares Details
8Tender for servicing of easy laser alignment kit (model XT550) Details
8Tender for supply of portable multi gas responder Details
8Annual rate contract for maintenance of drain management system and provision of temporary shed Details
8Tender for supply of stainless steel heat exchanger Details
8Tender for supply of mandatory spares for MR group A1 including freight of mandatory spares Details
8Tender for modification of existing washing unit Details
8Tender for annual maintenance contract (AMC) of ROSOVs Details
8Procurement of spares and maintenance of Rotork make MOVs Details
8Procurement of 10.5 MT calcium hypochlorite for raw water filtration unit for a period of two (2) years Details
8Tender for procurement of PG, TG and RTD Details
8Tender for transportation of base oil for Budge Budge lube plant Details
8Tender for supply of hydrochloric acid for well stimulation Details
8Tender for piping and structural fabrication work Details
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 8GAIL contests latest petroleum & natural gas regulator's tariff order Details
 8Rupee falls 11 paise to close at 90.43 against US dollar Details
 8Carrot & slick: India readies to hike US oil buys Details
 8US refiners struggle to absorb sudden surge in Venezuelan oil imports Details
 8Steeper discounts on Russian oil test India's response to US trade deal Details
 8India could cut fuel import bill by $3 billion by switching to Venezuelan crude: SBI report Details
 8India committed to no longer purchasing Russian oil, $500 billion of investments into US: White House Details
 8Oil prices fall as US, Iran agree to talks, easing conflict concerns Details
 8Ukraine's landmark U.S. LNG delivery marks a new era Details
 8Global LNG market faces supply surge and future demand shifts Details
 8Petronas and PTT secure new LNG supply deal for 2028 Details
 8MAIRE pushes deeper into modular LNG with Baker Hughes partnership Details
 8Petronet LNG, ONGC sign five-year MRA for LNG regasification Details
 8E-cooking could fuel India’s energy transition after EV push, says report Details
 8Plea to include auto LPG in TERI-led fuels study Details
 8Kathmandu short on LPG as refinery maintenance, transport delays bite Details
 8Russia foreign ministry confident India will continue Russian oil purchases Details
 8HPCL and Oil India to develop compressed bio-gas project Details
 8Europe’s chemical industry is collapsing under energy costs and regulation Details
 8Trafigura calls for a rethink of LNG project funding Details
 8US oil drilling continues to flounder Details
 8Russia leans on China as U.S. tries to squeeze Indian oil trade Details
 8Petrobras expands crude oil sales to India Details
 8Russia defends India's oil purchases as mutually beneficial for energy market stability Details
 8'India is free to buy oil anywhere': Kremlin rejects Trump’s claim on Russian oil Details
 8American Petroleum Institute plans India office Details
 8Oil India plans upstream growth across Northeast, Rajasthan, and offshore areas Details
 8If India stops buying Russian oil, what it could mean for Moscow’s revenues — explained Details
 8Can India switch from Russian to Venezuelan oil, as Trump wants? Details
 8Oil India share price jumps nearly 18%, hits 52-week high Details
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Announcements

Feb 05: New Page 1 8Essar Ports drives strategic conversations at India Infrastructure’s 23rd ports conference [Essar] Details
8Outcome of board meeting held on February 04, 2026 confidence petroleum India Limited [Confidence] Details
8Receipt of show cause notice from enforcement directorate regarding Rs. 16 crore seizure [Alphageo] Details
8Transcripts of earnings call [Welspun] Details
8Financial results for the quarter and nine months ended December 31, 2025 [IRM] Details
8Authorized key managerial personnel [IRM] Details
8Investor presentation on Q3 FY26 [IRM] Details
8Appointment of Shri Sandeep Kumar, IAS as additional director [GSPL] Details
8Grant of 1,10,701 employee stock options under ‘Afcons infrastructure limited [Afcons] Details
8Transcripts of earnings call [GES] Details Details

IOCL top brass: What is going on?

Feb 04: 8Something spooky is going on at the top
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ONGC's offshore pipeline laying programmes: Lessons learnt

Feb 04: What are the lessons that ONGC has learned from its recent pipeline experience?
8And how is the company planning to exploit them in the next programme
8And how big is the next programme likely to be?
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ONGC’s Jackup rig tender: Six throw in their hats

Feb 04: 8Find out who they are
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Andhra Refinery Update

Feb 04: Andhra Cumene unit tender hardens licensor risk box as bid due date extended
8Amendments are rewriting utility assumptions and liability geometry.
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The North East Grid is going into Phase-III expansion

Feb 04: 8What is it all about?
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Oil India’s Dandewala GSU EPC tender is extended with EMD cut and BEC-BRC rewired

Feb 04: 8Oil India has pushed the Dandewala gas sweetening unit bid deadline out again, taking the package 133 days beyond its original closing date.
8The latest extension is bundled with a quieter but sharper move: bid security is reduced while qualification proof is tightened around desert-ready, continuously operated CO2 separation technology.
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ONGC hard-links liquidated damages to 72-hour commissioning run and adds dismantling risk in GCRP at Nawagam GCP

Feb 04: 8Find out more
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E&P contracting brief for the day

Feb 04: 1) ONGC tightens exchanger maintenance discipline with pay-cut levers and “brand new” hydro-jetting rules
8It is not just buying manpower for 22 well-fluid preheaters; it is buying a prescribed maintenance method, right down to tooling and chemistry.
8The tender’s most consequential control is not qualification paperwork but deduction-trigger clauses that convert on-site deviations into immediate revenue hits.
 
2) OIL frames upper assam tubular running services as an auditable, kpi-driven completion integrity packag
8The tender seeds measurable running-time norms and torque-turn traceability as the backbone of completion execution.
8It also shifts connection-damage exposure toward the contractor well before commercial terms are even visible.
 
3) ONGC extends deadline for for Sagar Gaurav high risk spud can repair package
8ONGC is buying a high-risk, high-interface repair outcome under a turnkey wrapper: dredging for safe docking, port clearances and husbandry, engineering-design, procurement actions (including permits/approvals), and the full class approval pathway sit with the contractor
 
4) SunPetro extends 50T workover rig callout tender
8The extension looks less like generosity and more like a bid-compliance and participation salvage move in a documentation-heavy rig package.
8The small mismatch between “two weeks” framing and the calendar shift is the kind of detail that decides who stays compliant and who gets filtered out.
 
5) Tender deadline pushed ahead as ONGC seeks multi-location reservoir field services
8The extension is, buying bidders time on a contract that demands simultaneous delivery across four operating theatres.
8The real pinch points are not just rates, but HPHT-ready deployment capacity, strict documentation gates, and reverse auction mechanics that can thin the field.
8What the extension is really signalling about participation and risk-transfer sits beneath the surface.
 
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Downstream contracting briefs: Awards

Feb 04: 1) Polyester industrial yarn derivatives market study
8There is a winner
 
2) IOCL’s Gujarat refinery confined space entry supervision award lands with a tied L1 and a compliance-heavy shutdown scope
8The contract forces contractors to carry payroll governance, PPE/IFR compliance and round-the-clock staffing risk while the owner retains EIC-driven discretion.

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Downstream contracting briefs: Part I

Feb 04: 1) This refinery locks in a governance-heavy DHDS shutdown tender
8The refiner is framing its DHDS turnaround less as a rate contract and more as an auditable execution system. The tender hard-wires shift accountability, leak-free reassembly discipline, and in-refinery exchanger yard capability into the contractor’s risk stack.
 
2) Company hardwires 24x7 mechanical static readiness into a three-year refinery ARC
8It looks like a routine maintenance ARC, but the clause design quietly turns it into a capacity-reservation contract. The scope bundles certified metallurgy work, safety governance, and always-on standby expectations into one price path that will be stress-tested in reverse auction.
 
3) Owner tightens OEM-bound heater refurbishment for BS-VI MSG revamp reliability
8This tender hard-binds a heater repair to “as-original” metallurgy and electrical performance while keeping acceptance control at the OEM shop. The fine print signals a deliberate choice between price discovery and reliability certainty, and the trade-off is where the real story sits.
 
4) Refiner’s pipelines seeks advanced FFS and FEA-led integrity evaluation to decide safe operation limits for pipeline defects
8The owner is buying analytical authority, not inspection activity, by outsourcing defect acceptability decisions tied to global FFS standards and level III simulations.
 
5) This 20 TDP CBG site development tender hardwires process discipline and screens out EMD-short bidders
8This is like a compliance stress test rather than a routine earthwork package.

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Downstream contracting briefs: Part II

Feb 04: 1) BPREP carbon steel columns/towers tender stretches 103 days on 9 extensions, with site-assembly cost floors tightening bidder behaviour
8Nine deadline extensions push the bid close by 103 days, a participation signal that rarely stays “just administrative.
 
2) NRL stretches RPTU instrumentation bid deadline
8The final move lands alongside an attachment of bidder query responses, tightening the tender basis late in the cycle. The timeline signals a participation-and-clarification squeeze that could reshape bid aggression and interface risk pricing
 
3) Naphtha cracker shutdown rate contract pushes phased mobilisation and six-month wage reimbursement, as the bid date slips
8The real tightening is inside the execution governance. The sow loads contractors with phased mobilisation readiness, safety policing, and micro-interface liabilities that usually surface only after incidents.
 
4) CPCL’s 100 mw RTC renewables pre-feasibility tender sees repeated close-date pushes
8This is as QCBS gates narrow the advisor pool
 
5) CPCL’s GUIDE framework CRO tender extension shifts the clock
8But keeps the risk posture unchanged
 
6) IOCL extends bid for naphtha cracker shutdown maintenance
8Keeping reverse auction pressure intact

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Daily forward looking import matrices

Feb 04: It is easy to get month-old import data but it is difficult to solicit forthcoming shipment information in India. We go through a laborious process of data collection to get you full import information, including company-wise, quantity-wise, port-wise, vessel-wise cargoes which are coming into India in the next 15-to30 days.
Get the daily updates for :
8LNG
8Crude
8Chemicals
8Fertilizers
8LPG
8Ammonia
8Coal & Coke
8All tankers
8Bulk and Dry cargo
Click on Reports for more. Details

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

Feb 04: 8Here's what's happening today in the E&P, midstream-downstream, and CGD section
Click on Reports for more Details Details

Ernakulam District City Gas Distribution Project

Feb 04: 8Project Name: Ernakulam District City Gas Distribution
8Project Cost: Rs 300 crore Click here for more details Details

Faizabad and Sultanpur Districts City Gas Distribution Project

Feb 04: 8Project Name: Faizabad and Sultanpur Districts City Gas Distribution
8Project Cost: Rs 200 crore Click here for more details Details

Who says gas based units do not run in the winters?

Feb 05: 8There is common chatter that gas-based power backs off in winter because it’s expensive.
8But this power unit's consumption went from zero to a massive 1.4 mmscmd of gas
8And all of it is APM gas. 
Click on Details for more Details

Offshore charter rates have reset: And this time they are not slipping back

Feb 05: There is a structural reset
8Also know how E&P operators have changed strategy from how they did business in the past.
Click on Details for more Details

OIL’s 3000 HP tender

Feb 05: 8What is the latest that is going on?
Click on Details for more Details

ONGC’s Ahmedabad asset sick well revival tender pushed again

Feb 05: 8No rethinking yet on cancellation after Deep fiasco
Click on Details for more Details

ONGC adds ROFR leverage into four-PSV award math

Feb 05: 8That change rewrites how foreign shipyards should read “L1” risk, and it quietly changes how Indian yards can price proximity versus outright lowest price.
8Who is behind this change?
Click on Details for more Details

O&M  for Samudra Sevak and Samudra Prabha

Feb 05: 8One shy bidder emerges
Click on Details for more Details

ONGC tightens domestic ERW casing gate with heat-wise cleanliness and thread metrology demands 

Feb 05: 8It is less about volume and more about provable metallurgy, threading discipline, and inspection governance.
8Clause-level emphasis reveals where ONGC believes casing failures originate and how it intends to police vendors.
8The competitive shakeout is likely to occur well before pricing is ever discovered.
Click on Details for more Details

ONGC’s 349-well campaign: What is next

Feb 05: 8This is a multi-step process as of now
Click on Details for more Details

IOCL’s attempt at gas infrastructure in Hopetown: No easy

Feb 05: 8But it did manage to rope in players
Click on Details for more Details

Legacy hydrocarbon infrastructure and emerging green molecule logistics: Will it ever work?

Feb 05: 8Can anyone credibly de-risk ammonia batching in an LPG pipeline without forcing major capex retrofits?
Click on Details for more Details

Finding a takeover consultant: Why is BPCL struggling with it?

Feb 05: 8Finding the right fit looks like a hit-and-miss
Click on Details for more Details

Carbon Capture & Utilization: Why did this refinery get it all wrong

Feb 05: 8The idea is to push decarbonisation beyond fence by letting external vendors monetise carbon capture and utilisation
8But then it got it all wrong
Click on Details for more Details

L1 emerges for 14 TPD CBG PMC, with L2 trailing by 53.1%

Feb 05: 8Bio-gas PMC package with a sharp two-bidder price split that signals divergent risk assumptions.
Click on Details for more Details

PE pallets: PSU producers wants downstream unit next door

Feb 05: 8It has a specific products in mind
8But whether partners will fall in line with that demand remains a moot point
Click on Details for more Details

Downstream contracting briefs: Technical bid

Feb 05: 1) Two-bidder field locks in for BPCL’s demountable flare package
8The tender’s real gate is not capacity on paper but whether “demountable” can be proven through a contractual mount/demount demonstration with cranes, consumables, and execution risk sitting squarely on the contractor.
Click on Details for more Details

Downstream contracting briefs: Awards

Feb 05: 1) BPCL’s BPREP pressure vessel–CS package lands group-wise, with Mahathi taking three of five workpacks
8The award outcome concentrates most value with one vendor, which tightens execution dependencies across multiple critical-service vessels. What that means for interface risk, inspection hold points, and the next BPREP equipment waves is where the real story sits.
 
2) Winner emerges for EIL’s carbon steel pressure vessel package for BPCL’s BPREP
8Find out more
 
3) Panipat refinery heat tracer rectification package awarded
8IOCL’s Panipat refinery heat tracing rectification tender ended as a two-horse race after four bidders fell at technical screening.
 
4) HPRGE picks winner for Bhatinda 2G ethanol solar + BESS feasibility as H1 undercuts H2 by 69.5%
8The award comes with a sharp price signal, with the h1 quote far below the runner-up, raising questions on effort assumptions versus deliverable rigor. One clause quietly reshapes bidder incentives by barring the winning consultant from the downstream epc tender at the same location.

Click on Details for more Details

Andhra Refinery Update

Feb 05: BPCL Phenol unit licensors face tighter acetone benzene spec and long-tailed CPBG
8The phenol unit licensor tender is quietly hardening on both risk and process basis, even as the bid timeline stretches.
Click on Details for more Details

Downstream contracting briefs

Feb 05: 1) Five bid due date extensions push NRL’s PPU purge gas recovery (membrane) package
8The missing piece is why the promoter had to bend its own no-extension posture—and what that implies for participation and post-award risk transfer.
 
2) IOCL extends IEX power trader tender timeline for Barauni Refinery without touching risk or scope
8IOCL has pushed out the bid deadline for its IEX-linked power trader engagement at Barauni Refinery. The extension is clean, procedural, and leaves all commercial and risk clauses untouched. The move quietly highlights the fragility of competition in India’s licensed power trading services market.

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

Feb 05: 8Here's what's happening today in the E&P, midstream-downstream, and CGD section
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Downstream contracting briefs

Feb 05: 1) Mehsana rig electrical retrofit tightens SITC accountability around MCCB-ELR integration
8ONGC is not buying breakers; it is buying a protection-and-control retrofit that must perform under live rig conditions.
8The scope quietly locks integration testing and compatibility into acceptance, reshaping who can realistically bid.
8The real contest will play out around access risk, not nameplate ratings.
 
2) 100 mw+ solar epc empanelment pushes evacuation and grid-change risk onto vendors
8OIL is not buying a plant here; it is building a vendor funnel for 100 mw+ solar assets that must perform for 25 years.
8The fine print quietly expands EPC into evacuation, approvals and right of way while reserving commercial pressure for later RFQs.
8A small documentation anomaly and a hard grid-change stance hint at how tough the next stage could be.
 
3) Participating bidders test HPWBM mud engineering tender on mobilisation clocks and centrifuge-only risk oil india/hpwbm drilling services
8Oil’s participating bidders pushed on camp support, equipment acceptability and how “optional” centrifuge services will really be used in the field.
8The promoter’s replies stayed mostly in “no change” territory, but a few edits quietly rewired mobilisation and consortium staffing in ways that can reshape who stays competitive.
8The technical compliance risk is now less about one HPWBM spec and more about whether bidders can absorb split mobilisation obligations without pricing themselves out.
 
4) ILM rig services tender timeline extended
8ONGC has pushed the bid deadline for its high-horsepower rig ILM services package deeper into February 2026.
8The extension is narrow, clean, and limited strictly to timelines, with no technical or commercial softening.
8The move raises familiar questions about bidder readiness in long-horizon drilling support contracts.
 
5) Performance based O&M at Bhaskar-1 field extended
8SunPetro has pushed the bid deadline for its Bhaskar-1 performance based O&M contract to March 2026.
8The move comes without any change to scope or risk allocation, keeping the pressure squarely on bidders.
8What triggered the extra time, and what it signals about participation, remains the key question.
 
6) ONGC pushes project dot system integrator empanelment closing to a later date
8The extension looks routine on paper, but the tender’s QBS evidence burden and a timeline-control choice buried in clarifications reshape who can realistically compete.
8What that means for bidder pool quality, evaluation risk, and the timing of downstream limited tenders is now the real story.
 
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Daily forward looking import matrices

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Bulandshahr District City Gas Distribution Project

Feb 05: 8Project Name: Bulandshahr District City Gas Distribution
8Project Cost: Rs 350 crore Click here for more details Details

Kakinada District City Gas Distribution Project

Feb 05: 8Project Name: Kakinada District City Gas Distribution
8Project Cost: Rs 250 crore Click here for more details Details

Petrobras expands crude oil sales to India

Feb 05: For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
8Annual rate contract for plumbing and carpentry work Details
8Tender for in-situ machining and bolt drilling & tapping of coke drum flanges Details
8Tender for supply of gas turbine spares Details 
8CMC for IBM/DELL/LENOVO/HP servers and accessories Details
8Tender for supply and installation of miscellaneous electrical items Details
8Procurement of VRS multi product dispensers for retail outlets Details
8Three-year rate contract for COMOS engineering documentation support Details
8Tender for supply of grease pump Details
8Tender for STP and maintenance of domestic 14.2 kg LPG cylinders Details
8Annual rate contract (ARC) for re-tubing of heat exchanger Details
8Tender for in-house STP and maintenance of LPG cylinders Details
8Contract for professional services/works including surveying, soil investigation, structural designing and development of layout plan Details
8Appointment of third-party logistics (3PL) for supply of lubricants to direct OEM under MSO for a period of 2 years Details
8Procurement of CS/AS/SS tubes for heat exchangers Details
8Procurement of Peroni pumps spares Details
8Hiring of HCV and LCV for CNG cascade transportation in Ponda and North Goa areas Details
8Tender for review and updation of internal audit manual and internal controls (corrigendum-2) Details
8Tender for SITC of MCCBs with ELR and accessories for E-760-16 drilling rig Details
8Tender for replacement of damaged condenser coils of air-cooled AC Details
8Tender for microtunneling and pipeline installation across SONG-2 river crossing Details
8Tender for cathodic protection and coating surveys for SRPL pipelines Details
8Tender for supply of Kirloskar Bro. Ltd. make bare pump assembly Details
8Procurement of engine#1 coupling element for rig Sagar Uday Details
8Procurement of spares for 12 nos. of Metachem make chemical dosing pumps Details
8Rate contract for civil major repair and renovation works Details
8Tender for manufacture and supply of ERW steel pipe Details
8Procurement of Flexitallic make change gasket Details
8Tender for procurement of forged fittings Details
8Tender for supply of pipe fittings Details
8Tender for supply of SO2 detection tubes (20–200 ppm) Details
8Tender for supply of breather valve with flame arrester Details
8Procurement of spares for BIFFI make actuators for PHPL Details
8Procurement of spares for diesel engines of refinery fire water pumps of F&S Details
8Tender for supply of saddle type pressure gauges Details
8Supply of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) jars on staggered basis Details
8Tender for supply of propylene Details
8Tender for supply of refractory castable Details
8Tender for supply of Del PD pump spares Details
8Tender for operation and maintenance of electrical systems Details
8Tender for lining up of agency for conducting T4S audit Details
8Tender for supply of firing device for 3400 KW MUG compressor Details
8Tender for fire hydrant pipeline painting at LPG BP bottling plant Details
8Tender for supply of vertical sump pumps with FLP motors Details
8Procurement of fall arrestor system comprising of horizontal lifeline and accessories in unloading B Details
8Annual rate contract for maintenance of CCTV systems Details
8Tender for transportation of 6 inch API 5L 3LPE coated pipes Details
8Tender for inhouse pressure testing of DPT cylinders Details
8Tender for OEM supervision assistance for Flowserve make rotary equipment Details
8Supply of material excluding freight charges Details
8Tender for procurement of liquid sulphur pump spares Details
8Procurement of Flowserve make mainline pump spares for VBPL Details
8Tender for supply of limit switch box for ROSOV Details
8Procurement of utilities pump 34-P-101 pump spares Details
8Tender for servicing of easy laser alignment kit (model XT550) Details
8Tender for supply of portable multi gas responder Details
8Annual rate contract for maintenance of drain management system and provision of temporary shed Details
8Tender for supply of stainless steel heat exchanger Details
8Tender for supply of mandatory spares for MR group A1 including freight of mandatory spares Details
8Tender for modification of existing washing unit Details
8Tender for annual maintenance contract (AMC) of ROSOVs Details
8Procurement of spares and maintenance of Rotork make MOVs Details
8Procurement of 10.5 MT calcium hypochlorite for raw water filtration unit for a period of two (2) years Details
8Tender for procurement of PG, TG and RTD Details
8Tender for transportation of base oil for Budge Budge lube plant Details
8Tender for supply of hydrochloric acid for well stimulation Details
8Tender for piping and structural fabrication work Details
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 8GAIL contests latest petroleum & natural gas regulator's tariff order Details
 8Rupee falls 11 paise to close at 90.43 against US dollar Details
 8Carrot & slick: India readies to hike US oil buys Details
 8US refiners struggle to absorb sudden surge in Venezuelan oil imports Details
 8Steeper discounts on Russian oil test India's response to US trade deal Details
 8India could cut fuel import bill by $3 billion by switching to Venezuelan crude: SBI report Details
 8India committed to no longer purchasing Russian oil, $500 billion of investments into US: White House Details
 8Oil prices fall as US, Iran agree to talks, easing conflict concerns Details
 8Ukraine's landmark U.S. LNG delivery marks a new era Details
 8Global LNG market faces supply surge and future demand shifts Details
 8Petronas and PTT secure new LNG supply deal for 2028 Details
 8MAIRE pushes deeper into modular LNG with Baker Hughes partnership Details
 8Petronet LNG, ONGC sign five-year MRA for LNG regasification Details
 8E-cooking could fuel India’s energy transition after EV push, says report Details
 8Plea to include auto LPG in TERI-led fuels study Details
 8Kathmandu short on LPG as refinery maintenance, transport delays bite Details
 8Russia foreign ministry confident India will continue Russian oil purchases Details
 8HPCL and Oil India to develop compressed bio-gas project Details
 8Europe’s chemical industry is collapsing under energy costs and regulation Details
 8Trafigura calls for a rethink of LNG project funding Details
 8US oil drilling continues to flounder Details
 8Russia leans on China as U.S. tries to squeeze Indian oil trade Details
 8Petrobras expands crude oil sales to India Details
 8Russia defends India's oil purchases as mutually beneficial for energy market stability Details
 8'India is free to buy oil anywhere': Kremlin rejects Trump’s claim on Russian oil Details
 8American Petroleum Institute plans India office Details
 8Oil India plans upstream growth across Northeast, Rajasthan, and offshore areas Details
 8If India stops buying Russian oil, what it could mean for Moscow’s revenues — explained Details
 8Can India switch from Russian to Venezuelan oil, as Trump wants? Details
 8Oil India share price jumps nearly 18%, hits 52-week high Details
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Announcements

Feb 05: New Page 1 8Essar Ports drives strategic conversations at India Infrastructure’s 23rd ports conference [Essar] Details
8Outcome of board meeting held on February 04, 2026 confidence petroleum India Limited [Confidence] Details
8Receipt of show cause notice from enforcement directorate regarding Rs. 16 crore seizure [Alphageo] Details
8Transcripts of earnings call [Welspun] Details
8Financial results for the quarter and nine months ended December 31, 2025 [IRM] Details
8Authorized key managerial personnel [IRM] Details
8Investor presentation on Q3 FY26 [IRM] Details
8Appointment of Shri Sandeep Kumar, IAS as additional director [GSPL] Details
8Grant of 1,10,701 employee stock options under ‘Afcons infrastructure limited [Afcons] Details
8Transcripts of earnings call [GES] Details Details

IOCL top brass: What is going on?

Feb 04: 8Something spooky is going on at the top
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ONGC's offshore pipeline laying programmes: Lessons learnt

Feb 04: What are the lessons that ONGC has learned from its recent pipeline experience?
8And how is the company planning to exploit them in the next programme
8And how big is the next programme likely to be?
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ONGC’s Jackup rig tender: Six throw in their hats

Feb 04: 8Find out who they are
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Andhra Refinery Update

Feb 04: Andhra Cumene unit tender hardens licensor risk box as bid due date extended
8Amendments are rewriting utility assumptions and liability geometry.
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The North East Grid is going into Phase-III expansion

Feb 04: 8What is it all about?
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Oil India’s Dandewala GSU EPC tender is extended with EMD cut and BEC-BRC rewired

Feb 04: 8Oil India has pushed the Dandewala gas sweetening unit bid deadline out again, taking the package 133 days beyond its original closing date.
8The latest extension is bundled with a quieter but sharper move: bid security is reduced while qualification proof is tightened around desert-ready, continuously operated CO2 separation technology.
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ONGC hard-links liquidated damages to 72-hour commissioning run and adds dismantling risk in GCRP at Nawagam GCP

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E&P contracting brief for the day

Feb 04: 1) ONGC tightens exchanger maintenance discipline with pay-cut levers and “brand new” hydro-jetting rules
8It is not just buying manpower for 22 well-fluid preheaters; it is buying a prescribed maintenance method, right down to tooling and chemistry.
8The tender’s most consequential control is not qualification paperwork but deduction-trigger clauses that convert on-site deviations into immediate revenue hits.
 
2) OIL frames upper assam tubular running services as an auditable, kpi-driven completion integrity packag
8The tender seeds measurable running-time norms and torque-turn traceability as the backbone of completion execution.
8It also shifts connection-damage exposure toward the contractor well before commercial terms are even visible.
 
3) ONGC extends deadline for for Sagar Gaurav high risk spud can repair package
8ONGC is buying a high-risk, high-interface repair outcome under a turnkey wrapper: dredging for safe docking, port clearances and husbandry, engineering-design, procurement actions (including permits/approvals), and the full class approval pathway sit with the contractor
 
4) SunPetro extends 50T workover rig callout tender
8The extension looks less like generosity and more like a bid-compliance and participation salvage move in a documentation-heavy rig package.
8The small mismatch between “two weeks” framing and the calendar shift is the kind of detail that decides who stays compliant and who gets filtered out.
 
5) Tender deadline pushed ahead as ONGC seeks multi-location reservoir field services
8The extension is, buying bidders time on a contract that demands simultaneous delivery across four operating theatres.
8The real pinch points are not just rates, but HPHT-ready deployment capacity, strict documentation gates, and reverse auction mechanics that can thin the field.
8What the extension is really signalling about participation and risk-transfer sits beneath the surface.
 
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Downstream contracting briefs: Awards

Feb 04: 1) Polyester industrial yarn derivatives market study
8There is a winner
 
2) IOCL’s Gujarat refinery confined space entry supervision award lands with a tied L1 and a compliance-heavy shutdown scope
8The contract forces contractors to carry payroll governance, PPE/IFR compliance and round-the-clock staffing risk while the owner retains EIC-driven discretion.

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Downstream contracting briefs: Part I

Feb 04: 1) This refinery locks in a governance-heavy DHDS shutdown tender
8The refiner is framing its DHDS turnaround less as a rate contract and more as an auditable execution system. The tender hard-wires shift accountability, leak-free reassembly discipline, and in-refinery exchanger yard capability into the contractor’s risk stack.
 
2) Company hardwires 24x7 mechanical static readiness into a three-year refinery ARC
8It looks like a routine maintenance ARC, but the clause design quietly turns it into a capacity-reservation contract. The scope bundles certified metallurgy work, safety governance, and always-on standby expectations into one price path that will be stress-tested in reverse auction.
 
3) Owner tightens OEM-bound heater refurbishment for BS-VI MSG revamp reliability
8This tender hard-binds a heater repair to “as-original” metallurgy and electrical performance while keeping acceptance control at the OEM shop. The fine print signals a deliberate choice between price discovery and reliability certainty, and the trade-off is where the real story sits.
 
4) Refiner’s pipelines seeks advanced FFS and FEA-led integrity evaluation to decide safe operation limits for pipeline defects
8The owner is buying analytical authority, not inspection activity, by outsourcing defect acceptability decisions tied to global FFS standards and level III simulations.
 
5) This 20 TDP CBG site development tender hardwires process discipline and screens out EMD-short bidders
8This is like a compliance stress test rather than a routine earthwork package.

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Downstream contracting briefs: Part II

Feb 04: 1) BPREP carbon steel columns/towers tender stretches 103 days on 9 extensions, with site-assembly cost floors tightening bidder behaviour
8Nine deadline extensions push the bid close by 103 days, a participation signal that rarely stays “just administrative.
 
2) NRL stretches RPTU instrumentation bid deadline
8The final move lands alongside an attachment of bidder query responses, tightening the tender basis late in the cycle. The timeline signals a participation-and-clarification squeeze that could reshape bid aggression and interface risk pricing
 
3) Naphtha cracker shutdown rate contract pushes phased mobilisation and six-month wage reimbursement, as the bid date slips
8The real tightening is inside the execution governance. The sow loads contractors with phased mobilisation readiness, safety policing, and micro-interface liabilities that usually surface only after incidents.
 
4) CPCL’s 100 mw RTC renewables pre-feasibility tender sees repeated close-date pushes
8This is as QCBS gates narrow the advisor pool
 
5) CPCL’s GUIDE framework CRO tender extension shifts the clock
8But keeps the risk posture unchanged
 
6) IOCL extends bid for naphtha cracker shutdown maintenance
8Keeping reverse auction pressure intact

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Daily forward looking import matrices

Feb 04: 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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8LNG
8Crude
8Chemicals
8Fertilizers
8LPG
8Ammonia
8Coal & Coke
8All tankers
8Bulk and Dry cargo
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Today's update in E&P, Midstream-Downstream & CGD sector

Feb 04: 8Here's what's happening today in the E&P, midstream-downstream, and CGD section
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Ernakulam District City Gas Distribution Project

Feb 04: 8Project Name: Ernakulam District City Gas Distribution
8Project Cost: Rs 300 crore Click here for more details Details

Faizabad and Sultanpur Districts City Gas Distribution Project

Feb 04: 8Project Name: Faizabad and Sultanpur Districts City Gas Distribution
8Project Cost: Rs 200 crore Click here for more details Details
  • Feb 04: Faizabad and Sultanpur Districts City Gas Distribution Project:Details
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  • Feb 03: Bid closing pushed to 16 February 2026 for Baghewala emulsified crude sale:Details
  • Feb 03: Corrigendum hardens EMD traceability and pushes ATC/SLA supremacy in Oil India’s WCL labour package for Assam installations :Details
  • Feb 03: ONGC hardens dry-dock eligibility for offshore  vessel O&M:Details
  • Feb 03: E&P contracting brief for the day:Details