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Daily forward looking import matrices. Oil & Gas Sector: All new tenders of the day. Oil & Gas Sector: Get all winning contracts of the day. Five Extensions in 64 Days: The Struggle to Keep a Global Tender Alive. The 15-year gag: How Lummus Technology’s Novolen IP is guarded by NRL’s multi-decade NDA. The multi-million dollar dust: Paradip Refinery’s platinum secret beneath the "spent catalyst" label lies a lucrative recovery operation. Single bidder response tests IOCL Gujarat Refinery’s DMDS localisation push. IOCL’s nano-scale gambit: Inside the high-stakes build of the BUP. Downstream contracting briefs: Awards. E&P contracting brief for the day. Downstream contracting briefs: Technical bids. Downstream contracting briefs. Announcements. Parliyamentry Brife. Today's update in E&P, Midstream-Downstream & CGD sector. Two Indian LPG vessels cross Strait of Hormuz. Udhamsingh District City Gas Distribution Project. . Dharwad District City Gas Distribution Project. Big oil & gas contracts: How chinese tech cracked India’s “Land Border” barrier. 3000 HP rig: One step ahead then a step behind. 5,000 PSI or bust: Navigating the technical minefield of upper Assam's mature fields. 100,000 MT monthly bulk cargo: The massive logistics scale of India's largest offshore hub. From crude to culture: Why an oil major is hiring a boutique biotech for scalability. Remote oil field housing: There is a tax relief. ONGC's 10-year bet: Transforming Bechraji with phase 2 polymer flooding. The 15-year rule: How vintage equipment is powering ONGC's newest services. ONGC's Konaban gambit: Betting big on declining LP assets. GSPL's $100M bet: Bridging the Gujarat gas grid to northern markets. ONGC outsources critical oilfield chemical testing to external labs. Coal gasification: Why this is not just about dealing with high ash content coal?. GAIL's hydrogen to power ammonia unit. Targeting the DMA deficit: Inside NRL’s product maximization . Andhra PVC project: Succumbing the bidder pressure. Oil & Gas Sector: Get all winning contracts of the day. Oil & Gas Sector: All new tenders of the day. Today's update in E&P, Midstream-Downstream & CGD sector. Downstream contracting briefs: Awards. E&P contracting brief for the day. Daily forward looking import matrices.
Daily forward looking import matrices
Mar 24:
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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8Fertilizers
8LPG
8Ammonia
8Coal & Coke
8All tankers
8Bulk and Dry cargo
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8LNG
8Crude
8Chemicals
8Fertilizers
8LPG
8Ammonia
8Coal & Coke
8All tankers
8Bulk and Dry cargo
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Oil & Gas Sector: All new tenders of the day
Oil & Gas Sector: Get all winning contracts of the day
Five Extensions in 64 Days: The Struggle to Keep a Global Tender Alive
Mar 24:
8This PVC licensor tender required five deadline pushes to remain viable, exposing a thin and negotiation-heavy technology market. The pattern suggests that the initial mix of strict qualification and technical demands may have pressed the global licensor pool too hard.
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The 15-year gag: How Lummus Technology’s Novolen IP is guarded by NRL’s multi-decade NDA
The multi-million dollar dust: Paradip Refinery’s platinum secret beneath the "spent catalyst" label lies a lucrative recovery operation
Mar 24:
8Find out how legacy risk allocations and sampling protocols—not current market dynamics—might be deciding who wins the platinum.
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Single bidder response tests IOCL Gujarat Refinery’s DMDS localisation push
IOCL’s nano-scale gambit: Inside the high-stakes build of the BUP
Mar 24:
8IOCL is moving beyond lab-scale experiments with a modular, 1000 L BUP designed for complex hydrocarbon and catalyst development.
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Downstream contracting briefs: Awards
Mar 24:
1) CPCL’s UOP technical service extension lands as a Rs 48 lakh sole-bid award for Manali refinery process support
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2) GAIL’s Vijaipur mechanical AMC award splits C2C3, LPG and HVJ packages across three winners
8GAIL’s Vijaipur AMC award is less about labour outsourcing and more about who is willing to price plant-risk into routine mechanical upkeep.
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2) GAIL’s Vijaipur mechanical AMC award splits C2C3, LPG and HVJ packages across three winners
8GAIL’s Vijaipur AMC award is less about labour outsourcing and more about who is willing to price plant-risk into routine mechanical upkeep.
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E&P contracting brief for the day
Mar 24:
1) Rig owner creates a rig hire contract for itself: Pushes all responsibility the contractor
8Prabha Energy’s North Karanpura CBM package is not a plain rig hire but a tightly instrumented intervention contract built around measurable rig efficiency and surveillance-led control.
8The tender’s real innovation lies in how it hard-codes payable time, zero-rate exposure and field visibility into a shallow CBM workover campaign expected to run across multiple moves and standby windows
2) OIL India’s Duliajan API class G cement tender pushes quality surveillance and compliance deeper into a commodity drilling materials buy
8OIL India’s Duliajan cement tender is less a plain-volume buy and more a field-performance gate for a critical drilling consumable.
8The document hardwires sample-led approval, plant-level inspection rights and invoice-stage local-content discipline into a supply contract that still looks commodity-like on the surface.
3) ONGC tightens outcome-based fire and gas AMC at Mehsana CTFs around OEM-linked service control
8ONGC’s Mehsana fire and gas AMC is less a routine maintenance package than a hard-edged uptime contract for a safety-critical installed base.
8The tender narrows execution around Honeywell-linked expertise while loading the contractor with calibration integrity, breakdown response, and no-pay-until-rectification discipline.
4) Woodland Works wins OIL India slickline services bid after OIL widened mobilization window and narrowed selected contractor obligations
8OIL did not dilute the core well-intervention burden, but it quietly eased the bidder’s path on mobilization and selected scope edges.
8That made the tender more executable on paper, yet the final pricing spread remained unusually wide.
8The real story sits in what that gap says about vendor risk appetite in Assam-Arunachal field services.
5) ONGC’s corrigendum stretches bidder query window for Mumbai High produced-water-conditioning tender, without easing risk terms
8ONGC’s latest move on the Mumbai High produced-water-conditioning tender does not cut securities or relax qualifications.
8Instead, it widens the question window on a brownfield offshore package where the real risk sits in process uncertainty, integration and six-year operability.
6) SunPetro upstream business transformation corrigendum removes bid-stage implementation costing and shifts baseline discovery risk back to consultants
8SunPetro has softened the most difficult commercial demand in its upstream transformation tender, but only after bidders challenged how far the brief had run ahead of the facts.
8The corrigendum cuts out speculative implementation costing while making weak SOP maturity and incomplete IT baseline data the consultant’s problem anyway.
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8Prabha Energy’s North Karanpura CBM package is not a plain rig hire but a tightly instrumented intervention contract built around measurable rig efficiency and surveillance-led control.
8The tender’s real innovation lies in how it hard-codes payable time, zero-rate exposure and field visibility into a shallow CBM workover campaign expected to run across multiple moves and standby windows
2) OIL India’s Duliajan API class G cement tender pushes quality surveillance and compliance deeper into a commodity drilling materials buy
8OIL India’s Duliajan cement tender is less a plain-volume buy and more a field-performance gate for a critical drilling consumable.
8The document hardwires sample-led approval, plant-level inspection rights and invoice-stage local-content discipline into a supply contract that still looks commodity-like on the surface.
3) ONGC tightens outcome-based fire and gas AMC at Mehsana CTFs around OEM-linked service control
8ONGC’s Mehsana fire and gas AMC is less a routine maintenance package than a hard-edged uptime contract for a safety-critical installed base.
8The tender narrows execution around Honeywell-linked expertise while loading the contractor with calibration integrity, breakdown response, and no-pay-until-rectification discipline.
4) Woodland Works wins OIL India slickline services bid after OIL widened mobilization window and narrowed selected contractor obligations
8OIL did not dilute the core well-intervention burden, but it quietly eased the bidder’s path on mobilization and selected scope edges.
8That made the tender more executable on paper, yet the final pricing spread remained unusually wide.
8The real story sits in what that gap says about vendor risk appetite in Assam-Arunachal field services.
5) ONGC’s corrigendum stretches bidder query window for Mumbai High produced-water-conditioning tender, without easing risk terms
8ONGC’s latest move on the Mumbai High produced-water-conditioning tender does not cut securities or relax qualifications.
8Instead, it widens the question window on a brownfield offshore package where the real risk sits in process uncertainty, integration and six-year operability.
6) SunPetro upstream business transformation corrigendum removes bid-stage implementation costing and shifts baseline discovery risk back to consultants
8SunPetro has softened the most difficult commercial demand in its upstream transformation tender, but only after bidders challenged how far the brief had run ahead of the facts.
8The corrigendum cuts out speculative implementation costing while making weak SOP maturity and incomplete IT baseline data the consultant’s problem anyway.
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Downstream contracting briefs: Technical bids
Mar 24:
1) Thirteen bidders enter BPCL’s Bina refinery expansion composite works race
8The 13-bidder turnout looks broad on paper, but the real contest may be far narrower.
2) CPCL’s UOP technical service extension lands as a Rs 48 lakh sole-bid award for Manali refinery process support
8Find out more
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8The 13-bidder turnout looks broad on paper, but the real contest may be far narrower.
2) CPCL’s UOP technical service extension lands as a Rs 48 lakh sole-bid award for Manali refinery process support
8Find out more
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Downstream contracting briefs
Mar 24:
1) BPCL Bina refinery expansion pump package slips by 55 days across six extensions
8A six-time extension on a process pump package is rarely just clerical drift.
2) Five extensions stretch IOCL Gujarat Refinery’s AU-I and AU-II corrosion control tender
8Bidders force clarity on tenure and process risk
3) Desalter revamp: A 9-day extension rarely matters in isolation
8But it matters when the package is brownfield, limited-circulation, and zero-deviation.
4) HPCL extends PMC bid for Visakh bitumen tank project
8The real issue is that core technical clarifications, equipment data and process documents landed late enough to force bidders to revisit execution risk and pricing.
5) BPCL’s BPREP LV electric heater tender gets one 8-day extension
8The package still sits inside a tightly controlled, zero-deviation procurement frame with a heavy technical-document burden. That combination can reveal more about bidder appetite and project pacing than the date revision alone.
6) HPCL’s Mangalore LPG pipeline pigging tender gets a six-day extension after query clarifications
8The extension is small, but the reason is not. Vendors pushed back on execution risk, defect-verification boundaries, and tool-performance liabilities embedded in HPCL’s Mangalore LPG pipeline pigging package.
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8A six-time extension on a process pump package is rarely just clerical drift.
2) Five extensions stretch IOCL Gujarat Refinery’s AU-I and AU-II corrosion control tender
8Bidders force clarity on tenure and process risk
3) Desalter revamp: A 9-day extension rarely matters in isolation
8But it matters when the package is brownfield, limited-circulation, and zero-deviation.
4) HPCL extends PMC bid for Visakh bitumen tank project
8The real issue is that core technical clarifications, equipment data and process documents landed late enough to force bidders to revisit execution risk and pricing.
5) BPCL’s BPREP LV electric heater tender gets one 8-day extension
8The package still sits inside a tightly controlled, zero-deviation procurement frame with a heavy technical-document burden. That combination can reveal more about bidder appetite and project pacing than the date revision alone.
6) HPCL’s Mangalore LPG pipeline pigging tender gets a six-day extension after query clarifications
8The extension is small, but the reason is not. Vendors pushed back on execution risk, defect-verification boundaries, and tool-performance liabilities embedded in HPCL’s Mangalore LPG pipeline pigging package.
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Announcements
Mar 24:
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8TotalEnergies exits U.S. offshore wind with Interior Department agreements [TotalEnergies] Details
8IRIS Carbon wins Brazil oil and gas ESG reporting mandate through MZ Consult [IRIS] Details
8SEPC enters oil and gas engineering with 90% acquisition of Abu Dhabi’s Avenir [Enters] Details
8PNGRB makes e-portal filings mandatory from April 1, ends physical applications [PNGRB] Details
8PNGRB prioritises PNG connections for hostel messes, college campuses and community kitchens [PNGRB] Details
8Working committee report on electrification of GTC-GAIL [PNGRB] Details
8Working committee report on electrification of GTC-PIL [PNGRB] Details
8Natural gas pipelines network in India as on December, 2025 [PNGRB] Details
8Swan Corp appoints Bhagwati Sharma as independent director for five-year term [Swan] Details
8HPCL names oil ministry joint secretary Alok Tripathi as government nominee director [HPCL] Details
8Vedanta says legal challenge in Jaiprakash matter has no material business impact [Vedanta] Details
8Veedol extends Andrew Yule loan repayment deadline by six months [Veedol] Details Details
8IRIS Carbon wins Brazil oil and gas ESG reporting mandate through MZ Consult [IRIS] Details
8SEPC enters oil and gas engineering with 90% acquisition of Abu Dhabi’s Avenir [Enters] Details
8PNGRB makes e-portal filings mandatory from April 1, ends physical applications [PNGRB] Details
8PNGRB prioritises PNG connections for hostel messes, college campuses and community kitchens [PNGRB] Details
8Working committee report on electrification of GTC-GAIL [PNGRB] Details
8Working committee report on electrification of GTC-PIL [PNGRB] Details
8Natural gas pipelines network in India as on December, 2025 [PNGRB] Details
8Swan Corp appoints Bhagwati Sharma as independent director for five-year term [Swan] Details
8HPCL names oil ministry joint secretary Alok Tripathi as government nominee director [HPCL] Details
8Vedanta says legal challenge in Jaiprakash matter has no material business impact [Vedanta] Details
8Veedol extends Andrew Yule loan repayment deadline by six months [Veedol] Details Details
Parliyamentry Brife
Mar 24:
8Litigation cases involving oil PSUs pending for more than 10 years [Rajya Sabha] Details
8Mandatory pre-commissioning safety audits conducted by PNGRB [Rajya Sabha] Details
8Domestic natural gas pricing and affordability [Rajya Sabha] Details
8Strategic petroleum reserves (SPR) and energy security [Rajya Sabha] Details
8Commissioning of CBG plants in UP under SATAT [Rajya Sabha] Details
8Subsidy on petroleum products [Rajya Sabha] Details
8Target set for ethanol blending and clean fuels policy [Rajya Sabha] Details
8Operationalization of PNG and CNG in Odisha [Rajya Sabha] Details
8Expansion of LPG coverage under PMUY in Maharashtra and Gujarat [Rajya Sabha] Details
8Cooking gas connections in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana [Rajya Sabha] Details
8CNG and city gas distribution (CGD) networks in the state of Bihar [Rajya Sabha] Details
8Fire safety at petrol pumps and preventive measures in high-density urban areas [Rajya Sabha] Details
8Setting up of emergency response centre at Hazira in Gujarat [Rajya Sabha] Details
8Strategic petroleum infrastructure and energy security in Maharashtra [Rajya Sabha] Details
8Expansion of CNG and CGD networks in Maharashtra and Gujarat [Rajya Sabha] Details
8India's crude oil reserves and import mix [Rajya Sabha] Details
8Storage capacity of strategic petroleum reserves [Rajya Sabha] Details Details
8Mandatory pre-commissioning safety audits conducted by PNGRB [Rajya Sabha] Details
8Domestic natural gas pricing and affordability [Rajya Sabha] Details
8Strategic petroleum reserves (SPR) and energy security [Rajya Sabha] Details
8Commissioning of CBG plants in UP under SATAT [Rajya Sabha] Details
8Subsidy on petroleum products [Rajya Sabha] Details
8Target set for ethanol blending and clean fuels policy [Rajya Sabha] Details
8Operationalization of PNG and CNG in Odisha [Rajya Sabha] Details
8Expansion of LPG coverage under PMUY in Maharashtra and Gujarat [Rajya Sabha] Details
8Cooking gas connections in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana [Rajya Sabha] Details
8CNG and city gas distribution (CGD) networks in the state of Bihar [Rajya Sabha] Details
8Fire safety at petrol pumps and preventive measures in high-density urban areas [Rajya Sabha] Details
8Setting up of emergency response centre at Hazira in Gujarat [Rajya Sabha] Details
8Strategic petroleum infrastructure and energy security in Maharashtra [Rajya Sabha] Details
8Expansion of CNG and CGD networks in Maharashtra and Gujarat [Rajya Sabha] Details
8India's crude oil reserves and import mix [Rajya Sabha] Details
8Storage capacity of strategic petroleum reserves [Rajya Sabha] Details Details
Today's update in E&P, Midstream-Downstream & CGD sector
Two Indian LPG vessels cross Strait of Hormuz
Mar 24:
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8BPCL-Sembcorp JV signs green hydrogen deal with NRL Details
8The road to cleaner mobility: navigating India’s automotive chapter Details
8JSW calls on Indian government to intervene due to gas shortage for metallurgy Details
8TotalEnergies CEO predicts very high LNG prices by summer if Strait of Hormuz not reopened Details
8Pakistan may run out of LNG within 10 days as Qatar halts exports Details
8Fuel shortage hits auto and cab drivers; union raises alarm Details
8IBA pitches for up to 20% CBG blending in CNG in Delhi to improve air quality Details
8Two Indian LPG vessels cross Strait of Hormuz Details
8No free LPG cylinders for construction workers, clarifies state labour minister Details
8BPCL launches India’s first LPG ATM to provide gas cylinders within three minutes Details
8Rajasthan gets 10% more LPG allocation, CM assures no shortage Details
8Karnataka to allocate 20% of daily commercial LPG supply: minister Details
8Why the LPG crisis is reviving pandemic fears among migrant workers Details
8Oil India seeks waiver for Rs 5.42 lakh fine imposed by NSE Details
8India importing energy from 41 countries, holds 53 lakh MT strategic oil reserve: PM Modi Details
8Two more Indian vessels cross Strait of Hormuz Details
8Hormuz blocked, Yanbu rises: Saudi’s inland pipeline keeps oil flowing Details
8Ethanol blending helped India save imports of 4.5 crore barrels of oil: PM Modi Details
8LNG exports plunge to 6-month low as war throttles supply Details
8China’s Sinopec not buying Iranian crude despite U.S. waiver Details
8India holds fuel prices steady even as oil basket soars above $155 Details
8Iranian oil purchase to depend on techno-commercial feasibility, payment route unclear Details
8LPG cylinder supply: ministry denies 10 kg refill rumours amid Iran war concerns Details
8Global economy under major threat from Strait of Hormuz crisis: IEA chief Details
8India’s strategic oil reserves 64% full, may last about 5 days: minister Details
8India and UAE focus on economy, Strait of Hormuz, and security Details
8Brent crude eases as Trump delays Iran strikes after very good talks Details
8India’s strategic oil reserves about two-thirds full: minister Details
8PM Modi says West Asia situation worrisome, assures uninterrupted crude and gas supply Details
8Bio-CNG gains in 100 Gujarat villages amid LPG supply crunch Details
8Saudi Aramco chief pulls out of major energy conference due to Iran conflict Details
8Iran threatens to completely close Strait of Hormuz and target power plants Details
8Two Indian LPG carriers transit Strait of Hormuz amid supply concerns Details
8Strategic oil reserves 64% full, may last about 5 days Details
8Is India considering resuming crude imports from Iran after Trump pauses war? Details
8India fuel supply update: LPG boost, PNG surge, crackdown on black marketing Details
8Hindustan Petroleum appoints Alok Tripathi as government nominee director effective March 23, 2026 Details
8NRL signs MoU with AEGCL for power infrastructure at Sipajhar GSS Details
8Iran-Israel war impact on Indian PSUs: ONGC gains, IOCL, BPCL, HPCL impacted by high oil and LPG crisis March 2026 Details
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8BPCL-Sembcorp JV signs green hydrogen deal with NRL Details
8The road to cleaner mobility: navigating India’s automotive chapter Details
8JSW calls on Indian government to intervene due to gas shortage for metallurgy Details
8TotalEnergies CEO predicts very high LNG prices by summer if Strait of Hormuz not reopened Details
8Pakistan may run out of LNG within 10 days as Qatar halts exports Details
8Fuel shortage hits auto and cab drivers; union raises alarm Details
8IBA pitches for up to 20% CBG blending in CNG in Delhi to improve air quality Details
8Two Indian LPG vessels cross Strait of Hormuz Details
8No free LPG cylinders for construction workers, clarifies state labour minister Details
8BPCL launches India’s first LPG ATM to provide gas cylinders within three minutes Details
8Rajasthan gets 10% more LPG allocation, CM assures no shortage Details
8Karnataka to allocate 20% of daily commercial LPG supply: minister Details
8Why the LPG crisis is reviving pandemic fears among migrant workers Details
8Oil India seeks waiver for Rs 5.42 lakh fine imposed by NSE Details
8India importing energy from 41 countries, holds 53 lakh MT strategic oil reserve: PM Modi Details
8Two more Indian vessels cross Strait of Hormuz Details
8Hormuz blocked, Yanbu rises: Saudi’s inland pipeline keeps oil flowing Details
8Ethanol blending helped India save imports of 4.5 crore barrels of oil: PM Modi Details
8LNG exports plunge to 6-month low as war throttles supply Details
8China’s Sinopec not buying Iranian crude despite U.S. waiver Details
8India holds fuel prices steady even as oil basket soars above $155 Details
8Iranian oil purchase to depend on techno-commercial feasibility, payment route unclear Details
8LPG cylinder supply: ministry denies 10 kg refill rumours amid Iran war concerns Details
8Global economy under major threat from Strait of Hormuz crisis: IEA chief Details
8India’s strategic oil reserves 64% full, may last about 5 days: minister Details
8India and UAE focus on economy, Strait of Hormuz, and security Details
8Brent crude eases as Trump delays Iran strikes after very good talks Details
8India’s strategic oil reserves about two-thirds full: minister Details
8PM Modi says West Asia situation worrisome, assures uninterrupted crude and gas supply Details
8Bio-CNG gains in 100 Gujarat villages amid LPG supply crunch Details
8Saudi Aramco chief pulls out of major energy conference due to Iran conflict Details
8Iran threatens to completely close Strait of Hormuz and target power plants Details
8Two Indian LPG carriers transit Strait of Hormuz amid supply concerns Details
8Strategic oil reserves 64% full, may last about 5 days Details
8Is India considering resuming crude imports from Iran after Trump pauses war? Details
8India fuel supply update: LPG boost, PNG surge, crackdown on black marketing Details
8Hindustan Petroleum appoints Alok Tripathi as government nominee director effective March 23, 2026 Details
8NRL signs MoU with AEGCL for power infrastructure at Sipajhar GSS Details
8Iran-Israel war impact on Indian PSUs: ONGC gains, IOCL, BPCL, HPCL impacted by high oil and LPG crisis March 2026 Details
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