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Dec 2025

8IOCL’s vessel acquisition attempt pushes complex JV structuring and cross-border due diligence
8But is the company wanting to do this?
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8There are licensor-driven uncertainties in the coal gasification LSTK package.
8And there are consequences there of
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1) Single-source consultancy defines the technical roadmap for PBFS drying at Manali
8The scope is a detailed study for installing a dryer and purification system in the PBFS stream at CPCL’s Manali refinery, framed as a custom service on GeM. A single pre-listed seller, New Multifab Engineers, is positioned to define the process options, integration philosophy and operating envelope for the future installation. How this lone consultant interprets the refinery’s constraints and opportunities could determine the technical playbook for PBFS handling over the next project cycle.
 
2) IOCL adds option and excess-settlement levers while nudging MJPL ILI bidders with a short GeM bid-deadline extension.
8IOCL has quietly overhauled the commercial fine print on its MJPL ILI GeM tender while issuing a tightly framed technical addendum. Bidders now face a 25% option on quantity and duration, a capped excess-charge window, and uncompromising UTSW performance demands. The bid deadline has moved only slightly, raising the stakes on how fast vendors can re-price their risk.
 
3) BPCL extends bid deadline for three-year biogas plant O&M contract at Mahul refinery
8BPCL has quietly pushed out the bid deadline for its Mahul biogas plant O&M contract, giving bidders additional time beyond the original window. The corrigendum stops short of altering scope, qualification or commercial structures. Yet the extra days could still reshape who participates and how aggressively they price this three-year downstream O&M job.
 
4) BPCL hardens risk controls but softens payment phasing on PRFCCU KMU and OSBL dismantling at Mumbai refinery.
8BPCL has quietly rewritten key clauses on its PRFCCU KMU dismantling tender after the pre-bid meeting, but not in the way most bidders hoped. Payment milestones are now more granular and pro-rata, even as scope, schedule and option-clause risk remain firmly with the contractor. The real story lies in how these tweaks reshape bidder behaviour, pricing and bankability for one of Mumbai refinery’s most sensitive brownfield jobs.
 
5) GAIL pre-bid replies keep O&M cost and labour risk firmly with contractors in Maharashtra pipeline ARC
8GAIL’s replies to pre-bid queries on its Maharashtra O&M ARC leave low SOR rates and demanding digital and mobility obligations untouched. Contractors are expected to provide motorcycles, smart devices, biometric systems and extended hours of work without any relaxation in price or explicit overtime compensation. With new labour codes confirmed as fully applicable, the real story now is how many bidders will accept this risk-loaded configuration.

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8It exposes deep structural issues across land, transmission, domestic manufacturing, and storage.
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8Project Name: Patna District City Gas Distribution
8Project Cost: Rs 350 crore Click here for more details Details
8Natural gas and infrastructure expansion [Rajya Sabha] Details
8Lack of growth in oil refinement capacity [Rajya Sabha] Details
8Refining boom vs production slide [Rajya Sabha] Details
8Coverage and refill trends under the Ujjwala Yojana [Rajya Sabha] Details
8Oil exploration off the coast of Kollam in Kerala [Rajya Sabha] Details
8Expansion of national gas grid [Rajya Sabha] Details
8Bringing petrol and diesel under GST [Rajya Sabha] Details
8The draft Petroleum and Natural Gas Rules, 2025 [Rajya Sabha] Details
8Free LPG connections under PMUY [Rajya Sabha] Details
8Roadmap for achieving the 20 per cent ethanol blending target [Rajya Sabha] Details
8Crude oil import dependency [Rajya Sabha] Details
8Retail fuel price adjustments and input cost trends [Rajya Sabha] Details
8Storage capacity of Strategic Petroleum Reserves [Rajya Sabha] Details
8Ethanol blended petrol programme roadmap [Rajya Sabha] Details
8Ethanol blended into petrol or diesel [Rajya Sabha] Details
8Safety of oil and gas pipelines [Rajya Sabha] Details Details
8ROU Acquisition for the New Mundra–Panipat Crude Oil Pipeline Project by IOCL [Gazette] Details
8Torrent Power Ltd Set to Procure LNG from JERA Co., Inc. [Torrent] Details
8Sale of Crude Oil from Ravva and ONGC Blocks [DGH] Details
8Natural Gas Pipelines Network in India As on September, 2025 [PNGRB] Details
8Introduction of Kochi Delivery Point in Gas Segment [IGX] Details
8Additional Monthly Power Contracts [IGX] Details
8Director Changes and Approval for Incorporation of Wholly Owned Subsidiary [Confidence] Details
8Changes in Senior Management Personnel [IRM] Details
8SEAMEC AGASTYA Arrives in India Post-Drydock; Charter to Begin After Completion of Mandatory Formalities [Seamec] Details
8Postal Ballot Initiated for Extension of Tenure of Two Whole-Time Directors [Petronet] Details Details
For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
8Sale of crude oil from Ravva and ONGC blocks Details
8Lining up an agency for re-babbitting of bearing Details
8Procurement of roof drain systems for tank 205-TK-004, 205-TK-006 & 205-TK-019 Details
8Procurement of Hero engine flush oil at Silvassa, Asaoti & Kolkata for one year Details
8Appointment of service provider for managing centralized vehicle tracking & management system Details  
8Procurement of particle size analyzer Details  
8Services for Fireproofing of Instrumentation Cable Trays Details
8Annual rate contract for mechanized grass control job Details
8Procurement of Cleantech (PAC only) Details 
8Comprehensive Services for PLC/SCADA and Engineering Station Migration to New Hardware Details
8Non-comprehensive AMC for Siemens make PLC systems for three years Details
8Service assistance in mechanical, electrical, T&I maintenance, operations & miscellaneous works Details
8Hiring of expert services of M/s Voith for installed dual I/H converter in OHCU RGC Details
8Annual rate contract for revisioning of gate, globe, ball, plug, check valves & PSVs Details
8Supply and installation of wall panelling at emergency control room Details
8Procurement of hydrotest vessel with QOEC Details
8Procurement of argon gas Details
8Procurement of DCP 9 kg extinguisher Details
8CAMO of VAM and chiller units Details
8Procurement of leak-proof seal spares for wax sector Details
8AMC for STG alternator servicing (21 – RPRC257345) Details
8Procurement of Hydrodyne pumps and spares Details
8Procurement of UT pumps and spares Details
8Procurement of Diphoterine eye-wash and similar items Details
8Supply of flameproof local control station with start/stop switches Details
8Supply of HT festoon cables Details
8Procurement of Hoerbiger make spares for stepless control system Details
8AMC for Honeywell make DCS (Experion) & PLC (SM) system Details
8Maintenance, inspection & load test certification of high mast lighting towers Details
8Procurement of well head isolation tool (WHIT) Details
8Procurement of gate valve MOV & MCS Details
8Hiring of OEM expert engineer for inspection of HRSG3 diverter damper Details
8Rectification of solar water heater system Details
8Transportation of CNG through commercial CNG fuel vehicles Details
8Servicing and calibration of ACBs Details
8Consultant engagement for vessel acquisition advisory Details
8AMC for TPI automation services Details
8Procurement of soda ash Details
8Procurement of non-invasive fluid Details
8Procurement of FRP spare tanks for caustic and acid storage in DM plant Details
8Maintenance of fire-fighting systems, mechanical equipment, tank lorry filling & tank farm operations Details
8Liability insurance service – indemnity insurance Details
8Printing works of SOP boards Details
8Hiring agency commission for mobile lab operator-cum-driver Details
8Correction of tare weight of negative tare cylinders Details
8Tank wagon unloading and track maintenance services Details
8Group personal accident insurance service Details
8Rake wagon decantation of petroleum products Details
8Procurement of 14-inch flame arrester element Details
8Procurement of MS blind flanges (ASME B16.5, class 150, 3” NPS, 20 mm thickness) Details
8Procurement of transformer ignition TRS-830P for ZEECO PDPP Details
8Procurement of 1100V XLPE armoured cable Details
8Procurement of small bore valves Details
8Design, supply, installation, testing & commissioning of 150 kW solar power system Details
8Engagement of semi-skilled manpower for mechanical maintenance Details
8Supply of small bore pipes Details
8Procurement of smart commercial meter with EVC, NRV, AMR & regulator Details
8Conducting quantitative risk analysis & HAZOP study of pipelines Details
8Detailed study for installation of dryer and purification system Details
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 8New potential for more affordable and efficient hydrogen gas production Details
 84,000 gallons of oil, contaminated wastewater spill in Monterey County Details
 8Chevron eyes new Nigeria oil blocks aiming for late-2026 rig arrival Details
 8Labor shortages threaten to derail Europe's energy security pivot Details
 8UAE to hike LNG exports to meet soaring global demand Details
 8Why oil prices are set to fall below $60 next year Details
 8Delhi air quality remains 'very poor', likely to turn severe in coming days Details
 8Vedanta Group's Cairn Oil & Gas seeks global partners for $5 bn expansion Details
 8Rupee falls 16 paise to 90.11 against US dollar in early trade Details
 8Oil steadies, Ukraine peace talks and US rate decision in spotlight Details
 8Shell backs out of first phase of Argentina LNG project Details
 8Russian gas reaches China for first time since US sanctions on Gazprom Neft Details
 8Amit Shah opens bio-CNG plant, hails Banas Dairy’s growth Details
 8JERA signs first long-term LNG deal to supply India Details
 8City gas firms race ahead on CNG, lag on home connections Details
 8National gas grid expansion accelerated to improve energy access across India Details
 8Atirath Holdings to invest Rs.4,000 crore in bio-CNG sector Details
 8CM reviews civil supplies department, sets 2028 target for piped gas to every MP home Details
 8Confidence Petroleum announces board changes and expansion plans Details
 8HD Hyundai moves forward to build shipyard in India Details
 8GAIL’s net zero challenge: how will India’s gas giant decarbonize 16,000 km of pipelines by 2035? Details  
8India's IOC seeks LNG cargo for January delivery, sources say Details
 8LPG tanker overturns on Outer Ring Road, traffic hit for 30 mins Details
 8India's fuel demand hits six-month peak in November Details
 8India’s crude oil imports from US in November second highest since 2022 Details
 8India free to buy oil from sources it deems beneficial, says Russia Details
 8ONGC clarifies Jambusar boat incident; confirms no ONGC employees were onboard Details
 8NTPC Green invites bids for 132 kV GIS substation at Pudimadaka hydrogen hub Details
 8Government highlights key progress under National Green Hydrogen Mission Details
 8ExxonMobil, Aramco and Samref ink agreement for potential Samref refinery upgrade, new petrochemical complex Details
 8BPCL named among world’s top 100 Corporate Startup Stars Details
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8Project Name: Cuttack District City Gas Distribution
8Project Cost: Rs 350 crore Click here for more details Details
8Project Name: Nawada and Koderma District City Gas Distribution
8Project Cost: Rs 300 crore Click here for more details Details
1) Corrigendum hardens bid-security and governance while pushing nitrogen pumping tender deadline to 25 December
8ONGC has quietly rewritten the legal scaffolding of its multi-asset nitrogen pumping tender while granting bidders only a modest extension to 25 December.
8Powers of attorney, EMD exemptions, e-BG formats and force-majeure relief have all been redrawn without touching the demanding 10,000-psi technical brief.
8Whether serious contractors treat this as a compliance hurdle or as a welcome clean-up of process risk will only be known once the extended bid window closes.
 
2) Fourteen-day EOI deadline extension seeks deeper CCUS proposals for Uran acid gas treatment pilot
8ONGC has quietly pushed the EOI deadline for its Uran acid gas treatment pilot from 4 December to 18 December 2025 without touching the demanding technical brief.
8The shift now places the EOI meet just ahead of closure, giving technology providers a last window to calibrate designs for CO2 capture, sulphur recovery and 95 percent uptime.
8Whether this extended runway broadens the field of serious CCUS contenders or merely postpones difficult risk-allocation questions is what the next fortnight will reveal.
 
3) Twenty-one-day bid extension keeps NK CBM workover rig contest open under unchanged risk and security regime
8Prabha Energy has pushed its NK CBM workover rig bid deadline from 21 November to 12 December 2025 without touching a single commercial safeguard.
8EMD, 5% PBG and a demanding 24x7 CBM workover scope all stay exactly where they were in the original November NIT.
8Whether this extra runway expands a thin bidder universe or simply raises expectations on execution discipline is what the extended window will now test.
 
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1) Three survivors and five exits narrow the race for Cauvery gas-detector calibration contract
8A crowded eight-bidder field for Cauvery’s gas-detector calibration contract has been cut down to just three technically qualified contenders.
8Five firms, including known gas-detection and automation names, have fallen at the compliance and clarifications hurdle.
8What this filtered line-up means for pricing, risk allocation and long-term safety performance is where the real story now lies.
 
2) Six civil contractors chase frontier-basin drill-site ARC under tight TPIA-backed BEC and two-bid discipline
8A six-way civil contest has opened around ONGC’s three-year ARC for drill-site and DSA construction in frontier basins.
8Behind the names lies a dense mix of experience thresholds, TPIA scrutiny and a 60:40 work-split that will decide who actually reaches site.
8What those bidders asked—and what ONGC accepted or refused—now becomes the quiet battleground shaping margins and competition.
 
3) Pre-bid replies lock in hard currency and risk terms for high-end wireline logging and TCP-DST services
8ONGC’s written pre-bid clarifications on its flagship wireline and TCP-DST tender answer dozens of queries but concede very little on core risk and currency clauses.
8Foreign and Indian bidders alike are told to price under an INR-anchored, high-penalty regime that leans heavily on prior empanelment terms and centralised policy.
8The few surgical tweaks that do emerge — from demobilisation holds to sample-bottle rentals — hint at how ONGC plans to run its logging services book over the next cycle without reopening the big debates.
 
4) Reply to queries locks in tougher FX and compliance regime as onshore wireline logging tender is extended to 16 December 2025
8Foreign wireline majors have pushed hard against ONGC’s revised bid-currency and local/import content rules, but the company has refused to blink. Instead,
8It has doubled-down with new BEC declarations, compressed challenge windows and a denser SCC around maintenance, customs and data delivery.
8A short extension to 16 December 2025 gives bidders more time to recalibrate their models, but not to renegotiate the risk.
 
5) Currency stand-off and CIS-heavy TCP-DST scope survive pre-bid pushback as ONGC extends bid date
8Foreign wireline majors have pushed hard against ONGC’s new currency and local-content regime for TCP-DST and specialised services, but the corporation has largely held its line.
8A second corrigendum now wraps up those arguments into consolidated replies, sharpens key SCC levers and grants bidders just one extra week to recalibrate.
8Whether that short window produces aggressive, hedged bids or a thinner, more cautious field is what this tender will now quietly test.

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1) Panel-locked TPI race to clear NOV-built rig carrier at US yard under tight mobilisation and lump-sum risk box
8ONGC has carved out a tiny club of pre-empanelled inspectors to sign off a single rig carrier at an NOV yard in Texas.
8The scope looks simple on paper but ties the TPI into OEM quality plans, IR-143 function tests and a ten-day mobilisation clock with LD hanging overhead.
8How these six agencies price travel risk, documentation load and schedule uncertainty around a three-day inspection window will decide who actually rides this rig carrier into ONGC’s fleet.
 
2) EBV-driven 250 MW captive wind tender of ONGC loads land, CUF and 25-year performance risk onto LSTK contractor
8ONGC’s new 250 MW captive wind tender quietly swaps simple L1 bidding for a kWh-based EBV battle over 25 years.
8CUF floors, NIWE-validated AEP, power-curve penalties and machine-availability guarantees mean bidders now live or die by long-term performance rather than just low capex.
8How developers price land obligations, CTU penalties and O&M-linked compensation under this compressed 30-month schedule will decide who actually steps onto this high-wire.
 
3) Close two-way EFMS contest hands Dunamis Mechatronics the job of wiring seven DS-Mumbai rigs for diesel visibility
8A tightly fought GeM reverse auction has given ONGC its preferred integrator for a complex engine fuel monitoring rollout across seven offshore rigs.
8The award sits inside a dense web of revised ATCs that stretch from PBG timing and OEM authorisation to arbitration in Delhi and mediation portals.
8How Dunamis navigates this mix of offshore execution risk, quantity flexibility and legal discipline will decide whether this EFMS template becomes ONGC’s standard for diesel-monitoring across the fleet.
 
4) Wide bid dispersion crowns Pradip Kumar Agarwal as low-priced 45 MT crane provider under 3+2 split regime
8Oil India’s five-crane GeM tender has closed with a striking 82.3 percent gap between the lowest and highest bids, yet a razor-thin 2.4 percent separation at the front.
8A 3+2 split model now forces any second contractor to live on L1’s lean pricing while still carrying full PBG and LD exposure.
8Whether this mix of aggressive rates, heavy capital and layered purchase-preference rules deepens competition or quietly narrows the viable vendor pool is what the award documents now leave insiders to decode.
 
5) Participating bidders win time but not softer risk as ONGC stretches Ahmedabad ETP revamp to eight months under live O&M
8Paramount, Bio Petro Clean and Spectron have forced ONGC to reopen the revamp calendar for its four Ahmedabad ETPs, but not the money maths behind them.
8The eight-month window now shields contractors from early LDs even as they must run and rebuild the plants at the same time.
8What that mix does to margins, bidder behaviour and future ONGC water-treatment tenders is where the real story lies.
 
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8Whether this longer runway deepens global competition or simply reprices risk on an unchanged commercial spine is what this offshore campaign will now test.
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8The production programme across 52 PML blocks in Kheda, Gandhinagar, Mehsana and Ahmedabad, targeting 3.81 MMT of crude oil and 329.75 MMSCM of associated gas over 15 years.
8The project spans 2251.94 sq km, making it one of the largest onshore development programmes undertaken in western India.
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Andaman mini-FSRU returns
8With public hearing exemptions, fragile eco-zones, and a 6,000 KL/day seawater draw, the revived proposal raises old questions in a new policy climate.
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8A 40.5-km city gas network meant to boost industrial and domestic PNG supply must now navigate regulatory hurdles as the route overlaps nearly 15 km of sanctuary and buffer areas in Dadra & Nagar Haveli
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8ONGC’s latest corrigendum quietly rewires the price sheet for its six-helicopter charter without touching a single line of the demanding offshore scope.
8Head-wise local and import content splits are now tied to a bid-date exchange rate, freezing currency behaviour over the contract’s full tenure.
8How operators absorb this FX and disclosure discipline into their margins will decide who can truly afford to fly ONGC offshore for five years.
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1) HPCL Mumbai refinery APC AMC awarded
8The refiner has handed its refinery-wide APC amc to Accely, but the scope still reads as if Honeywell’s HAIL is the intended performer. A 95 percent controller online factor, backed by invoice-linked penalties and an 18-month ePBG, turns this into a performance contract rather than a routine support job.
 
2) Tight three-way price finish in composite NG infrastructure works award in IOCL Guwahati refinery
8Three bidders finished within a 2 percent band for IOCL’s composite NG infrastructure package at Guwahati refinery.
 
3) IOCL awards five-year CGD booster compressor O&M contract for ICL units to Indian Compressors after steep undercut of rival bids.
8A five-year O&M contract for CGD booster compressors has gone to Indian Compressors at a price far below two rival bids.
 
4) IOCL awards five-year Sopan booster compressor O&M rate contract for CGD network under tight staffing norms and aggressive Group B pricing.
8A five-year comprehensive O&M contract for Sopan make booster compressors has gone to Sopan O And M Co Pvt Ltd at a price well below its two rivals.
 
5) Dual L1 positions and wide spreads define centrifugal pump award pattern in EIL LMBU project
8EIL’s latest centrifugal pump package for the LMBU project has thrown up two different L1 bidders across two BoQs. Price gaps run from mid-teens to over 40 percent against L1, despite a tightly curated OEM pool. What this means for margin, award strategy and future pump benchmarks is less obvious from the award snapshot than the raw numbers suggest.
 
6) KSB edges out Kirloskar in BPCL Bina BPREP vertical special purpose pump tender
8BPCL’s Bina refinery expansion has quietly locked in its vertical special purpose pump vendor with a narrow price gap and unusually soft cash terms. Behind that result sits a dense web of Make-in-India qualification rules, abrasive-service constraints and stricter NPSH margins that few OEMs can comfortably navigate.
 
7) Thin competition and aggressive L1 win BPCL Kochi refinery steam and insulation survey
8BPCL Kochi refinery has closed a two-year GeM rate contract for refinery-wide steam leak, insulation and setting loss surveys with just one viable L1 and a much costlier L2 in play.

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8ONGC has answered a barrage of pre-bid queries on its offshore wireline logging tender without yielding ground on the most contentious clauses.
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1) Zero-deviation API-grade pump package tightens localisation and delivery risk for polypropylene unit in NRL PPU project
8NRL and EIL have opened a high-spec pump race with a tender that looks routine on the surface but is unusually tight underneath.
 
2) Paradip refinery seeks multi-discipline engineering assistance under owner-heavy risk and code-intensive tender
8IOCL Paradip refinery has put nearly its entire downstream engineering backbone for stress, tank and structural design into a single long-horizon consultancy contract. Behind a modest EMD, the documents hide a demanding mix of global codes, tight mobilisation and a 39-month performance security lock-up. How bidders price, structure teams and hedge scope risk under a SOW that overrides the GCC will decide whether this becomes IOCL’s template for future refinery-wide engineering support.
 
3) BPCL Mumbai refinery DAS phase II reactor leak test compressor hire tightens nitrogen quality and safety regime
8BPCL Mumbai refinery has put an unusually tight nitrogen purity and oil-content bar on a seemingly small compressor hire, directly tying the package to DAS phase II reactor integrity.
 
4) Seven bid extensions stretch gas chromatograph analyser package timeline
8A refinery-critical gas chromatograph package for BPCL’s Bina petchem and refinery expansion has now seen its bid window pushed out by 78 days.
 
5) Four successive extensions push BPCL Bina petchem column and tower tender to mid-December without softening PQC or NDA guardrails
8BPCL’s Bina petchem expansion has quietly pushed its heavy column and tower tender from late October to 16 December, adding nearly seven weeks of bidding time. The scope and gatekeeping—thick-wall columns, trayed tower experience, tight NDA and HSE conditions—remain untouched despite four extensions.

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1) For BPCL’s Ramayapatnam LLDPE/HDPE swing project
8EIL has quietly stripped out the licensor’s obligation to deliver a full operator training simulator. That single deletion rewrites how operators will be prepared for abnormal and emergency scenarios in a 500 KTPA polyolefin unit. The shift also reshapes which licensors are best positioned to win the tender, and where the project’s operational risk now sits.
 
2) EIL sharpens catalyst economics and expands licensor service obligations in technical for the integrated hydro processing block
8EIL’s latest technical amendment for BPCL’s Andhra Pradesh refinery quietly rewrites how catalyst life, precious-metal costs and provenness will be judged. It simultaneously drags licensors deeper into installation, training and BEDP coordination alongside the owner’s consultants.
 
3) BPCL AP refinery licensor tender tightens aggregate liability and patent risk carve-outs in NHT and ISOM units
8BPCL and EIL have quietly rewritten the small print on how much liability a licensor must carry for the AP refinery’s NHT and ISOM units. The latest commercial amendment fixes a 50% cap on ordinary exposure but doubles it when patents are challenged, while locking in hard guarantees and corrective-work obligations.

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8ONGC has instead used the Q&A to hard-code a 12-hour operating-day floor and reinforce tight percentage limits on ancillary charges while leaving bottom-hole sampling experience criteria unchanged.
8How bidders price this mix of rigid commercial guardrails and technically demanding slickline-plus-PVT work in a no-guarantee call-out model is the real story that will unfold at the bid table.
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1) BPCL Bina Petchem tower internals tender pushed to 10 December after fifth extension
8A fifth time extension has now pushed BPCL’s Bina Petchem tower internals tender out to 10 December, without touching any of the tight licensor-driven technical or commercial clauses.
 
2) IOCL Gujarat refinery extends EHT rundown header bid window while easing exposure temperature but tightening quantity-variation risk for contractors
8IOCL’s Gujarat refinery has quietly pushed out the bid deadline three times on its EHT upgrade for the RCO and bitumen rundown headers. Along the way it has cut the governing exposure temperature and clarified cable responsibilities after bidder pushback. But behind these softeners sits a hard line on quantity-variation risk and long-term maintenance that will shape how aggressively contractors can bid.
 
3) IGGL pushes Duliajan feeder line PMC bid closure to 31 December after two GeM extensions.
8IGGL’s Duliajan feeder line PMC tender has quietly slid from a 1 December to a 31 December closure without touching the tight PQC and financial bars. The extra month coincides with a fresh GeM corrigendum that drags pre-bid minutes and Corrigendum I into the buyer’s ATC, sharpening the legal edge of clarifications.
 
4) EIL quietly adds 19 days and late technical tweaks on HPCL’s LMBU vertical SPP pump tender
8Two extensions, a fresh technical amendment and a dense Q&A have reshaped the calendar for HPCL’s LMBU vertical SPP pump tender. Bidders now have until 10 December to reconcile revised datasheets and strict MR-driven spares expectations under an unchanged commercial framework.
 
5) BPCL stretches bid window and hard-wires option and excess-settlement risk for complex CDU heater revamp
8A high-stakes VDU heater revamp at BPCL’s Mumbai refinery has quietly picked up nearly three extra weeks of bidding time and a powerful 25% option clause. New excess-settlement mechanics and pre-bid clarifications now lock contractors into SS310-heavy metallurgy, extensive structural repairs, and steep mobilization benchmarks under a strict no-deviation regime.

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1) Bid window quietly extended for UOP expert PSA services in IOCL Haldia refinery
8IOCL has pushed back the bid deadline for its UOP-only PSA expert support tender after the original window technically expired. The move preserves all existing commercial and compliance clauses while giving the OEM two extra weeks to submit. What this really signals about IOCL’s flexibility on time versus risk allocation needs a closer read of the fine print.
 
2) HPCLl pushes ASF consultancy bid deadline by four days without easing risk terms
8HPCL has quietly pushed back the GeM deadline for its ASF consultancy and soil investigation tender covering Bagdogra and other airports.
 
3) IOCL Paradip power-trading ARC draws four top Category-I exchange bidders at technical stage
8Four heavyweight power traders have quietly cleared IOCL Paradip’s stringent technical gate for a one-year open-access power ARC.
 
4) Indian Oil cancels integration-heavy 220 kv gis epcc 03 tender after months of tightening terms and scope shifts at panipat maleic anhydride project
8The tender has now been cancelled, but the way it evolved may matter even more than the fact that it did not close.

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8ONGC takes a hard line on commercial risk while tightening several technical boundaries
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8Generalist consultants fall away
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8BPCL’s Ramayapatnam PFCCU licensor tender is emerging as a stress test of how much risk global FCC licensors are willing to carry into India. Pre-bid attempts to soften liability caps, shorten patent exposure, narrow territory and front-load cashflows have largely been rebuffed by EIL.
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8Will this new system brew resentment?
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8Find out what kind of appraisal is likely to happen
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1) BPCL’s Ramayapatnam cumene licensor race reopens as global competition with softer EMD and hard technical filters
8BPCL has quietly turned its Ramayapatnam cumene licensor hunt from an indigenous contest into a global race. The technical bar and 24-week BEDP clock stand firm, but bid security is lighter and expressed in multiple currencies. The real story now lies in how global licensors price technology, catalysts and guarantees against an unchanged risk and schedule spine.
 
2) BPCL reissues phenol unit licensor tender as global competition with extended timelines
8BPCL and EIL have quietly scrapped the indigenous-only route and reopened the phenol licensor race to the global market. Dates, EMD and turnover thresholds have been reset, while the core technical bar for a 200 KTPA phenol unit remains unchanged. What this reissue does to bidder behaviour, technology choice and schedule risk is where the real story lies.

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8ONGC has bundled four OALP Western offshore blocks into a single 3D broadband acquisition-and-processing campaign with tight fair-weather schedules and in-India imaging mandates.
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8Here's what's happening today in the E&P, midstream-downstream, and CGD section
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8Intimation of Receipt of Tariff Order from Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board [PIL] Details
8Essar Ports: Building digitally enabled green and smart ports [Essar] Details
8Essar’s senior leadership share their views on RBI Monetary Policy – December 2025 [Essar] Details
8Monthly CGD Progress Report As on October, 2025 [PNGRB] Details
8Corrigendum Issued: PNGRB Extends Bid Submission Timelines for Devangonthi–KIAL ATF Pipeline Project [PNGRB] Details
8CSL secured a Significant* order from a European Client for constructing advance electric ‘TRAnsverse’ tugs [CSL] Details
8Review of Crisil Ratings on the bank facilities of South West Pinnacle Exploration Limited [SWP] Details
8Notice of change in situation of registered office of the Company in newspapers [Petronet] Details
8CARE Ratings Places GSPL’s Bank Facilities on Rating Watch with Developing Implications [GSPL] Details
8Re-Appointment of Arun Kumar Singh as ONGC Chairman for One-Year Term [ONGC] Details
8Re-appointment of Independent Director [IGL] Details
8Cancellation of Scheduled Investors/Analyst Meet [HPCL] Details Details
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8Tender for fugitive and methane emission monitoring under LDAR program Details
8Calibration services for fluid flow, mass, volume, density, viscosity, and temperature Details
8Supply of chemical neutralization agent Details
8Supply of landing valve, male coupling, and associated washers Details
8Supply of half face gas mask with twin cartridges Details
8Procurement of drum sealing compound Details
8Procurement of Samyak Instrumentation selector switch for DM plant Details
8Three years AMC for CFR engines Details
8Refurbishment of double mechanical seal of M/s Eagle Burgmann make Details
8Tender for simulator-based defensive driving training for tank lorry drivers Details
8Tender for thermo cartridge and Thermo Fischer column supply Details
8Tender for KSB MIL control valve spares Details
8Tender for supply of handheld PMI alloy analyser Details
8Tender for supply of mechanical spares Details
8Supply of fire and safety equipment Details
8Three-year rate contract for data entry jobs Details
83-year ARC for transportation of non-HC material to and from BPCL Mumbai Refinery Details
8Supply of gasket for steam and water drums Thermax IFLZ003 Details
8Supply of QOC/QOEC seals for scrapper and basket filter equipment Details
8Supply and installation of online hot air sealing machine Details
8Tender for auxiliary jobs related to LPG bottling assistance Details
8Supply of high-pressure high-temperature reactor temperature transmitter Details
8Supply and installation of auto tapping unit at LPG terminal Details
8Supply, installation, testing, and commissioning of CCTV cameras Details
8Tender for supply of MS, CS, and SS plates Details
8Tender for manual filling, tallyman, and allied services at LPG plant Details
8Tender for cylinder handling and allied services at LPG plant Details
8Supply of PESO approved integrated type combo valve Details
8Supply of Voith I/H converter E360, DSG-B07113 Details
8Manpower outsourcing services for semi-skilled, high school, and administrative staff Details
8Procurement of cleaning, safety, and maintenance tools for plant and MCC areas Details
8Supply of commercial meter and regulators Details
8Design supply erection testing and commissioning of rooftop solar Details
8Tender for laying and construction of 4" NB steel pipeline with hot tapping works Details
8Annual maintenance contract for installed ROSOV Details
8Tender for two-year AMC of Honeywell TFMS Details
8Tender for financial audit services for renewal of ACL Analytics and AX server licenses Details
8Procurement of artificial lift materials and GLV accessories (FCV & DMV) for well completion Details
8Hiring of TPI agency for inspection of alkali soda ash against GeM contract placed on supplier for year 2025–26 Details
8Tender for setting up of captive ISTS-connected wind power project of 250 MW (±2%) on LSTK basis, including comprehensive O&M for 10 years across India Details
8Tender for repair of eight power electronics circuit boards Details
8Transportation and airfreight re-import of turbine compressor module, gearbox, gas generator and accessories Details
8Tender for construction of RCC boundary wall at Mora valve station Details
8Supply of know-how license, BEDP, catalysts, proprietary items and services for phenol unit project Details
8Tender for supply of special control valves for PDH-PP plant Details
8Supply of know-how/license, BEDP, catalyst, proprietary items and services for cumene unit Details
8Supply of centrifugal horizontal and vertical SPP pumps for polypropylene unit project Details
8Pre-tender meet for extruder vacuum unit Details
8Procurement of peroxide metering pumps for polypropylene unit (PPU) project Details
8Tender for sale of securities for FY 2025–26 Details
8Tender for NDR data center augmentation and facility management services (corrigendum-2) Details
8Hiring of services for external painting and fire water sprinkler maintenance for storage tanks (corrigendum-1) Details
8Providing detailed engineering and design for offshore unmanned wellhead platforms and associated pipelines (amendment-1) Details
8Rate contract for supply of filter elements for FRS and MRS Details
8Tender for construction of monolith units (retail outlet) Details
8Tender for repair of RCC structures in process units and buildings in P and U-2 and 3, R and D, LEB and DHDS Details
8Supply installation, testing and commissioning of OFC and UTP cabling for LAN expansion Details
8Hiring of TPI agency for inspection of rig carrier (trailer) Details
8Tender for repair and overhaul of PGC seal oil pump of Panna platform Details
8Tender for permanent stopping of oil leakage from ball valve gland Details
8Supply of heavy-duty multifunction printer with 5-year FSMA Details
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 8Pakistan to sell excess gas in international markets from January 1: petroleum minister Details
 8Vitol to supply Colombia’s new LNG import terminal Details
 8Chevron invests $3 billion in Gorgon LNG project Details
 8LNG imports becoming a liability: Pakistan Details
 8Eni finalizes its first long-term LNG supply deal with Thai company Details
 8New Fortress Energy and Puerto Rico finalise 7-year LNG deal Details
 8Surge in natural gas prices sets the stage for coal comeback Details
 8Europe’s soft gas prices put the squeeze on U.S. LNG traders Details
 8Solar hydrogen push: Indian Oil, IIT-ISM team up for smoke-free rural kitchens Details
 8India adds record 31.25 GW non-fossil capacity so far in FY26: Pralhad Joshi Details
 8BPCL buys Russian Urals, CPC from nonsanctioned entities, sources say Details
 8ONGC moves closer to keeping 20% stake in Russia's Sakhalin-1 project, sources say Details
 8Putin offers ‘uninterrupted’ oil supplies to India amid US pressure Details
 8‘Not only about oil and gas’: Putin says talks with India focus on wider economic cooperation Details
 8Oil climbs to 2-week high on Fed rate-cut signals, supply concerns Details
 8Tirumala biogas plant to go live by 2026 Details
 8Oil holds at two-week highs on expected US rate cut, geopolitical risks Details
 8GAIL (India) announces special recruitment drive for SC/ST/OBC & PwBD candidates Details
 8BPCL ranks first in CRISIL ESG ratings report for September 2025 Details
 8India hits 20% ethanol blending in petrol 5 years ahead of target: Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri Details
 8India's refining capacity expected to expand to 309.5 million metric tonne per annum by 2030: Petroleum MoS Suresh Gopi Details
 8EU moves to end Russian gas imports Details
 8India expands CNG network to 8,083 stations nationwide Details
 8IndianOil collaborates with Keonjhar district administration to achieve 100% LPG adoption under PMUY Details
 8India slams Trump’s threat of tariffs over Russian oil purchases Details
 8Trump sanctions impact: India’s crude oil imports from Russia set to hit 4-year low; but how long will the drop last? Details
 8India to account for over 40% of global oil demand growth by 2035 – govt shares estimates in Parliament Details
 8What Jharkhand’s LPG drive did to its forests, and why it matters Details
 8Nepal, India holding JWG meeting on petroleum, gas cooperation today Details
 8China, India emerge as top importers of Iraq’s seaborne oil Details
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8Big-ticket projects await a milestone-based roadmap for India’s 100 MT coal gasification mission.
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Weather damage, refinery delays and weak power demand are dragging down gas volimes,
8Meanwhile, industrial clusters are locking into propane on cost. 
8India’s gas market is no longer just cyclical.
8And some gas suppliers are now trying to sleep with the enemy to stay ahead
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8Two key command posts at India’s oil establishment are lining up for a near-simultaneous reset.
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1) IOCL Gujarat Refinery instrumentation ARC sees 0.01% L1/L2 spread amid high technical disqualification rate.
8The Annual Rate Contract (ARC) for Instrumentation Maintenance at IOCL's Gujarat Refinery has been secured with a record-tight bid, revealing intense commercial pressure at the top end of the vendor pool. The L1 and L2 bids were separated by a mere 0.01%, signifying near-identical market-minimum pricing for complex refinery unit maintenance.
 
2) HPCL locks commissioning and HAZOP/RA studies into single contract for Bhogapuram airport fuel farm consultancy.
8The award of the consultancy contract for the new Bhogapuram airport fuel facilities reveals a critical procurement strategy shift by HPCL. The promoter rejected a pre-bid request to exclude the highly technical HAZOP and QRA studies, insisting they must be integrated into the main commissioning contract. This decision fundamentally alters the risk and technical profile for participants, narrowing the field to only those capable of handling full end-to-end operational and safety mandates.
 
3) BPCLNagpur AFS hazop, GRA, and ERDMP tender: three bidders qualify, jp india engineering secures l1 at Rs 70,000.
8The Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) tender for Hazard and Operability (HAZOP), Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA), and Emergency Response and Disaster Management Plan (ERDMP) for its Nagpur Aviation Fuelling Station (AFS) saw three bidders successfully qualify against a strict experience criterion.

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8From deleting OTS scope to doubling LDs, enforcing early metallurgy freeze, extending BEDP timelines, and capping service costs, BPCL’s Andhra Refinery package reshapes the licensor landscape with tougher engineering demands and sharply elevated commercial exposure.
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1) BPCL Bina Refinery lubrication programme development: Demanding integrated reliability expertise.
8Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) has structurally accelerated its critical asset integrity drive at the Bina Refinery, mandating a 90-day hard limit for on-site activities under its new lubrication programme development (LPD) tender.
 
2) Petronet LNG's scope expands materially to integrate flare system desuperheater and its coolant control valve package 
8Technical Amendment-01, issued on 21.11.2025, revised the material requisition from two PDH-unit desuperheaters (Group-A) to three, adding a third unit for the flare system (Group-B). Critically, this addition mandates the inclusion of the associated coolant control valve, fundamentally shifting the package from static equipment to an integrated process control system. The move centralises responsibility but requires rapid, specialised engineering capability from the shortlisted vendors.
 
3) BPCL naphtha catalyst tender extends thrice as TPIA-mandated compliance locks up vendor pool.
8BPCL's critical naphtha hydrotreating catalyst tender at mumbai refinery has been pushed back three times, adding 10 days to the bid schedule. This unusual scheduling delay points directly to market friction concerning the stringent new compliance requirement for third-party inspection agency (TPIA) verified qualification documents. The promoter’s zero-tolerance policy, which includes the severe penalty of holiday listing for non-compliance, is testing vendor appetite and driving a significant shift in risk allocation.
 
4) BPCL BPREP emission monitoring package slips 14 days amidst technical vendor crunch.
8The crucial stack gas analyser system package for the Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited's Bina Petchem and Refinery Expansion Project has been delayed by a two-week tender extension.
 
5) HPCL mandates a two-stage catalyst refinement cycle with R&D, shifting procurement to performance co-development for VR FCC
8The EOI moves beyond standard procurement by granting vendors two explicit, fixed-timeline opportunities to reformulate the catalyst based on HPCL's R&D feedback. This iterative process is crucial for achieving the stated technical goal of the lowest possible yield for dry gas, coke, and bottoms. The high upfront R&D investment for bidders signals that HPCL is prioritizing long-term operational efficiency over short-term acquisition cost.
 
6) IOCL extends bid for 175 ktpa SAF project environment clearance at Panipat refinery.
8The extension of IOCL’s specialized tender for environmental impact assessment and rapid risk study signals potential friction in securing regulatory support for the flagship 175 KTPA sustainable aviation fuel project at Panipat.

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8This strongly indicates technical friction related to meeting the stringent API 612 compliance standard for rotating equipment.
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8This is a layer of complexity involved
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1) Steep four-way price spread crowns Alerts Securitas as low-priced guardian of PS-1 pipeline corridor
8Oil India’s PS-1 Duliajan pipeline patrol and security job has gone to Alerts Securitas at a price that sits dramatically below three rival bids.
8Behind that headline number lies a dense SOW that marries midstream ROW surveillance with 24/7 security obligations, all under strict RLC wage, HSE and GPS-tracking regimes.
 
2) Corrigendum locks HPWBM GeM bid into option clause, long-dated securities and MSE-integrity framework
8Oil India has quietly rewritten the commercial fine print of its four-year HPWBM GeM bid without touching the demanding drilling brief in Assam and Arunachal.
8A fresh option clause, multi-mode securities and hard-wired MSE purchase preference now sit alongside a stringent integrity pact and GeM’s invalid-ATC guardrails.
8How bidders price this mix of scope volatility, capital lock-up and policy-driven competition will decide who can actually carry the mud in this campaign.
 
3) Seven-day bid extension keeps gas-based SRP genset hiring open under tight securities and safety regime
8ONGC Cambay Asset has quietly pushed back the GeM bid deadline for its gas-based SRP genset hiring by a week, without touching EMD, PBG or the demanding safety SOW.
8The shift buys contractors more time to line up OEM-grade natural gas gensets, hazardous-area compliance and calibrated metering in a two-year, uptime-critical package.
8Whether this modest calendar reprieve broadens participation or simply sharpens risk-pricing around an unchanged LD and indemnity stack is what the extended bid window will now test.
 
4) Seven-day bid extension keeps Oil India Rajasthan–Gujarat 1000 HP mobile rig charter open after mast and drill-collar scope reset
8Oil India has quietly pushed the GeM bid deadline for its Rajasthan–Gujarat 1000 HP mobile rig charter from 5 December to 12 December 2025.
8The short extension lands after a technical amendment that deletes skidding and flexible rig-layout obligations while widening mast and drill-collar options.
8Whether this extra week unlocks stronger competition or simply compresses the drilling calendar under unchanged EMD and performance-security locks is what bidders – and OIL’s western-India rig plan – will now reveal.
 
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1) Ashoknagar pad tender turns civil works into a tightly policed enabler for a four-well FDP campaign
8ONGC’s Ashoknagar FDP pad tender wraps bunds, pits, pile foundations and live drilling-support works into a single percentage-rate package.
8A hard “no-deviation” BEC, layered performance securities and an aggressive Integrity Pact push most site, quantity and conduct risk onto the contractor.
8How bidders price that risk while still chasing a strategic foothold in ONGC’s newest onshore basin is the question the bid opening will answer, not the tender text.
 
2) Pan-India IT backbone contract tests single-vendor resilience for 99% uptime and cyber control
8ONGC has rolled its entire IT estate — from routers, servers and OFC to DISHA, EDR/NDR and PIM — into a single three-year managed services contest with a 99% uptime bar.
8The re-invited GeM bid quietly preserves tough technical BEC from the first round while easing documentation for five pre-screened bidders and tightening commercial discipline through a 40-month PBG and 25 percent option clause.
8How this high-stakes outsourcing of ONGC’s digital spine reshapes vendor risk, cyber posture and future analytics and automation workstreams is what the detailed tender now leaves bidders to decode.
 
3) Mobile corrosion-inhibitor fleets put Tripura and Cauvery flowline integrity under performance-linked service regime
8ONGC is bundling 21 truck-mounted dosing units across Tripura and Cauvery into a single, performance-heavy GeM service contract.
8Corrosion control shifts from ad-hoc inhibitor injection to a quantified regime of six-hour dosing windows, 45-day fluid sampling and GPS-tracked runs tied directly to payment and penalties.
8Whether bidders can live with a 50% LD cap, strict PPE enforcement and no experience exemptions without pricing themselves out will decide how transformative this model becomes for ONGC’s flowline integrity strategy.
 
4) Oily water, leak repair and spill clean-up folded into a three-year misc maintenance ARC at CPF Gandhar
8ONGC has bundled a surprisingly broad mix of mechanical, HSE and housekeeping tasks into a single ARC for its CPF Gandhar hub.
8The bid ties routine valve servicing, flange leak arrest, sewer de-choking and oil spill restoration to a three-year, GeM-based security and governance framework.
8How bidders price this mix of high-risk integrity work and low-intensity chores under a 3 percent, 43-month security regime will decide whether the model becomes a template for other assets.
 
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8A 360-well programme will not have to go through another iteration
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8OIL India’s Sadiya integrated drilling service tender has quietly slid from a late-2024 closure to a 30 December 2025 deadline without touching a single commercial clause.
8A chain of corrigenda has done nothing more than re-date the bid calendar while the 1+1 year integrated drilling risk-reward profile stays frozen in place.
8Whether this extended runway deepens competition or simply inflates time-related risk premia is the key question now hanging over the Sadiya campaign.
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8Explicitly bars the existing pipeline operator from participating, marking a significant regulatory intervention.
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8How did that happen?
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