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Andhra Integrated Hydro Processing block draws a four-licensor field
Feb 10: 8With four bidders in the technical bid opening, the real contest now moves to whose reference units, safety philosophy and catalyst cost structure survive clause-level scrutiny. Click on Details for more
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3000 HP rigs: One requirement became two
Feb 10: 8And that happened in a jiffy 8Energy barriers raised Click on Details for moreDetails
CGIL’s Bardhaman Coal-to-SNG LSTK-1 package tightens coal ash spec and pushes bid due date out
Feb 10: 8If the reported June 2026 deadline holds, the timeline itself becomes the strongest signal about participation friction and licensor tie-up complexity. Click on Details for more
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Making syngas out of coal: Just the conversion is not enough
Feb 10: 8This is something that this coal gasification venture is learning the hard way. 8There are processes to undergo before the syngas is put to use Click on Details for more
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MRPL is building a secret demo plant
Feb 10: 8What is it all about? Click on Details for more
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Today's update in E&P, Midstream-Downstream & CGD sector
Feb 10: 8Here's what's happening today in the E&P, midstream-downstream, and CGD section Click on Reports for more DetailsDetails
Power sector: There is a capital shock coming
Feb 10: 8Find out why today’s surplus power capacity hides tomorrow’s capital shock Click on Details for moreDetails
Batteries in the hills: how they have upset LNG math in India
Feb 10: 8Find out what this new phenomenon is all about Click on Details for moreDetails
Scenario: We show you how gas-based power just fades away
Feb 10: 8Find out why today’s surplus hides tomorrow’s capital shock Click on Details for more
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E&P contracting brief for the day
Feb 10: 1) ONGC tightens artificial lift execution control with five-year Ahmedabad–Mehsana fleet gatekeeping 8ONGC is not just buying artificial lift services here; it is buying controllable execution capacity across two assets for five years.
2) OIL’s Rajasthan flowline tender hardwires test evidence into billing while tightening mobilisation cashflow 8Oil India Limited’s Rajasthan Project is not just buying welded flowlines; it is buying proof, with hydrotest charts stitched directly into the payment rhythm. 8Desert logistics, trenching discipline and inter-location movement quietly define who can execute this work.
3) ONGC Rajahmundry onshore drilling rigs protection testing contract amid unusually wide bid spread 8The award delivers an L1–L2 gap that is far wider than typical for a defined service scope. 8A late clarification on three-year price aggregation quietly reshapes how “low” the winning bid really is.
4) ONGC awards Level III rig inspection services for Ankleshwar asset rigs 8The award table shows an eye-watering spread between l1 and l2, a red flag that the market did not price the same job.
5) Participating bidders face ONGC’s hard five-year vintage wall in Cambay asset MBCU hiring 8ONGC’s cambay asset MBCU tender is being shaped less by price and more by fleet-age discipline and deduction-heavy performance control. 8A bidder’s push to relax vintage to 10–15 years runs into a categorical refusal framed as safety and availability risk. 8With three bidders marked qualified and one disqualified (as shared), the unanswered question is how many compliant young units actually exist in the market at scale.
6) Cairn screens rig, AHTS and PE vendor pool for Ravva and west coast blocks 8The capability-heavy EoI across drilling rigs, AHTS towing, PE services and surface facilities for Ravva and west coast blocks submission date was extended. 8The real gate is not the calendar but the filters: recent offshore drilling history, owned-vessel marine capacity with ISM compliance, and balance-sheet fitness thresholds. 8What the extension is actually trying to fix—participation, ambiguity, or sequencing—stays hidden until the corrigendum trail is visible.
7) Oil India extends anisotropic imaging consultancy for AN-OSHP-2018/1 Andaman 8The buyer has simultaneously hardened contractual control through an explicit option clause and ATC supremacy over standard terms. 8What remains opaque is whether the extension reflects market hesitation or unresolved technical complexity.
Feb 10: 1) GAIL’s VSPL LPG pipeline HAZOP–QRA award throws up a disqualification-versus-L1 anomaly and a 127.7% L2 price gap 8The L1 quote sits over 127% below L2, raising immediate questions on scope interpretation and deliverable depth. A second red flag is the bidder-status inconsistency in the lifecycle snapshot that could reshape how the market reads GAIL’s evaluation discipline.
2) Indomer takes IOCL Hopetown gas supply infra EC-CRZ consultancy as L2 sits 58.7% higher 8The award spread is unusually wide, and the pricing signal hints at a sharply different view of regulatory churn risk.
3) HPCL Visakh refinery closes CDU-III and FCCU-II RLA at a 0.1% 8Find out how Bureau Veritas pips the competition.
Feb 10: 1) BPCL’s Piyala–Jewar ATF pipeline commissioning package narrows to four qualified bidders after technical evaluation 8One bidder has already fallen out at technical stage, leaving a four-player price fight with documentation discipline baked in. The quiet cost battle will sit inside nitrogen holding, pigging strategy, and procedural approvals—areas where many bidders under-price until execution bites.
2) GAIL tightens approvals risk for LMC to JSW Utkal Steel by qualifying 3 of 4 EIA–MIA–CRZ bidders 8Three of four bidders have crossed technical evaluation, leaving a live three-way contest where documentation discipline can matter as much as domain expertise. The disqualification is already shaping how the remaining bidders will play clarifications and defensibility.
Feb 10: 1) GAIL tightens its integrity-consulting vendor pool with software-and-audit ready enlistment for pipelines and GPUs 8The enlistment text bakes in licensed simulation capability and cloud-based document control, pushing smaller engineering shops into a capability gap they cannot paper over with resumes.
2) GAIL pushes Pata BOG compressor bid deadline twice 8This is an OEM-centric qualification screen that demands one-year operating references for API-618 packages. The bigger question is what the extensions reveal about bidder appetite—and whether GAIL will hold the line on entry barriers.
3) IOCL Digboi extends EOI timeline as it tests a “sell flue gas” model for CCU 8The vendor takes capture, transport and compliance ownership, while the refinery retains strategic flexibility to walk away. The deadline extension hints that qualification proof and end-use stitching may be tighter than the technical brief suggests.
4) IOCL extends SWING shutdown composite hot–cold–hydrojetting package deadline by four days 8The deadline move to 13 Feb 2026 subtly changes bidder governance: it buys time for certificate-heavy submissions, but reverse auction can still crush the last-mile number. The unanswered question is what participation or clarity gap forced the calendar to bend.
5) BPCL’s kochi refinery tightens PFCCU revamp DCS upgradation bid 8A late-stage option clause quietly rewrites the quantity-risk and delivery-planning equation for bidders. The pre-bid Q&A shows where execution costs are likely to surface, but the buyer’s answers don’t hand vendors much slack.
Feb 10: 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
Coal India vs ONGC: which PSU giant will pay higher dividends in 2026?
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