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Andhra refinery: A big decision is just around the corner.  This refinery is putting together a unique expediting process in its various locations.  Someone had to pay for the gas shock. Who did?.  Praj Industries: Hit hard by circumstances.  Nayara's 60-million-tonne refinery stalls.  ONGC's 11-pipeline corrosion tender hides a costly modelling trap.  Now show: Private E&P major’s Rs 1,390 crore offshore project scuttled.  Prabha Energy's Rs 684 crore CBM project gets nod.  Oilmax Energy's Rs 95 crore Amguri project faces crucial scrutiny.  ONGC's DeepX foray: Eight-day extension masks a major technical qualification reset.  Offshore vessel tender: L-1 undercuts next bidder by a whopping  Rs 32.64 crore.  ONGC's 291-crane tender creates a double penalty trap for contractors.  Green ammonia pipeline study knocks out four bidders: Did qualification rules narrow competition?.  GAIL wins Jhansi–Sitarganj LPG pipeline authorization, but who will guarantee the gas?.  GAIL's 620 km pipeline win hides a bigger question over demand assumptions.  Antelopus Selan’s new KG fields could match its entire offshore portfolio: But why are its partners so unhappy?.  Chemplast's Rs 6,300 Crore Project Updates.  Oil marketing companies retain disputed ethanol allocation preference despite 102 bidder queries and 5 November extension.  Dilip Buildcon wins Paradip–Raipur pipeline bid, but Indian Oil's captive LPG infrastructure poses a critical challenge.  Today's update in E&P, Midstream-Downstream & CGD sector.   Oil & Gas Sector: All new tenders of the day.  Oil & Gas Sector: Get all winning contracts of the day.  Our own briefs.  Our Downstream briefs: Results.  Our E&P briefs.  Our E&P special briefs.  Our Downstream briefs: Part I.  Our Downstream briefs: Part II.  Our Downstream briefs: Part III.  Our Downstream briefs: Part IV.  Daily forward looking import matrices.  Indian Railways to replace LPG and diesel with PNG at 22 sites under pact with IGL.  Kozhikode & Wayanad Districts City Gas Distribution Project.  Lucknow District City Gas Distribution Project.  BPCL's Kochi compressed biogas plant faces critical performance test as consultancy contract goes to Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore.  Used cooking oil tender collapses: Is the business model all wrong?.  Our Downstream briefs: Part I.  Our Downstream briefs: Part II.  Our E&P briefs: Part I.  Our Downstream briefs: Results.  

Andhra refinery: A big decision is just around the corner

Nov 02: 8Find out what is going on with the project
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This refinery is putting together a unique expediting process in its various locations

Nov 02: 8Equipment manufacturers are going to be physically goaded to stick to deadlines
8Only time will tell whether this will work
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Details

Someone had to pay for the gas shock. Who did?

Nov 02: 8Two city gas suppliers faced the same surge in costs. Their answers to it could not have been more different
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Praj Industries: Hit hard by circumstances

Nov 02: 8Find out what is going on
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Nayara's 60-million-tonne refinery stalls

Nov 02: 8It is stopped at clearance
8Find out what is going on
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ONGC's 11-pipeline corrosion tender hides a costly modelling trap

Nov 02: 8This creates a potentially significant technical and commercial exposure for the winning bidder.
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Now show: Private E&P major’s Rs 1,390 crore offshore project scuttled

Nov 02: 8What really happened?
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Prabha Energy's Rs 684 crore CBM project gets nod

Nov 02: 8The North Karanpura field development plan envisages 74 production wells, with 62 production wells already drilled and 54 commissioned.
8Find out more Details

Oilmax Energy's Rs 95 crore Amguri project faces crucial scrutiny

Nov 02: 8The Company plans 11 development wells, appraisal of 10 existing wells and four production units, with a planned seven-year implementation period following clearance.
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ONGC's DeepX foray: Eight-day extension masks a major technical qualification reset

Nov 02: 8ONGC has extended its 38-prospect deepwater consultancy tender to 12 November 2026 while issuing revised technical BEC, QCBS and contractual documents.
8The amendments follow bidder queries over eligibility, technical responsibilities and evaluation requirements.
8The real story lies in how the revised framework could influence competition for this specialised assignment.
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Offshore vessel tender: L-1 undercuts next bidder by a whopping  Rs 32.64 crore

Nov 02:  8What explains such a substantial pricing difference for the same vessel requirement?
 
8Six bidders reveal a 151.7% pricing divide
 
8Find out more Details

ONGC's 291-crane tender creates a double penalty trap for contractors

Nov 02: 8Find out how that is so
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Green ammonia pipeline study knocks out four bidders: Did qualification rules narrow competition?

Nov 02: 8The tender contains specific restrictions on how firms can claim previous joint venture and consortium experience.
8Whether these provisions influenced the unusually narrow shortlist is a question with significant implications for engineering competition.
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GAIL wins Jhansi–Sitarganj LPG pipeline authorization, but who will guarantee the gas?

Nov 02: 8GAIL's reported authorization for the 605 km pipeline comes with an unresolved commercial question over future LPG supply arrangements.
8During bidding, GAIL sought clarification on source availability, upstream pipeline capacity and the proposed redistribution of existing LPG volumes.
8PNGRB's responses reveal where responsibility for these critical arrangements rests.
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GAIL's 620 km pipeline win hides a bigger question over demand assumptions

Nov 02: 8GAIL has emerged as the reported lowest-ranked bidder for the Shikrapur–Goa–Hubli liquefied petroleum gas pipeline, but the tender clarifications expose a significant capacity question.
8Bidder submissions cite 819 thousand metric tonnes of indicative utilization against a proposed pipeline capacity of 700 thousand metric tonnes.
8What do these figures reveal about the assumptions underpinning the project's commercial viability?
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Antelopus Selan’s new KG fields could match its entire offshore portfolio: But why are its partners so unhappy?

Nov 02: 8A small Gujarat-focused producer has signed for seven new fields in KG.
8Its CEO says the resource there could be as big as everything it holds offshore, but each well will cost about seven times more to drill.
But its partners are not a happy lot, it seems Details

Chemplast's Rs 6,300 Crore Project Updates

Nov 02: 1) Chemplast's backward integration bet: Will imported feedstocks remain the weak link?
8The proposed 750,000-tonne vinyl chloride monomer plant promises to reduce dependence on purchased monomer.
8But the facility will still require imported ethylene and ethylene dichloride through marine infrastructure.
8Is Chemplast replacing one import dependency with another, and what does that mean for margins, logistics costs and supply security?

2) Chemplast Sanmar's ethylene dichloride expansion exposes a global feedstock dependency
8The proposed Karaikal expansion will raise annual ethylene requirements from 25,200 tonnes to 43,800 tonnes, with the feedstock sourced internationally.
8As ethylene dichloride capacity approaches 146,000 tonnes annually, how will imported feedstock pricing, maritime logistics and supply reliability influence the project's commercial competitiveness?

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Oil marketing companies retain disputed ethanol allocation preference despite 102 bidder queries and 5 November extension

Nov 02: 8The corrigendum leaves key allocation priorities intact even as suppliers question the treatment of dedicated ethanol plants and competing distilleries.
8Requests for capacity disclosures and explanations of higher-cost procurement have received limited substantive answers.
8The tender's legal safeguards add another layer of uncertainty to the coming supply year.
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Dilip Buildcon wins Paradip–Raipur pipeline bid, but Indian Oil's captive LPG infrastructure poses a critical challenge

Nov 02: 8Indian Oil Corporation warned that its Paradip refinery and import-terminal infrastructure could not automatically be used by competing pipeline developers.
8The regulator retained existing bid conditions, leaving the winning developer to address the supply arrangements.
8Can Dilip Buildcon turn its authorization into an operational pipeline without assured access to the intended source?
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Details

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

Nov 02: 8Here's what's happening today in the E&P, midstream-downstream, and CGD section
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Oil & Gas Sector: All new tenders of the day

Nov 02: 8Get all the latest tenders announced across the oil and gas industry today.
8Discover new procurement opportunities from key public and private sector players.
Also click on the Tenders section for more detailed documentation
Click on Reports for more. Details

Oil & Gas Sector: Get all winning contracts of the day

Nov 02: 8A daily roundup of tender results in the oil and gas sector.
8Stay informed about contract awards, winning bidders, and project allocations over all oil & gas contracts.
Click on Reports for more. Details

Our own briefs

Nov 02: 8The Rajasthan field producing 93% water: Vedanta’s fight against decline
8Handed to ONGC: how Vedanta lost its Cambay offshore block
810% more oil without drilling a single well: the Ravva fix
8India’s piped gas promise: 2.7 crore homes short
8Factories, not homes, are driving India’s city gas boom
8The world’s biggest LNG exporter is now buying American gas
8Guaranteed buyers, guaranteed prices: biogas gets a second chance
8India now has the world’s biggest green hydrogen buying commitments
8Too many plants, too little demand: the petrochemical bet turns risky Details

Our Downstream briefs: Results

Nov 02: 8Konkan LNG bathymetry survey tender eliminates half its bidders as strict qualification rules reshape competition
8Indian Oil's Paradip catalyst tender exposes a 78% gap in contractor risk pricing
8GAIL wins Cherlapally–Nagpur pipeline authorization, but who carries the hidden connectivity risk?
8Mangalore Refinery wins airport fuel pipeline authorization after regulator bars incumbent operator
8Numaligarh Refinery's polypropylene catalyst pump tender attracts just one bidder, raising questions over competition
8Indian Oil's Rs 78.72 crore Panipat refinery power trading tender draws only two bidders despite two deadline extensions
8Bharat Petroleum's Kandla liquefied petroleum gas import terminal survey eliminates 10 of 15 bidders as coastal qualification comes under scrutiny
8Indian Oil's hydrogen compression contract puts stringent oxygen-removal performance under scrutiny
8HPCL's old Naphtha Isomerisation Unit revamp puts pressure vessel quality safeguards under scrutiny after low-price award
8Numaligarh Refinery's Rs 35.27 crore purge silo award exposes a staggering 152.4% price gap
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Our E&P briefs

Nov 02: 8ONGC's corrosion tender hides a 552-hot-tap execution challenge
8ONGC's Rajahmundry security tender: SIS undercuts rival
8ONGC's Rs 2.54 crore Tripura maintenance L1 faces a 45-day mobilisation trap
8OIL's 27,000-shot seismic corrigendum introduces a sharp 50% pricing trigger
8ONGC's Uran pipeline corrigendum allows grid-based PEC but refuses to relax inspection standards
8Vedanta's global OCTG tender hides a critical technical specification gap
8OIL's four-unit cementing tender faces ninth corrigendum after repeated deadline extensions
8ONGC extends 53-unit well-stimulation maintenance tender amid ageing fleet concerns
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Details

Our E&P special briefs

Nov 02: 8OIL's 4.5 MMSCMD flare corrigendum relaxes design but protects a Rs 69 crore qualification barrier
8ONGC's compressor tender: A 1,560-day pricing error forces a major correction
8ONGC extends Mumbai High drill swivel EOI, but critical technical questions remain
8ONGC's seven-rig tender gets more time, but ageing rigs face tough scrutiny
8OIL's digital oil field tender: Long extension, but no technical concessions
8ONGC's Mehsana three-year consultancy corrigendum replaces contract terms without revealing the exact changes
8OIL extends Baghewala thermal simulation tender, but 18-week execution pressure remains
8OIL's four-year well engineering tender: 63-day delay raises bigger questions
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Our Downstream briefs: Part I

Nov 02: 8Winter-grade specification could become the biggest barrier in the three oil companies' Rs 1,404 crore biodiesel tender
8BPCL's Mumbai refinery reactor package leaves cable-tray quantities open even after its latest addendum
8HPCL demands 90% model availability and 75% control-target transfer in Visakh hydrocracker optimization project
8NRL removes Assam office barrier from Singimari terminal survey tender: Was competition being restricted?
8GAIL's pipeline inspection tender: Why conventional ultrasonic testing experience may no longer be enough
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Our Downstream briefs: Part II

Nov 02: 8Indian Oil's Gujarat Refinery catalyst tender demands three-year protection against mercaptan breakthrough
8CPCL's petrochemical market study: Why is proven expertise not enough without a completion certificate?
8Indian Oil extends Guwahati petcoke boiler disposal deadline, but eight-year-old dismantling risks remain
8BPCL's Bina refinery chemical treatment tender clarifies 14 chemical categories but retains tougher experience requirements
8Indian Oil extends Axens refinery services tender as single-party contract faces December start test
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Our Downstream briefs: Part III

Nov 02: 8Indian Oil cancels Barauni vapour recovery unit tender after nine extensions and major engineering revisions
8HPCL's Mumbai refinery asks contractors to price 10% extra decontamination volume against drawings that are still outdated
8Bharat Petroleum's Kochi biogas project: Why is a fresh tender being issued to regularise consultancy services already rendered?
8Indian Oil's Panipat compressor modification creates a design liability question as refinery retains installation responsibility
8Bharat Petroleum's Kochi refinery safety study: Why does a four-month consultancy carry a 12-month guarantee?
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Our Downstream briefs: Part IV

Nov 02: 8Bharat Coal Gasification's Jharsuguda water package exposes conflicting design specifications as bidders challenge fixed-price risks
8Bharat Petroleum's Mumbai refinery catalyst tender exposes 28% versus 20% propylene yield divide
8Indian Oil's carbon utilization pilot plant: Bidders question eligibility, but the company refuses to dilute qualification criteria
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Daily forward looking import matrices

Nov 02: It is easy to get month-old import data but it is difficult to solicit forthcoming shipment information in India. We go through a laborious process of data collection to get you full import information, including company-wise, quantity-wise, port-wise, vessel-wise cargoes which are coming into India in the next 15-to30 days.
Get the daily updates for :
8LNG
8Crude
8Chemicals
8Fertilizers
8LPG
8Ammonia
8Coal & Coke
8All tankers
8Bulk and Dry cargo

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Indian Railways to replace LPG and diesel with PNG at 22 sites under pact with IGL

Nov 02: 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-Brazil bilateral trade set to reach $20 bn with focus on critical minerals, AI, defence: Envoy Details
8EAM Jaishankar slams sanctions, chokepoints disrupting global energy trade, holding prices hostage Details
8US oil companies aim to squeeze more out of refineries as war supply crunch weighs Details
8Oil-to-chemicals business powers Reliance Industries' record quarterly net profit, up 34% to Rs.29,550 crore Details
8Reliance Industries Q2 results: Profit shoots up 41% YoY to Rs.25,548 crore, revenue surges 29% Details
8Reliance looks to Latin America, North America and the Mediterranean as Middle East oil disruptions put supply chains under pressure Details
8SC hears Reliance's appeals in $1.73 billion ONGC gas dispute Details
8Crude oil faces another volatile week as Iran diplomacy tests geopolitical premium: Analysts Details
8Govt hikes windfall tax on diesel, ATF shipments; cuts levy on petrol exports Details
8IOC, BPCL, HPCL clock Rs.30,106 cr Q2 profit, nearly 39% of last year's annual earnings Details
8India's record oil imports hit 5.6 million bpd as Middle East, Russia supplies rise: Report Details
8IGL Q2 profit plunges 93% as higher gas costs erode margins despite record sales Details
8Centre scraps petrol export levy, raises diesel duty to Rs.11.5 per litre Details
8BPCL launches 100-octane SPEED 100 petrol in Indore, plans rollout at six more outlets Details
8REI Expo 2026 attracts over Rs.3,200 crore investments for bioenergy: IBA Details
8Global LNG prices jump 6%: Is India's gas affordability under pressure Details
8Petronet LNG wins ‘Excellence in Public Health Initiatives’ award at Asia Social Impact & Sustainability Awards 2026 Details
8IRGC strikes Al Mayeda LNG ship, US-Iran ceasefire mediator Qatar 'dragged' into war? Details
8Mumbai CNG to cost Rs 90 per kg from November 1 after Re 1 hike Details
8CNG prices hiked in Lucknow, Agra, three other UP cities from Sunday Details
8Indian Railways to replace LPG and diesel with PNG at 22 sites under pact with IGL Details
8From LPG price hike to Delhi vehicle ban: What all changes from November 1? Details
8MOL secures FSRU charter with Deutsche ReGas Details
8Jiahua Energy lines up $165m gas carrier at Jiangnan Details
8Oil majors count the cost of runaway tanker rates Details
8Goa lines up $525m LPG import terminal at Mormugao Details
8GoGas offers LPG dealerships Details
8Pakistan gas crisis: Families return to firewood as LPG prices soar ahead of winter Details
8Jet fuel price rises Rs.1.30 per litre, commercial LPG hiked by Rs.10 Details
8Chevron profits nearly triple to $9.9 billion Details
8ExxonMobil profits double to $15.4 billion Details
8Japan to overtake China as world’s top LNG importer this year Details
8European gas tops 101 euros for first time since 2022 Details
8Brent hits $117 as tanker catches fire in Strait of Hormuz Details
8Chevron raises exploration spending by 50% Details
8Indian Oil Corporation sees superannuation of two executive directors Details
8India's record oil imports hit 5.6 million bpd as Middle East, Russia supplies rise: Report Details
8BPCL launches ultra-premium SPEED 100 petrol in Indore Details
8MGL commissions first large COCO CNG station in South Mumbai Details
8Green ammonia on 10,000 acres: The demand play behind India's $220B renewables push Details
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Kozhikode & Wayanad Districts City Gas Distribution Project

Nov 02: 8Project Name: Kozhikode & Wayanad Districts City Gas Distribution
8Project Cost: Rs 300 crore Click here for more details Details

Lucknow District City Gas Distribution Project

Nov 02: 8Project Name: Lucknow District City Gas Distribution
8Project Cost: Rs 300 crore Click here for more details Details

BPCL's Kochi compressed biogas plant faces critical performance test as consultancy contract goes to Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore

Oct 30: 8The real test lies in whether the facility can demonstrate compliance with these contractual guarantees.
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Used cooking oil tender collapses: Is the business model all wrong?

Oct 30: 8Too many hurdles on the way
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Our Downstream briefs: Part I

Oct 30: 8Chennai Petroleum's pressure vessel tender: Lowest bidder must match rivals' cheaper rates for future variations
8Indian Oil's Gujarat catalyst tender shuts out consortium bids while opening a route for foreign-principal credentials
8Indian Oil's Paradip platinum catalyst sale faces a twelfth extension despite 90% earnest money relief
8Bharat Petroleum's Cochin–Coimbatore–Karur pipeline study deadline slips as 99.5 kg/cm² operating-pressure disclosure raises engineering questions
8CPCL's Manali heater tender asks contractors to price structural steel before critical design loads are disclosed
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Our Downstream briefs: Part II

Oct 30: 8Indian Oil's Gujarat refinery catalyst tender contains conflicting triggers for its 36-month performance guarantee
8Indian Oil's pipeline inspection tool tender exposes conflicting Rs 1 crore turnover rules as deadline moves to November
8Indian Oil's naphtha reforming catalyst partnership deadline moves to 10 November, but the 10 MT manufacturing barrier remains
8Bharat Petroleum cancels Washala geotechnical survey tender, raising questions over pipeline pumping station engineering readiness
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Our E&P briefs: Part I

Oct 30: 8ONGC's well-log centre renovation hides a seven-day mobilisation trap
8OIL's rig painting tender: Three bidders out, two survive
8ONGC's Tripura maintenance tender eliminates one-third of participating bidders
8ONGC's Rajahmundry security tender eliminates one-third of bidders
8OIL extends two-ETP tender with major contractual concessions
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Our Downstream briefs: Results

Oct 30: 8HPCL's aviation safety consultancy tender eliminates six of eight bidders, leaving just two to compete for nine study packages
8Indian Oil awards twin gas pipeline environmental studies to ABC Techno Labs, with two-month delivery pressure
8Indian Oil's salicylic acid scale-up contract: Why did the second bidder quote 143.8% more?
8GAIL's 600 MW Jhansi solar project raises questions over 625 MVA power evacuation configuration
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Andhra refinery: A big decision is just around the corner

Nov 02: 8Find out what is going on with the project
Click on Details Details

This refinery is putting together a unique expediting process in its various locations

Nov 02: 8Equipment manufacturers are going to be physically goaded to stick to deadlines
8Only time will tell whether this will work
Click on Details for more
Details

Someone had to pay for the gas shock. Who did?

Nov 02: 8Two city gas suppliers faced the same surge in costs. Their answers to it could not have been more different
Click on Details for more Details

Praj Industries: Hit hard by circumstances

Nov 02: 8Find out what is going on
Click on Details Details

Nayara's 60-million-tonne refinery stalls

Nov 02: 8It is stopped at clearance
8Find out what is going on
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Details

ONGC's 11-pipeline corrosion tender hides a costly modelling trap

Nov 02: 8This creates a potentially significant technical and commercial exposure for the winning bidder.
Click on Details for more
Details

Now show: Private E&P major’s Rs 1,390 crore offshore project scuttled

Nov 02: 8What really happened?
Click on Details for more
Details

Prabha Energy's Rs 684 crore CBM project gets nod

Nov 02: 8The North Karanpura field development plan envisages 74 production wells, with 62 production wells already drilled and 54 commissioned.
8Find out more Details

Oilmax Energy's Rs 95 crore Amguri project faces crucial scrutiny

Nov 02: 8The Company plans 11 development wells, appraisal of 10 existing wells and four production units, with a planned seven-year implementation period following clearance.
Click on Details for more
Details

ONGC's DeepX foray: Eight-day extension masks a major technical qualification reset

Nov 02: 8ONGC has extended its 38-prospect deepwater consultancy tender to 12 November 2026 while issuing revised technical BEC, QCBS and contractual documents.
8The amendments follow bidder queries over eligibility, technical responsibilities and evaluation requirements.
8The real story lies in how the revised framework could influence competition for this specialised assignment.
Click on Details for more
Details

Offshore vessel tender: L-1 undercuts next bidder by a whopping  Rs 32.64 crore

Nov 02:  8What explains such a substantial pricing difference for the same vessel requirement?
 
8Six bidders reveal a 151.7% pricing divide
 
8Find out more Details

ONGC's 291-crane tender creates a double penalty trap for contractors

Nov 02: 8Find out how that is so
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Details

Green ammonia pipeline study knocks out four bidders: Did qualification rules narrow competition?

Nov 02: 8The tender contains specific restrictions on how firms can claim previous joint venture and consortium experience.
8Whether these provisions influenced the unusually narrow shortlist is a question with significant implications for engineering competition.
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Details

GAIL wins Jhansi–Sitarganj LPG pipeline authorization, but who will guarantee the gas?

Nov 02: 8GAIL's reported authorization for the 605 km pipeline comes with an unresolved commercial question over future LPG supply arrangements.
8During bidding, GAIL sought clarification on source availability, upstream pipeline capacity and the proposed redistribution of existing LPG volumes.
8PNGRB's responses reveal where responsibility for these critical arrangements rests.
Click on Details for more
Details

GAIL's 620 km pipeline win hides a bigger question over demand assumptions

Nov 02: 8GAIL has emerged as the reported lowest-ranked bidder for the Shikrapur–Goa–Hubli liquefied petroleum gas pipeline, but the tender clarifications expose a significant capacity question.
8Bidder submissions cite 819 thousand metric tonnes of indicative utilization against a proposed pipeline capacity of 700 thousand metric tonnes.
8What do these figures reveal about the assumptions underpinning the project's commercial viability?
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Details

Antelopus Selan’s new KG fields could match its entire offshore portfolio: But why are its partners so unhappy?

Nov 02: 8A small Gujarat-focused producer has signed for seven new fields in KG.
8Its CEO says the resource there could be as big as everything it holds offshore, but each well will cost about seven times more to drill.
But its partners are not a happy lot, it seems Details

Chemplast's Rs 6,300 Crore Project Updates

Nov 02: 1) Chemplast's backward integration bet: Will imported feedstocks remain the weak link?
8The proposed 750,000-tonne vinyl chloride monomer plant promises to reduce dependence on purchased monomer.
8But the facility will still require imported ethylene and ethylene dichloride through marine infrastructure.
8Is Chemplast replacing one import dependency with another, and what does that mean for margins, logistics costs and supply security?

2) Chemplast Sanmar's ethylene dichloride expansion exposes a global feedstock dependency
8The proposed Karaikal expansion will raise annual ethylene requirements from 25,200 tonnes to 43,800 tonnes, with the feedstock sourced internationally.
8As ethylene dichloride capacity approaches 146,000 tonnes annually, how will imported feedstock pricing, maritime logistics and supply reliability influence the project's commercial competitiveness?

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Details

Oil marketing companies retain disputed ethanol allocation preference despite 102 bidder queries and 5 November extension

Nov 02: 8The corrigendum leaves key allocation priorities intact even as suppliers question the treatment of dedicated ethanol plants and competing distilleries.
8Requests for capacity disclosures and explanations of higher-cost procurement have received limited substantive answers.
8The tender's legal safeguards add another layer of uncertainty to the coming supply year.
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Details

Dilip Buildcon wins Paradip–Raipur pipeline bid, but Indian Oil's captive LPG infrastructure poses a critical challenge

Nov 02: 8Indian Oil Corporation warned that its Paradip refinery and import-terminal infrastructure could not automatically be used by competing pipeline developers.
8The regulator retained existing bid conditions, leaving the winning developer to address the supply arrangements.
8Can Dilip Buildcon turn its authorization into an operational pipeline without assured access to the intended source?
Click on Details for more
Details

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

Nov 02: 8Here's what's happening today in the E&P, midstream-downstream, and CGD section
Click on Reports for more Details Details

Oil & Gas Sector: All new tenders of the day

Nov 02: 8Get all the latest tenders announced across the oil and gas industry today.
8Discover new procurement opportunities from key public and private sector players.
Also click on the Tenders section for more detailed documentation
Click on Reports for more. Details

Oil & Gas Sector: Get all winning contracts of the day

Nov 02: 8A daily roundup of tender results in the oil and gas sector.
8Stay informed about contract awards, winning bidders, and project allocations over all oil & gas contracts.
Click on Reports for more. Details

Our own briefs

Nov 02: 8The Rajasthan field producing 93% water: Vedanta’s fight against decline
8Handed to ONGC: how Vedanta lost its Cambay offshore block
810% more oil without drilling a single well: the Ravva fix
8India’s piped gas promise: 2.7 crore homes short
8Factories, not homes, are driving India’s city gas boom
8The world’s biggest LNG exporter is now buying American gas
8Guaranteed buyers, guaranteed prices: biogas gets a second chance
8India now has the world’s biggest green hydrogen buying commitments
8Too many plants, too little demand: the petrochemical bet turns risky Details

Our Downstream briefs: Results

Nov 02: 8Konkan LNG bathymetry survey tender eliminates half its bidders as strict qualification rules reshape competition
8Indian Oil's Paradip catalyst tender exposes a 78% gap in contractor risk pricing
8GAIL wins Cherlapally–Nagpur pipeline authorization, but who carries the hidden connectivity risk?
8Mangalore Refinery wins airport fuel pipeline authorization after regulator bars incumbent operator
8Numaligarh Refinery's polypropylene catalyst pump tender attracts just one bidder, raising questions over competition
8Indian Oil's Rs 78.72 crore Panipat refinery power trading tender draws only two bidders despite two deadline extensions
8Bharat Petroleum's Kandla liquefied petroleum gas import terminal survey eliminates 10 of 15 bidders as coastal qualification comes under scrutiny
8Indian Oil's hydrogen compression contract puts stringent oxygen-removal performance under scrutiny
8HPCL's old Naphtha Isomerisation Unit revamp puts pressure vessel quality safeguards under scrutiny after low-price award
8Numaligarh Refinery's Rs 35.27 crore purge silo award exposes a staggering 152.4% price gap
Click on Details for more
Details

Our E&P briefs

Nov 02: 8ONGC's corrosion tender hides a 552-hot-tap execution challenge
8ONGC's Rajahmundry security tender: SIS undercuts rival
8ONGC's Rs 2.54 crore Tripura maintenance L1 faces a 45-day mobilisation trap
8OIL's 27,000-shot seismic corrigendum introduces a sharp 50% pricing trigger
8ONGC's Uran pipeline corrigendum allows grid-based PEC but refuses to relax inspection standards
8Vedanta's global OCTG tender hides a critical technical specification gap
8OIL's four-unit cementing tender faces ninth corrigendum after repeated deadline extensions
8ONGC extends 53-unit well-stimulation maintenance tender amid ageing fleet concerns
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Details

Our E&P special briefs

Nov 02: 8OIL's 4.5 MMSCMD flare corrigendum relaxes design but protects a Rs 69 crore qualification barrier
8ONGC's compressor tender: A 1,560-day pricing error forces a major correction
8ONGC extends Mumbai High drill swivel EOI, but critical technical questions remain
8ONGC's seven-rig tender gets more time, but ageing rigs face tough scrutiny
8OIL's digital oil field tender: Long extension, but no technical concessions
8ONGC's Mehsana three-year consultancy corrigendum replaces contract terms without revealing the exact changes
8OIL extends Baghewala thermal simulation tender, but 18-week execution pressure remains
8OIL's four-year well engineering tender: 63-day delay raises bigger questions
Click on Details for more
Details

Our Downstream briefs: Part I

Nov 02: 8Winter-grade specification could become the biggest barrier in the three oil companies' Rs 1,404 crore biodiesel tender
8BPCL's Mumbai refinery reactor package leaves cable-tray quantities open even after its latest addendum
8HPCL demands 90% model availability and 75% control-target transfer in Visakh hydrocracker optimization project
8NRL removes Assam office barrier from Singimari terminal survey tender: Was competition being restricted?
8GAIL's pipeline inspection tender: Why conventional ultrasonic testing experience may no longer be enough
Click on Details for more
Details

Our Downstream briefs: Part II

Nov 02: 8Indian Oil's Gujarat Refinery catalyst tender demands three-year protection against mercaptan breakthrough
8CPCL's petrochemical market study: Why is proven expertise not enough without a completion certificate?
8Indian Oil extends Guwahati petcoke boiler disposal deadline, but eight-year-old dismantling risks remain
8BPCL's Bina refinery chemical treatment tender clarifies 14 chemical categories but retains tougher experience requirements
8Indian Oil extends Axens refinery services tender as single-party contract faces December start test
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Our Downstream briefs: Part III

Nov 02: 8Indian Oil cancels Barauni vapour recovery unit tender after nine extensions and major engineering revisions
8HPCL's Mumbai refinery asks contractors to price 10% extra decontamination volume against drawings that are still outdated
8Bharat Petroleum's Kochi biogas project: Why is a fresh tender being issued to regularise consultancy services already rendered?
8Indian Oil's Panipat compressor modification creates a design liability question as refinery retains installation responsibility
8Bharat Petroleum's Kochi refinery safety study: Why does a four-month consultancy carry a 12-month guarantee?
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Our Downstream briefs: Part IV

Nov 02: 8Bharat Coal Gasification's Jharsuguda water package exposes conflicting design specifications as bidders challenge fixed-price risks
8Bharat Petroleum's Mumbai refinery catalyst tender exposes 28% versus 20% propylene yield divide
8Indian Oil's carbon utilization pilot plant: Bidders question eligibility, but the company refuses to dilute qualification criteria
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Daily forward looking import matrices

Nov 02: 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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Indian Railways to replace LPG and diesel with PNG at 22 sites under pact with IGL

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8India-Brazil bilateral trade set to reach $20 bn with focus on critical minerals, AI, defence: Envoy Details
8EAM Jaishankar slams sanctions, chokepoints disrupting global energy trade, holding prices hostage Details
8US oil companies aim to squeeze more out of refineries as war supply crunch weighs Details
8Oil-to-chemicals business powers Reliance Industries' record quarterly net profit, up 34% to Rs.29,550 crore Details
8Reliance Industries Q2 results: Profit shoots up 41% YoY to Rs.25,548 crore, revenue surges 29% Details
8Reliance looks to Latin America, North America and the Mediterranean as Middle East oil disruptions put supply chains under pressure Details
8SC hears Reliance's appeals in $1.73 billion ONGC gas dispute Details
8Crude oil faces another volatile week as Iran diplomacy tests geopolitical premium: Analysts Details
8Govt hikes windfall tax on diesel, ATF shipments; cuts levy on petrol exports Details
8IOC, BPCL, HPCL clock Rs.30,106 cr Q2 profit, nearly 39% of last year's annual earnings Details
8India's record oil imports hit 5.6 million bpd as Middle East, Russia supplies rise: Report Details
8IGL Q2 profit plunges 93% as higher gas costs erode margins despite record sales Details
8Centre scraps petrol export levy, raises diesel duty to Rs.11.5 per litre Details
8BPCL launches 100-octane SPEED 100 petrol in Indore, plans rollout at six more outlets Details
8REI Expo 2026 attracts over Rs.3,200 crore investments for bioenergy: IBA Details
8Global LNG prices jump 6%: Is India's gas affordability under pressure Details
8Petronet LNG wins ‘Excellence in Public Health Initiatives’ award at Asia Social Impact & Sustainability Awards 2026 Details
8IRGC strikes Al Mayeda LNG ship, US-Iran ceasefire mediator Qatar 'dragged' into war? Details
8Mumbai CNG to cost Rs 90 per kg from November 1 after Re 1 hike Details
8CNG prices hiked in Lucknow, Agra, three other UP cities from Sunday Details
8Indian Railways to replace LPG and diesel with PNG at 22 sites under pact with IGL Details
8From LPG price hike to Delhi vehicle ban: What all changes from November 1? Details
8MOL secures FSRU charter with Deutsche ReGas Details
8Jiahua Energy lines up $165m gas carrier at Jiangnan Details
8Oil majors count the cost of runaway tanker rates Details
8Goa lines up $525m LPG import terminal at Mormugao Details
8GoGas offers LPG dealerships Details
8Pakistan gas crisis: Families return to firewood as LPG prices soar ahead of winter Details
8Jet fuel price rises Rs.1.30 per litre, commercial LPG hiked by Rs.10 Details
8Chevron profits nearly triple to $9.9 billion Details
8ExxonMobil profits double to $15.4 billion Details
8Japan to overtake China as world’s top LNG importer this year Details
8European gas tops 101 euros for first time since 2022 Details
8Brent hits $117 as tanker catches fire in Strait of Hormuz Details
8Chevron raises exploration spending by 50% Details
8Indian Oil Corporation sees superannuation of two executive directors Details
8India's record oil imports hit 5.6 million bpd as Middle East, Russia supplies rise: Report Details
8BPCL launches ultra-premium SPEED 100 petrol in Indore Details
8MGL commissions first large COCO CNG station in South Mumbai Details
8Green ammonia on 10,000 acres: The demand play behind India's $220B renewables push Details
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Kozhikode & Wayanad Districts City Gas Distribution Project

Nov 02: 8Project Name: Kozhikode & Wayanad Districts City Gas Distribution
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Lucknow District City Gas Distribution Project

Nov 02: 8Project Name: Lucknow District City Gas Distribution
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BPCL's Kochi compressed biogas plant faces critical performance test as consultancy contract goes to Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore

Oct 30: 8The real test lies in whether the facility can demonstrate compliance with these contractual guarantees.
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Used cooking oil tender collapses: Is the business model all wrong?

Oct 30: 8Too many hurdles on the way
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Our Downstream briefs: Part I

Oct 30: 8Chennai Petroleum's pressure vessel tender: Lowest bidder must match rivals' cheaper rates for future variations
8Indian Oil's Gujarat catalyst tender shuts out consortium bids while opening a route for foreign-principal credentials
8Indian Oil's Paradip platinum catalyst sale faces a twelfth extension despite 90% earnest money relief
8Bharat Petroleum's Cochin–Coimbatore–Karur pipeline study deadline slips as 99.5 kg/cm² operating-pressure disclosure raises engineering questions
8CPCL's Manali heater tender asks contractors to price structural steel before critical design loads are disclosed
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Our Downstream briefs: Part II

Oct 30: 8Indian Oil's Gujarat refinery catalyst tender contains conflicting triggers for its 36-month performance guarantee
8Indian Oil's pipeline inspection tool tender exposes conflicting Rs 1 crore turnover rules as deadline moves to November
8Indian Oil's naphtha reforming catalyst partnership deadline moves to 10 November, but the 10 MT manufacturing barrier remains
8Bharat Petroleum cancels Washala geotechnical survey tender, raising questions over pipeline pumping station engineering readiness
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Our E&P briefs: Part I

Oct 30: 8ONGC's well-log centre renovation hides a seven-day mobilisation trap
8OIL's rig painting tender: Three bidders out, two survive
8ONGC's Tripura maintenance tender eliminates one-third of participating bidders
8ONGC's Rajahmundry security tender eliminates one-third of bidders
8OIL extends two-ETP tender with major contractual concessions
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Our Downstream briefs: Results

Oct 30: 8HPCL's aviation safety consultancy tender eliminates six of eight bidders, leaving just two to compete for nine study packages
8Indian Oil awards twin gas pipeline environmental studies to ABC Techno Labs, with two-month delivery pressure
8Indian Oil's salicylic acid scale-up contract: Why did the second bidder quote 143.8% more?
8GAIL's 600 MW Jhansi solar project raises questions over 625 MVA power evacuation configuration
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