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What has a refinery got to do with a snake charmer?.  False economy of idle gas: How a boycott is secretly destroying India’s coal infrastructure.  100 Million barrels in reserves: Yet it is stymied from tapping it.  India’s offshore rig reset: The great scattering of charter hire rates.  A dogged Indian competitor haunts Schlumberger in a seven-month E&P race.  A drilling tender frozen in time: one Assam well waits through 15 deadline extensions .  MSW-based CBG feasibility tender narrows to a single technical qualifier.  Petrochemical units: Owner surrenders technical high ground.  The high-stakes technical pivot driving the Visakh Refinery’s hexane expansion.  IGGL Gas Grid expansion: Why has it slashed talent requirements.  Facial recognition: It is invasive and intrusive but there is no escaping it.  LNG shipping: Why is GAIL so edgy?.  Usar PDH-PP project: When is commissioning likely?.  Kochi refinery is stress testing a digital doomsday.  Petrochemical units: Owner surrenders technical highground.  NRL: Commissioning timelines.  Today's update in E&P & Midstream-Downstream sector.  E&P contracting brief: Part I.  E&P contracting brief: Part II.  Daily forward looking import matrices.  Downstream contracting briefs: Awards.  Oil prices hit seven-month high as concerns grow over disruption of supplies amid Iran–US tensions.  Announcements.  IOCL decides to get into chemicals & pharmaceuticals in a big way.  Geothermal energy: ONGC admits failure.  Salem-Coimbatore pipeline: GAIL is forced to takeover the stranded work.  Refineries: Specialized AI models deployed.  IOC does a different kind of deep-dive into hydrogen vehicles.  GAIL does an over-kill in pipeline integrity.  Why are EIL-BPCL and IOCL inviting Indian firms to bid for proprietary tech they don't own?.  The race to the powder room.  Refinery: Battery pack order raises eyebrows.  ONGC’s PSV tender: Rewires ROFR.  Midstream EPC: Strong client list no longer guarantees strong profitability.  GAIL wants to flirt with downstream processors.  ONGC offshore cementing scope and additives controls: Less clarification and more consolidation.  LP compressor relocation: Qualified-heavy field, but two disqualifications sharpen document-compliance risk.  ONGC’s five-year coil tubing charter across Assam, Ankleshwar and Jorhat.  IOCL Paradip refinery’s deliverable-based engineering assistance tender moves to technical shortlist: 7 of 10 bidders qualify.  Mumbai refinery’s NHGU–SRU STG energy recovery tender stalls after tight 850 kW gate and multiple corrigenda.  

What has a refinery got to do with a snake charmer?

Feb 25: 8Quite a bit, it seems
Click on Details for more Details

False economy of idle gas: How a boycott is secretly destroying India’s coal infrastructure

Feb 25: 8Our energy team gathers vast amount of data in the power sector
8And the data is throwing some very eyebrow raising conclusions
8Also, we see some very dangerous games are being played out Details

100 Million barrels in reserves: Yet it is stymied from tapping it

Feb 25: 8Find out what is going on here>
Click on Details for more
Details

India’s offshore rig reset: The great scattering of charter hire rates

Feb 25: 8It is now visible in hard numbers, and the gap between winners and strugglers is enormous
Click on Details for more
Details

A dogged Indian competitor haunts Schlumberger in a seven-month E&P race

Feb 25: 8Find out more
Click on Details
Details

A drilling tender frozen in time: one Assam well waits through 15 deadline extensions 

Feb 25: 8A single-well integrated drilling contract in the Sadiya block has now been deferred more than 15 times since its original closure timeline.
8The repeated extensions point to persistent contractor hesitation, commercial friction, or unresolved technical risk in one of the northeast’s closely watched frontier acreage positions
Click on Details for more
Details

MSW-based CBG feasibility tender narrows to a single technical qualifier

Feb 25: 8This is after a hard 100 TPD PQC gate Four bidders fell at technical stage
8What this means for future MSW-CBG advisory competition is still playing out.
Click on Details for more Details

Petrochemical units: Owner surrenders technical high ground

Feb 25: 8The owner is setting up a set of petrochemical units and looking for technology
8And it stayed firm on its conditional ties
8Eventually however, bidders convinced it to allow for substantial changes
Click on Details for more Details

The high-stakes technical pivot driving the Visakh Refinery’s hexane expansion

Feb 25: 8Find out what is going on
Click on Details for more Details

IGGL Gas Grid expansion: Why has it slashed talent requirements

Feb 25: 8Find out more
Click on Details for more Details

Facial recognition: It is invasive and intrusive but there is no escaping it

Feb 25: 8What does it entail?
Click on Details for more
Details

LNG shipping: Why is GAIL so edgy?

Feb 25: 8LNG shipping rates are very volatile, and it can go up multiple times in a month
8At one point rates hit an all-time record of $330,000 to $400,000 per day.
8This has made GAIL very careful, for a LNG ship hire at a wrong time can eat out the margin on its gas trading business
8Find out what steps GAIL is taking to protect itself
Click on Details for more
Details

Usar PDH-PP project: When is commissioning likely?

Feb 25: 8The GAIL Usar PDH-PP Project is a landmark development in Raigad, Maharashtra, representing India's first Propane Dehydrogenation (PDH) plant integrated with a Polypropylene (PP) unit.
8But will it really get commissioned in the calendar year 2026, as stated by the management in a call with analysts?
8This has changed according what we can monitor
Click on Details for more
Details

Kochi refinery is stress testing a digital doomsday

Feb 25: 8And it has reasons to do so
Click on Details for more
Details

Petrochemical units: Owner surrenders technical highground

Feb 25: 8The owner is setting up a set of petrochemical units and looking for technology
8And it stayed firm on its conditionalities
8Eventually however, bidders convinced it to allow for substantial changes
Click on Details for more Details

NRL: Commissioning timelines

Feb 25: 8What is the commissioning sequence in NRL for its two critical projects, the refinery and the polypropylene unit?
Click on Details for more Details

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

Feb 25: 8Here's what's happening today in the E&P and midstream-downstream section
Click on Reports for more Details Details

E&P contracting brief: Part I

Feb 25: 1) ONGC Mehsana asset tightens OEM-only route for adding nine H2S channels at Lanwa GGS-3
8The company is treating H2S detection capacity expansion at Lanwa GGS-3 as a proprietary system augmentation rather than a commodity instrumentation supply, and the procurement format mirrors that.
 
2) ONGC Ahmedabad asset tightens fleet and compliance gates for three-year turnkey workover rig transportation
8Know more
 
3) ONGC drill pipe spinner award reveals 120.8% L1–L4 spread

8The real stress test now moves from price discovery to execution discipline.
 
4) L1 at Rs 5.60 crore in ONGC’s reservoir field services tender
8The results throw up a 114.3% L2 premium.
 
Click on Details for more
Details

E&P contracting brief: Part II

Feb 25: 1) TPIA contract for LP gas compressor shifting has winner
8A 12.4% gap to L2 is modest. But beyond that, the market fractures sharply.
 
2) ONGC assam asset extends 22 well-fluid preheater maintenance tender
8The scope is high-risk exchanger integrity work where tooling discipline is contractually monetised.
8The extension resets bidder positioning without diluting execution expectations.
 
3) ONGC extends 4 PSV LSTK tender
8ONGC has pushed its four-PSV build tender deeper into FY26, extending bid closing to 09 March 2026 after a February reschedule cycle.
8The extension lands on a package with large bid security and a compliance-dense LSTK framework that is already shaping who can realistically bid.
8The pattern suggests the market is still being made bid-ready, but the real trigger is off the record.
 
Click on Details for more
Details

Daily forward looking import matrices

Feb 25: 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

Downstream contracting briefs: Awards

Feb 25: 1) Compressor: BHEL bests Atlas
8One line is a tight contest, the other is a near walkover, suggesting bidders priced different risk realities.
 
2) EIL awards Comp-Recipro (labyrinth) package for polypropylene unit project at NRL to Burckhardt
8Find out more
 
3) IOCL locks catalyst rejuvenation payouts to LOI-adjusted receipts, hard-sets free-issue BQ valuation
8The award looks like a standard services deal until you track what the buyer chose to monetise.
 
4) Refinery engineering design consultancy awarded by IOCL
8Five bidders converged within 16.1% of the L1 quote, compressing margins sharply.
8Yet one bid stood nearly five times higher, hinting at a very different reading of risk and scope.

Click on Details for more
Details

Oil prices hit seven-month high as concerns grow over disruption of supplies amid Iran–US tensions

Feb 25: For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
8Tender for decanter spares OEM alfa laval Details
8Procurement of spares for squeezing water pumps installed in SRU plant Details
8Tender for fabrication of crane radiator of R12-A crane of Ratna field Details
8Procurement of 01 set of mechanical shaft seal and 01 set of inboard shaft seal for screw compressors K-1701A/B Details
8Three year rate contract 2026 to 2028 for electrical repair and maintenance works Details
8Annual rate contract for maintenance repair and addition and alteration works Details
8Tender for addition of 9 no H2S channel in existing Crowcon make H2S GDS Details
8Supply, installation, testing & commissioning of UPS systems Details
8Tender for dismantling of existing metering shed super structure Details
8Tender for survey, RoU/RoW, and associated works for Mundra-Mandvi and other pipeline connectivities Details
8Procurement of fire extinguishers Details
8Supply of COD digestor unit and sedimentation kit Details
8Improvement of damaged approach road (approx. 3.55 km) with two layers of 75 mm WBM, 50 mm BM, and 25 mm SDBC from Belbari Tiniali to HZV Details
8Repair of RCC structures in process units and buildings in P and U-2 and 3, R and D, LEB and DHDS Details
8Procurement agreement for industrial gases for a period of two years Details
8Tender for E-House package for polypropylene unit (PPU) project Details
8Tender for supply of vertical centrifugal pump for general purpose process Details
8Supply of vertical centrifugal pump for general purpose process Details
8Tender for supply of pneumatic tools Details
8Supply of H2S gas detection Drager tube Details
8Tender for supply of nitric acid Details
8Supply of labyrinth oil seal Details
8Supply of dimethyl disulphide (DMDS) for bulk (Q3) Details
8Tender for supply of steel pipe flanges Details
8Supply of 023-E-2111 A/B part lube oil cooler tube bundle Details
8Tender for supply of ball valves Details
8Tender for supply of butterfly valves Details
8Tender for -assistance to production department for chemical handling and other miscellaneous works during shutdown Details
8Tender for operation of in-house statutory testing and painting Details
8Tender for supply of O-ring kit Details
8Annual rate contract (ARC) for local area network (LAN) jobs Details
8Annual maintenance contract of gas monitoring system Details
8Tender for procurement of steam traps Details
8AMC of advance make fire detection and alarm system Details
8Supply of safety instructions and screen printing mould for LPG cylinders Details
8E-Tender for providing mechanical maintenance assistance services Details
8Tender for installation of flameproof HVAC Details
8Tender for supply of pipe fittings Details
8Tender for supply of flanges Details
8Procurement of compressor spares Details
8Supply of 24-inch air-driven fan with swing-out assembly Details
8Procurement of spares for Bauer breathing air compressor Details
8Supply of washer HR701-012 for Nardi SCBA compressor Details
8Procurement of control valve spares Details
8Supply of ABB conductivity analyser AC22 (FF PFFCU) Details
8Procurement of OEM lift spares – Maspero make Details
8Supply of pipe stud A335 P9, condition TY2 Details
8Supply of heat exchanger tubes Details
8Supply of gearbox IPCM162 premium IURST101 for RWTP Details
8Procurement of OEM manlift spares Details
8Contract for quantitative risk assessment studies Details
8Procurement of Sundyne Nikkiso make pump spares Details
8Two-year CAMC for boardroom system Details
8Supply of LPG hose for emergency rescue vehicle Details
8Procurement of calcium chloride under two-year rate contract Details
8Supply of mounting plate rubber pad Details
8Tender for replacement of CO2 flooding system of gas turbines Details
8Supply of accelerometer (transducer) (MNIT) (Q4) Details
8Supply installation testing and commissioning of CCTV system Details
8Procurement of engineering laptops Details
8Annual rate contract for electrical maintenance Details
8Two-year AMC for electrical maintenance of Maharashtra region pipeline network Details
8Comprehensive maintenance contract (AMC/CMC) for 08 ICL booster packages Details
8Supply and installation of audio visual system Details
8Tender for transportation of packed lubes by road Details
8Supply of storage compactor set Details
8Tender for OpenText – ECM annual maintenance contract Details
8Tender for repair, maintenance, and installation of plant/systems/equipment (Version 2) Details

You can also click on Tenders for more
For reference purposes the website carries here the following Newsclips (These are public domain newsclips and the website is not responsible for their content):
8India unveils Rs.16.72 lakh crore asset monetisation pipeline 2.0; PSU stake sales, IPOs from FY27 Details
8TotalEnergies to supply US LNG to Ukraine via German terminal Details
8Cheniere celebrates 10th birthday and nearly 5,000 LNG export cargoes Details
8Pawan Hans chopper crashes into Andaman sea after technical snag, all passengers rescued Details
8India’s $277bn AI bet- why it hasn’t moved the GDP needle yet? Challenges and opportunities Details
8From data centres to EVs: why India needs 400GW of thermal power despite the green push Details
8Biofuel leaders issue ‘Goa Call to Action’ to accelerate India’s biofuel transition Details
8Govt to set up Rs 12 crore biogas plant at Mormugao Details
8Cost of Numaligarh refinery expansion set to swell to Rs 34,000 crore as revamp nears finish Details
8Panipat refinery unrest: stop workers’ exploitation, DC tells contractors, calls lathicharge unjust Details
8Nitin Gadkari to inaugurate Compressed Biogas Conclave 2026 Details
8India, GCC sign joint statement to launch free trade agreement negotiations Details
8Jafrabad LNG FSRU project 92.3% complete; deadline Sept 2026: Gujarat govt Details
8Rodolphe Saadé seals CMA CGM feeder newbuilds with Cochin Shipyard Details
8Oil prices ease as Iran says prepared to take steps to reach deal with US Details
8Venezuela lines up larger oil cargoes as exports to India set to rise Details
8Slovakia halts emergency electricity supplies to Ukraine over Russian oil dispute Details
8MSRDC, BPCL plan long-term solutions to handle potential tanker gas leaks on Mumbai-Pune expressway Details
8BPCL receives Rs.1,816 crore central excise demand order Details
8Oil hovers below seven-month high as traders eye US-Iran talks, trade policy Details
8Indradhanush Gas Grid likely to miss target in Tripura: official Details
8Numaligarh refinery expansion project cost set to rise to Rs.34,000 cr, govt nod sought Details
8There’s an important nuance to India’s reduced import of Russian oil Details
8Gujarat Gas receives ESG rating of 70 (Grade B – Good) from CFC Finlease Details
8MRPL board meeting on March 3, 2026 to consider interim dividend for FY 2025-26 Details
8Pushp Kumar Nayar recommended as BPCL director (HR) by PESB Details
8How crude oil price surge from Iran tensions could sting Indian businesses Details
8Oil prices hit seven-month high as concerns grow over disruption of supplies amid Iran–US tensions Details
8Since 2023, ship data and sources say Details
8Russia's dark oil web exposed in major UK sanctions escalation Details
8U.S. crude stockpile surge weighs on oil prices Details
8Canada’s oil patch swept up in record $38B consolidation wave Details
8Venezuela sends mega 2-million-barrel oil cargoes to India as exports surge Details
8Oil prices hit seven-month high as concerns grow over disruption of supplies amid Iran–US tensions Details
8OIL conducts annual farmers’ meet Details
8Govt plans GAIL Gas IPO in FY28, eyes Rs.3,100 crore Details
You can also click on Newsclips for more
Details

Announcements

Feb 25: New Page 1 8PNGRB holds open house on draft petroleum installations safety standards (second amendment) regulations, 2025 [PNGRB] Details
8Gujarat Gas assigned ESG rating of 70 (‘B’ – Good) by CFC Finlease on independent assessment [GGL] Details
8Afcons receives termination notice for EUR 113 million Gabon Road EPC contract, pursues legal remedies [Afcons] Details
8GE Shipping takes delivery of 2013-built Medium Range tanker “Jag Pranesh” [GES] Details
8Centre notifies sale of E20 (up to 20% ethanol) petrol with minimum RON 95 effective April 1, 2026 [MOPNG] Details
Details

IOCL decides to get into chemicals & pharmaceuticals in a big way

Feb 24: 8IOCL is planning on a whole sale pivot to the chemical sector, with multiple products over different segments
8And it is explorating a never-before deep dive
Click on Details for more Details

Geothermal energy: ONGC admits failure

Feb 24: 8Find out what really happened
Click on Details for more
Details

Salem-Coimbatore pipeline: GAIL is forced to takeover the stranded work

Feb 24: 8The south is always a problem area for gas pipelines
8And contractors could well abandon work when the waiting becomes long or there are cost overruns
8What really is happening here?
Click on Details for more Details

Refineries: Specialized AI models deployed

Feb 24: 8Refineries are now using specialized Large Language Models for operations
8These are models specializing in mechanistic principles and physics informed neural netowrks
8That is a giant step towards efficiency gain
Click on Details for more Details

IOC does a different kind of deep-dive into hydrogen vehicles

Feb 24: 8It looks like IOCL is now doing somewhat exotic experiments in hydrogen cars
8The company has already demonstrated hydrogen technology in buses and trucks, but this a "deep dive" into a newer format
Click on Details for more Details

GAIL does an over-kill in pipeline integrity

Feb 24: 8This is a refinery line from a gas gathering station
8It does not want to burn its hands
Click on Details for more Details

Why are EIL-BPCL and IOCL inviting Indian firms to bid for proprietary tech they don't own?

Feb 24: 8This is an interesting twist to the story
Click on Details for more Details

The race to the powder room

Feb 24: 8It is just a powder room, or it is not?
8Why are four of the world's most formidable engineering conglomerates in the race for this?
Click on Details for more Details

Refinery: Battery pack order raises eyebrows

Feb 24: 8This refinery is putting together a massive power bank of nikel Cadmium batteries
8And this has all-round eyebrows when it can easly move to far more efficient lithium-ion batteries
8Why is it sticking to these old batteries?
Click on Details for more Details

ONGC’s PSV tender: Rewires ROFR

Feb 24: 8This is an important change
Click on Details for more
Details

Midstream EPC: Strong client list no longer guarantees strong profitability

Feb 24: 8This is a Rs 1000 crore midstream EPC company
8It is finding itself in a profit collapse
8Midstream expansion is less profitable now, it seems Details

GAIL wants to flirt with downstream processors

Feb 24: 8Is it the best way forward?
8Perhaps not
Click on Details for more Details

ONGC offshore cementing scope and additives controls: Less clarification and more consolidation

Feb 24: 8Find out more
Click on Details for more
Details

LP compressor relocation: Qualified-heavy field, but two disqualifications sharpen document-compliance risk

Feb 24: 8Find out more
Click on Details
Details

ONGC’s five-year coil tubing charter across Assam, Ankleshwar and Jorhat

Feb 24: 8Find out what is going on
Click on Details for more
Details

IOCL Paradip refinery’s deliverable-based engineering assistance tender moves to technical shortlist: 7 of 10 bidders qualify

Feb 24: 8Find out more
Click on Details Details

Mumbai refinery’s NHGU–SRU STG energy recovery tender stalls after tight 850 kW gate and multiple corrigenda

Feb 24: 8Why really was it cancelled?
Click on Details for more Details

What has a refinery got to do with a snake charmer?

Feb 25: 8Quite a bit, it seems
Click on Details for more Details

False economy of idle gas: How a boycott is secretly destroying India’s coal infrastructure

Feb 25: 8Our energy team gathers vast amount of data in the power sector
8And the data is throwing some very eyebrow raising conclusions
8Also, we see some very dangerous games are being played out Details

100 Million barrels in reserves: Yet it is stymied from tapping it

Feb 25: 8Find out what is going on here>
Click on Details for more
Details

India’s offshore rig reset: The great scattering of charter hire rates

Feb 25: 8It is now visible in hard numbers, and the gap between winners and strugglers is enormous
Click on Details for more
Details

A dogged Indian competitor haunts Schlumberger in a seven-month E&P race

Feb 25: 8Find out more
Click on Details
Details

A drilling tender frozen in time: one Assam well waits through 15 deadline extensions 

Feb 25: 8A single-well integrated drilling contract in the Sadiya block has now been deferred more than 15 times since its original closure timeline.
8The repeated extensions point to persistent contractor hesitation, commercial friction, or unresolved technical risk in one of the northeast’s closely watched frontier acreage positions
Click on Details for more
Details

MSW-based CBG feasibility tender narrows to a single technical qualifier

Feb 25: 8This is after a hard 100 TPD PQC gate Four bidders fell at technical stage
8What this means for future MSW-CBG advisory competition is still playing out.
Click on Details for more Details

Petrochemical units: Owner surrenders technical high ground

Feb 25: 8The owner is setting up a set of petrochemical units and looking for technology
8And it stayed firm on its conditional ties
8Eventually however, bidders convinced it to allow for substantial changes
Click on Details for more Details

The high-stakes technical pivot driving the Visakh Refinery’s hexane expansion

Feb 25: 8Find out what is going on
Click on Details for more Details

IGGL Gas Grid expansion: Why has it slashed talent requirements

Feb 25: 8Find out more
Click on Details for more Details

Facial recognition: It is invasive and intrusive but there is no escaping it

Feb 25: 8What does it entail?
Click on Details for more
Details

LNG shipping: Why is GAIL so edgy?

Feb 25: 8LNG shipping rates are very volatile, and it can go up multiple times in a month
8At one point rates hit an all-time record of $330,000 to $400,000 per day.
8This has made GAIL very careful, for a LNG ship hire at a wrong time can eat out the margin on its gas trading business
8Find out what steps GAIL is taking to protect itself
Click on Details for more
Details

Usar PDH-PP project: When is commissioning likely?

Feb 25: 8The GAIL Usar PDH-PP Project is a landmark development in Raigad, Maharashtra, representing India's first Propane Dehydrogenation (PDH) plant integrated with a Polypropylene (PP) unit.
8But will it really get commissioned in the calendar year 2026, as stated by the management in a call with analysts?
8This has changed according what we can monitor
Click on Details for more
Details

Kochi refinery is stress testing a digital doomsday

Feb 25: 8And it has reasons to do so
Click on Details for more
Details

Petrochemical units: Owner surrenders technical highground

Feb 25: 8The owner is setting up a set of petrochemical units and looking for technology
8And it stayed firm on its conditionalities
8Eventually however, bidders convinced it to allow for substantial changes
Click on Details for more Details

NRL: Commissioning timelines

Feb 25: 8What is the commissioning sequence in NRL for its two critical projects, the refinery and the polypropylene unit?
Click on Details for more Details

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

Feb 25: 8Here's what's happening today in the E&P and midstream-downstream section
Click on Reports for more Details Details

E&P contracting brief: Part I

Feb 25: 1) ONGC Mehsana asset tightens OEM-only route for adding nine H2S channels at Lanwa GGS-3
8The company is treating H2S detection capacity expansion at Lanwa GGS-3 as a proprietary system augmentation rather than a commodity instrumentation supply, and the procurement format mirrors that.
 
2) ONGC Ahmedabad asset tightens fleet and compliance gates for three-year turnkey workover rig transportation
8Know more
 
3) ONGC drill pipe spinner award reveals 120.8% L1–L4 spread

8The real stress test now moves from price discovery to execution discipline.
 
4) L1 at Rs 5.60 crore in ONGC’s reservoir field services tender
8The results throw up a 114.3% L2 premium.
 
Click on Details for more
Details

E&P contracting brief: Part II

Feb 25: 1) TPIA contract for LP gas compressor shifting has winner
8A 12.4% gap to L2 is modest. But beyond that, the market fractures sharply.
 
2) ONGC assam asset extends 22 well-fluid preheater maintenance tender
8The scope is high-risk exchanger integrity work where tooling discipline is contractually monetised.
8The extension resets bidder positioning without diluting execution expectations.
 
3) ONGC extends 4 PSV LSTK tender
8ONGC has pushed its four-PSV build tender deeper into FY26, extending bid closing to 09 March 2026 after a February reschedule cycle.
8The extension lands on a package with large bid security and a compliance-dense LSTK framework that is already shaping who can realistically bid.
8The pattern suggests the market is still being made bid-ready, but the real trigger is off the record.
 
Click on Details for more
Details

Daily forward looking import matrices

Feb 25: 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

Downstream contracting briefs: Awards

Feb 25: 1) Compressor: BHEL bests Atlas
8One line is a tight contest, the other is a near walkover, suggesting bidders priced different risk realities.
 
2) EIL awards Comp-Recipro (labyrinth) package for polypropylene unit project at NRL to Burckhardt
8Find out more
 
3) IOCL locks catalyst rejuvenation payouts to LOI-adjusted receipts, hard-sets free-issue BQ valuation
8The award looks like a standard services deal until you track what the buyer chose to monetise.
 
4) Refinery engineering design consultancy awarded by IOCL
8Five bidders converged within 16.1% of the L1 quote, compressing margins sharply.
8Yet one bid stood nearly five times higher, hinting at a very different reading of risk and scope.

Click on Details for more
Details

Oil prices hit seven-month high as concerns grow over disruption of supplies amid Iran–US tensions

Feb 25: For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders:
8Tender for decanter spares OEM alfa laval Details
8Procurement of spares for squeezing water pumps installed in SRU plant Details
8Tender for fabrication of crane radiator of R12-A crane of Ratna field Details
8Procurement of 01 set of mechanical shaft seal and 01 set of inboard shaft seal for screw compressors K-1701A/B Details
8Three year rate contract 2026 to 2028 for electrical repair and maintenance works Details
8Annual rate contract for maintenance repair and addition and alteration works Details
8Tender for addition of 9 no H2S channel in existing Crowcon make H2S GDS Details
8Supply, installation, testing & commissioning of UPS systems Details
8Tender for dismantling of existing metering shed super structure Details
8Tender for survey, RoU/RoW, and associated works for Mundra-Mandvi and other pipeline connectivities Details
8Procurement of fire extinguishers Details
8Supply of COD digestor unit and sedimentation kit Details
8Improvement of damaged approach road (approx. 3.55 km) with two layers of 75 mm WBM, 50 mm BM, and 25 mm SDBC from Belbari Tiniali to HZV Details
8Repair of RCC structures in process units and buildings in P and U-2 and 3, R and D, LEB and DHDS Details
8Procurement agreement for industrial gases for a period of two years Details
8Tender for E-House package for polypropylene unit (PPU) project Details
8Tender for supply of vertical centrifugal pump for general purpose process Details
8Supply of vertical centrifugal pump for general purpose process Details
8Tender for supply of pneumatic tools Details
8Supply of H2S gas detection Drager tube Details
8Tender for supply of nitric acid Details
8Supply of labyrinth oil seal Details
8Supply of dimethyl disulphide (DMDS) for bulk (Q3) Details
8Tender for supply of steel pipe flanges Details
8Supply of 023-E-2111 A/B part lube oil cooler tube bundle Details
8Tender for supply of ball valves Details
8Tender for supply of butterfly valves Details
8Tender for -assistance to production department for chemical handling and other miscellaneous works during shutdown Details
8Tender for operation of in-house statutory testing and painting Details
8Tender for supply of O-ring kit Details
8Annual rate contract (ARC) for local area network (LAN) jobs Details
8Annual maintenance contract of gas monitoring system Details
8Tender for procurement of steam traps Details
8AMC of advance make fire detection and alarm system Details
8Supply of safety instructions and screen printing mould for LPG cylinders Details
8E-Tender for providing mechanical maintenance assistance services Details
8Tender for installation of flameproof HVAC Details
8Tender for supply of pipe fittings Details
8Tender for supply of flanges Details
8Procurement of compressor spares Details
8Supply of 24-inch air-driven fan with swing-out assembly Details
8Procurement of spares for Bauer breathing air compressor Details
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IOCL decides to get into chemicals & pharmaceuticals in a big way

Feb 24: 8IOCL is planning on a whole sale pivot to the chemical sector, with multiple products over different segments
8And it is explorating a never-before deep dive
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Geothermal energy: ONGC admits failure

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Salem-Coimbatore pipeline: GAIL is forced to takeover the stranded work

Feb 24: 8The south is always a problem area for gas pipelines
8And contractors could well abandon work when the waiting becomes long or there are cost overruns
8What really is happening here?
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Refineries: Specialized AI models deployed

Feb 24: 8Refineries are now using specialized Large Language Models for operations
8These are models specializing in mechanistic principles and physics informed neural netowrks
8That is a giant step towards efficiency gain
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IOC does a different kind of deep-dive into hydrogen vehicles

Feb 24: 8It looks like IOCL is now doing somewhat exotic experiments in hydrogen cars
8The company has already demonstrated hydrogen technology in buses and trucks, but this a "deep dive" into a newer format
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GAIL does an over-kill in pipeline integrity

Feb 24: 8This is a refinery line from a gas gathering station
8It does not want to burn its hands
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Why are EIL-BPCL and IOCL inviting Indian firms to bid for proprietary tech they don't own?

Feb 24: 8This is an interesting twist to the story
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The race to the powder room

Feb 24: 8It is just a powder room, or it is not?
8Why are four of the world's most formidable engineering conglomerates in the race for this?
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Refinery: Battery pack order raises eyebrows

Feb 24: 8This refinery is putting together a massive power bank of nikel Cadmium batteries
8And this has all-round eyebrows when it can easly move to far more efficient lithium-ion batteries
8Why is it sticking to these old batteries?
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ONGC’s PSV tender: Rewires ROFR

Feb 24: 8This is an important change
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Midstream EPC: Strong client list no longer guarantees strong profitability

Feb 24: 8This is a Rs 1000 crore midstream EPC company
8It is finding itself in a profit collapse
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GAIL wants to flirt with downstream processors

Feb 24: 8Is it the best way forward?
8Perhaps not
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ONGC offshore cementing scope and additives controls: Less clarification and more consolidation

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IOCL Paradip refinery’s deliverable-based engineering assistance tender moves to technical shortlist: 7 of 10 bidders qualify

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  • Feb 24: GAIL does an over-kill in pipeline integrity:Details
  • Feb 24: IOC does a different kind of deep-dive into hydrogen vehicles:Details
  • Feb 24: Refineries: Specialized AI models deployed:Details
  • Feb 24: Salem-Coimbatore pipeline: GAIL is forced to takeover the stranded work:Details
  • Feb 24: Refinery: Battery pack order raises eyebrows:Details
  • Feb 24: IOCL decides to get into chemicals & pharmaceuticals in a big way:Details