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Cooking oil requirement for SAF: Can even one unit be supplied on sustainable basis?. Base oil project: Lot of project opportunity. Feasibility-to-completion consultancy: IOCL is trying to impose a new concept. Indian Oil's carbon conversion pilot crosses the 100-bar engineering frontier. New ammonia urea plant: 800 acres identified by the Maharashtra. OIL extends KG Basin drillship tender without technical relief. Andaman drilling: Why is OIL finding it touch to eastablish hydraulic isolation?. CBM production: RIL brings down gas output extension. BP influence: New technology for Mumbai High wells. E&P ETP L1 bid undercuts nearest rival by Rs 34.39 crore. E&P contracting brief: Part I. E&P contracting brief: Part II. Our E&P special briefs. E&P contracting brief: Part III. What is wrong with GACL’s boiler project that keeps running into trouble. Downstream contracting briefs. Our take: Part I. Our take: Part II. Oil & Gas Sector: All new tenders of the day. Oil & Gas Sector: Get all winning contracts of the day. Daily forward looking import matrices. Today's update in E&P, Midstream-Downstream & CGD sector. Global oil demand to fall by 2.6 million barrels per day in 2026, diesel to account for 25% of decline: IEA. Lucknow District City Gas Distribution Project. Oil & Gas Sector: All new tenders of the day. Oil & Gas Sector: Get all winning contracts of the day. Daily forward looking import matrices. Today's update in E&P, Midstream-Downstream & CGD sector. India’s gas demand drops as Iran war hikes LNG spot prices. Jhansi District City Gas Distribution Project. Bulandshahr District City Gas Distribution Project. Oil & Gas Sector: All new tenders of the day. Oil & Gas Sector: Get all winning contracts of the day. Daily forward looking import matrices. Today's update in E&P and Midstream-Downstream sector. Super El Niño could ease Asia’s LNG supply concerns. Companies have stopped naming CBG sites first and then finding the feedstock. Refiners want waste oil for their green pivot. One can’t find sellers, the other won’t promise to buy. Oil & Gas Sector: Get all winning contracts of the day. Oil & Gas Sector: All new tenders of the day.
Cooking oil requirement for SAF: Can even one unit be supplied on sustainable basis?
Oct 16:
8Is the country capable of generating 4000 tonnes of it every month for one SAF units?
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This is being watched with much interest by the rest of the industry
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Base oil project: Lot of project opportunity
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8The project creates a potential opportunity around hydrocracker modifications, new process facilities, associated utilities, instrumentation, emissions monitoring and safety system
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Feasibility-to-completion consultancy: IOCL is trying to impose a new concept
Indian Oil's carbon conversion pilot crosses the 100-bar engineering frontier
Oct 16:
8This is a serious piece of engineering
8But how far will it eventually go?
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8But how far will it eventually go?
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New ammonia urea plant: 800 acres identified by the Maharashtra
Oct 16:
8They have got approvals too
8The next step is to see how far will they go
8What is the gas price that they have assumed?
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8The next step is to see how far will they go
8What is the gas price that they have assumed?
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OIL extends KG Basin drillship tender without technical relief
Oct 16:
8OIL has extended its two-DP-3-drillship tender, giving bidders another 13 days.
8The latest corrigendum changes the Independent External Monitor panel but leaves the revised technical and commercial provisions untouched.
8The critical question is whether additional bidding time can strengthen competition without another substantive concession.
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8The latest corrigendum changes the Independent External Monitor panel but leaves the revised technical and commercial provisions untouched.
8The critical question is whether additional bidding time can strengthen competition without another substantive concession.
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Andaman drilling: Why is OIL finding it touch to eastablish hydraulic isolation?
Oct 16:
8Repeated cement plugs, squeeze operations and LCM-based treatments failed to establish hydraulic isolation in the exploratory well.
What is the company trying next? Details
What is the company trying next? Details
CBM production: RIL brings down gas output extension
Oct 16:
8The same number of wells will draw out less gas
8Even as wells have to drilled over a wider area
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8Even as wells have to drilled over a wider area
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BP influence: New technology for Mumbai High wells
Oct 16:
8We will have to wait and watch how this pilot project pans out
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E&P ETP L1 bid undercuts nearest rival by Rs 34.39 crore
Oct 16:
8The difference raises important questions about how bidders priced rehabilitation, operational responsibilities and long-term performance obligations.
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E&P contracting brief: Part I
Oct 16:
8ONGC's Tripura inspection tender exposes contractors to double penalties
8ONGC Green extends CBG partner deadline, but qualification hurdles remain
8OIL reopens Balimara seismic competition with major eligibility changes
8Subir Raha Memorial: ONGC scraps ambitious metaverse-based energy museum transformation
8OIL extends coring tender again without relaxing technical conditions
8OIL extends well engineering tender to 22 October amid qualification revisions
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8ONGC Green extends CBG partner deadline, but qualification hurdles remain
8OIL reopens Balimara seismic competition with major eligibility changes
8Subir Raha Memorial: ONGC scraps ambitious metaverse-based energy museum transformation
8OIL extends coring tender again without relaxing technical conditions
8OIL extends well engineering tender to 22 October amid qualification revisions
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E&P contracting brief: Part II
Oct 16:
8ONGC's Parbatpur tender shifts gas production uncertainty onto contractors
8ONGC extends Bokaro compressor tender to 28 October amid operating risks
8ONGC's Santhal O&M bids reveal extraordinary 294% pricing gap
8Meascon undercuts ONGC Tripura monitoring estimate by 51.2%
8ONGC seismic tender draws 12 bidders amid detonator pricing dispute
8OIL transfers unquantified installation costs to gas monitoring contractors
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8ONGC extends Bokaro compressor tender to 28 October amid operating risks
8ONGC's Santhal O&M bids reveal extraordinary 294% pricing gap
8Meascon undercuts ONGC Tripura monitoring estimate by 51.2%
8ONGC seismic tender draws 12 bidders amid detonator pricing dispute
8OIL transfers unquantified installation costs to gas monitoring contractors
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Our E&P special briefs
Oct 16:
8OIL Sadiya drilling tender records three successive 28-day extensions Details
8OIL revises technical evaluation sheet for two ETP contracts Details
8ONGC splits Rs 16.49 crore VSP contract between two service providers Details
8OIL’s 27,000-shot seismic tender puts 50 drilling rigs under pressure Details
8ONGC Tripura cement plant tender sees one bidder disqualified Details
8OIL extends logging EOI to 28 October after major qualification reset Details
8Premier undercuts S.Mark by 23.6% in ONGC’s Kalol facilities tender Details
8ONGC’s Hazira compressor control overhaul faces critical gearbox integration test Details Details
8OIL revises technical evaluation sheet for two ETP contracts Details
8ONGC splits Rs 16.49 crore VSP contract between two service providers Details
8OIL’s 27,000-shot seismic tender puts 50 drilling rigs under pressure Details
8ONGC Tripura cement plant tender sees one bidder disqualified Details
8OIL extends logging EOI to 28 October after major qualification reset Details
8Premier undercuts S.Mark by 23.6% in ONGC’s Kalol facilities tender Details
8ONGC’s Hazira compressor control overhaul faces critical gearbox integration test Details Details
E&P contracting brief: Part III
Oct 16:
1) OIL's five-crane tender exposes unusual 3:2 contract allocation
8OIL's four-year tender for five brand-new 45 MT telescopic cranes introduces a two-contractor award structure that differs from the GeM bid-splitting declaration.
8The procurement combines demanding lifting specifications, a four-month mobilisation window and an unusual requirement for bidders to price five cranes while offering at least three.
8The deeper issue lies in how the allocation mechanism could reshape competition, fleet financing and contractual exposure.
2) ONGC rejects sweeping bidder demands in deepwater drillship brokerage tender
8ONGC's deepwater drillship brokerage tender has encountered a wide-ranging challenge covering confidential transaction records, technical accountability and commercial compensation.
8A prospective bidder sought substantial changes to the qualification framework, three-phase scope and specialist responsibilities.
8ONGC's response reveals how firmly the original procurement structure will be maintained.
3) Techno Fab leads ONGC Tripura cement plant race by just 1%
8ONGC's three-year cement bulk handling plant contract at Tripura Asset has produced a remarkably narrow contest between the two lowest bidders.
8Techno Fab's Rs 2.03 crore quotation leads Polydrill by just Rs 1.98 lakh, against a service scope covering pneumatic handling, maintenance and emergency deployment.
8The real significance lies in how the lowest commercial offer intersects with the tender's demanding operating obligations.
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8OIL's four-year tender for five brand-new 45 MT telescopic cranes introduces a two-contractor award structure that differs from the GeM bid-splitting declaration.
8The procurement combines demanding lifting specifications, a four-month mobilisation window and an unusual requirement for bidders to price five cranes while offering at least three.
8The deeper issue lies in how the allocation mechanism could reshape competition, fleet financing and contractual exposure.
2) ONGC rejects sweeping bidder demands in deepwater drillship brokerage tender
8ONGC's deepwater drillship brokerage tender has encountered a wide-ranging challenge covering confidential transaction records, technical accountability and commercial compensation.
8A prospective bidder sought substantial changes to the qualification framework, three-phase scope and specialist responsibilities.
8ONGC's response reveals how firmly the original procurement structure will be maintained.
3) Techno Fab leads ONGC Tripura cement plant race by just 1%
8ONGC's three-year cement bulk handling plant contract at Tripura Asset has produced a remarkably narrow contest between the two lowest bidders.
8Techno Fab's Rs 2.03 crore quotation leads Polydrill by just Rs 1.98 lakh, against a service scope covering pneumatic handling, maintenance and emergency deployment.
8The real significance lies in how the lowest commercial offer intersects with the tender's demanding operating obligations.
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What is wrong with GACL’s boiler project that keeps running into trouble
Downstream contracting briefs
Oct 16:
1) Indian Oil extends specialty polymer reactor tender despite demanding 200-bar technical specifications
8The tender combines a 200-bar design rating, 450°C operating capability and demanding executed-order qualifications in a single laboratory equipment package.
8The unanswered question is whether additional bidding time can attract more qualified suppliers without any demonstrated easing of the technical or commercial entry barriers.
2) IGL's compressed biogas consultancy tender: Who really owns the engineering risk?
8The pre-bid exchanges expose a critical question about responsibility, the tender stays extended.
3) IndianOil holds carbon-credit consultants to issuance-linked payment despite Gorakhpur tender clarifications
8The company is retaining its 20% issuance-linked payment condition while providing specific protection against delays outside the consultant’s control.
8The clarifications expose an important distinction between who finances the validation process and who ultimately controls the carbon asset.
4) BPCL's Bina naphtha-feed pumps: Three bidders face a zero-tolerance power test
8But the real question is how this requirement could separate the competing manufacturers before commercial evaluation.
5) IndianOil Haldia flare safety race narrows to two engineering firms
8The engineering clauses contain a more consequential investment question that will determine what comes next.
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8The tender combines a 200-bar design rating, 450°C operating capability and demanding executed-order qualifications in a single laboratory equipment package.
8The unanswered question is whether additional bidding time can attract more qualified suppliers without any demonstrated easing of the technical or commercial entry barriers.
2) IGL's compressed biogas consultancy tender: Who really owns the engineering risk?
8The pre-bid exchanges expose a critical question about responsibility, the tender stays extended.
3) IndianOil holds carbon-credit consultants to issuance-linked payment despite Gorakhpur tender clarifications
8The company is retaining its 20% issuance-linked payment condition while providing specific protection against delays outside the consultant’s control.
8The clarifications expose an important distinction between who finances the validation process and who ultimately controls the carbon asset.
4) BPCL's Bina naphtha-feed pumps: Three bidders face a zero-tolerance power test
8But the real question is how this requirement could separate the competing manufacturers before commercial evaluation.
5) IndianOil Haldia flare safety race narrows to two engineering firms
8The engineering clauses contain a more consequential investment question that will determine what comes next.
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Our take: Part I
Oct 16:
8EIL's Kolhapur compressed biogas plant faces a 360-day feedstock puzzle
8Indian Oil's Rs 78.72 crore Panipat power contract hides a thin trading-margin opportunity
8BPCL Kochi de-isohexanizer revamp extends bids as 40-day shutdown risks sharpen
8BPCL Mumbai sour water stripper revamp gets more bidding time, not more shutdown time
8Numaligarh green hydrogen cooling-water tender extends deadline as 15-year operating costs determine bidder rankings
8Eight bidders enter Numaligarh Refinery's tough Panchgram vapour recovery contest
8Technip Energies wins Indian Oil's Haldia flare safety engineering contract 21.2% below estimate
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8Indian Oil's Rs 78.72 crore Panipat power contract hides a thin trading-margin opportunity
8BPCL Kochi de-isohexanizer revamp extends bids as 40-day shutdown risks sharpen
8BPCL Mumbai sour water stripper revamp gets more bidding time, not more shutdown time
8Numaligarh green hydrogen cooling-water tender extends deadline as 15-year operating costs determine bidder rankings
8Eight bidders enter Numaligarh Refinery's tough Panchgram vapour recovery contest
8Technip Energies wins Indian Oil's Haldia flare safety engineering contract 21.2% below estimate
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Our take: Part II
Oct 16:
8Indian Oil puts pipeline inspection design liability on consultants
8Indian Oil's catalyst development ambition runs into a 10 MT entry barrier
8Bharat Petroleum ties compressed biogas consultancy fees to plant performance
8Bharat Petroleum orders three-refinery optimisation audit but leaves model corrections outside contract
8Indian Oil's Gorakhpur biogas project confronts a volatile-solids performance dilemma
8Numaligarh's 700 km petroleum pipeline study faces critical survey uncertainty
8Numaligarh Refinery extends Singimari tender but keeps Assam-only entry gate
8GAIL eliminates 40% of bidders in nationwide pipeline survey race
8Bharat Petroleum's insulation survey award exposes 38.4% price gulf
8Indian Oil's pentane market study award exposes 278.5% bid gulf
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8Indian Oil's catalyst development ambition runs into a 10 MT entry barrier
8Bharat Petroleum ties compressed biogas consultancy fees to plant performance
8Bharat Petroleum orders three-refinery optimisation audit but leaves model corrections outside contract
8Indian Oil's Gorakhpur biogas project confronts a volatile-solids performance dilemma
8Numaligarh's 700 km petroleum pipeline study faces critical survey uncertainty
8Numaligarh Refinery extends Singimari tender but keeps Assam-only entry gate
8GAIL eliminates 40% of bidders in nationwide pipeline survey race
8Bharat Petroleum's insulation survey award exposes 38.4% price gulf
8Indian Oil's pentane market study award exposes 278.5% bid gulf
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8Sabine Pass LNG expansion could bring more jobs and investment to Gulf Coast, energy official says Details
8Middle East LNG industry remains hostage to Iran war Details
8Vietnam LNG power costs exceed tariff ceiling by 46% Details
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8Venture Global secures agreements for up to 10 GW of new power capacity Details
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8JERA acquires JOGMEC’s shares in Wheatstone LNG project vehicle Details
8Indian Gas Exchange secures SEBI approval for IPO of up to 1.67 crore shares Details
8Topsoe secures technology contract for Bharat Petroleum’s SAF project in India Details
8EV transition to reshape global fuel demand, but India’s ICE fleet set to grow Details
8Jaishankar, Canadian counterpart Anita Anand hold talks; discuss Middle East conflict Details
8WPI inflation at record 11.39% in September on costlier food, fuel and manufactured items Details
8Global oil demand to fall by 2.6 million barrels per day in 2026, diesel to account for 25% of decline: IEA Details
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8“Largest offtake agreement in history”: Trump announces Taiwan’s up to $80 billion commitment for Alaska LNG Details
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8Global oil demand to fall by 2.6 million barrels per day in 2026, diesel to account for 25% of decline: IEA Details
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8Pakistan faces winter gas shortages if Hormuz LNG remains choked Details
8Europe’s gas prices close to 2022 high as Hormuz LNG flows remain limited Details
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8TotalEnergies eyes massive profit windfall as refining margins soar Details
8Ukraine to resume Russian oil refinery strikes after failed energy ceasefire Details
8EIA says US crude inventories down nearly 9 million barrels Details
8Venezuela’s oil recovery gains momentum as new drilling rigs arrive Details
8Essar Oil & Gas wins five CBM blocks across three states Details
8Arunachal Pradesh: Khandu meets Oil India Limited delegation, stresses local benefits from energy investments Details
8Trump may decide on 100% tariffs on India over Russian oil in about 10 days: Sergio Gor Details
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8Sabine Pass LNG expansion could bring more jobs and investment to Gulf Coast, energy official says Details
8Middle East LNG industry remains hostage to Iran war Details
8Vietnam LNG power costs exceed tariff ceiling by 46% Details
8POSCO, Hanwha Ocean team up on high-manganese steel LNG cargo tanks Details
8Venture Global secures agreements for up to 10 GW of new power capacity Details
8Equinor, partners strike oil and gas near Oseberg field in North Sea Details
8ENGIE and CMA CGM to develop biomethane plant in Le Havre, France Details
8Seascape Energy receives Petronas approval for Temaris PSC expansion Details
8JERA acquires JOGMEC’s shares in Wheatstone LNG project vehicle Details
8Indian Gas Exchange secures SEBI approval for IPO of up to 1.67 crore shares Details
8Topsoe secures technology contract for Bharat Petroleum’s SAF project in India Details
8EV transition to reshape global fuel demand, but India’s ICE fleet set to grow Details
8Jaishankar, Canadian counterpart Anita Anand hold talks; discuss Middle East conflict Details
8WPI inflation at record 11.39% in September on costlier food, fuel and manufactured items Details
8Global oil demand to fall by 2.6 million barrels per day in 2026, diesel to account for 25% of decline: IEA Details
8Record oil tanker rates put pressure on Asian refiners, IEA says Details
8“Largest offtake agreement in history”: Trump announces Taiwan’s up to $80 billion commitment for Alaska LNG Details
8Oman beats US to become India’s top LNG supplier; imports stay robust despite Hormuz crisis Details
8IGL rolls out AI system to check CNG cylinder safety at pumps Details
8Aegis Logistics reports INR 1,599 crore normalised EBITDA for FY26 Details
8Death toll rises to 2 in Jajpur LPG cylinder blast case Details
8Aegis Logistics starts 35,000 MT yearly LPG bottling plant at Jawaharlal Nehru Port Details
8Global oil demand to fall by 2.6 million barrels per day in 2026, diesel to account for 25% of decline: IEA Details
8Indian Oil backs boxing push with Rs.40 crore CSR partnership Details
8Pakistan faces winter gas shortages if Hormuz LNG remains choked Details
8Europe’s gas prices close to 2022 high as Hormuz LNG flows remain limited Details
8India’s annual wind power installations to double by 2030 Details
8TotalEnergies eyes massive profit windfall as refining margins soar Details
8Ukraine to resume Russian oil refinery strikes after failed energy ceasefire Details
8EIA says US crude inventories down nearly 9 million barrels Details
8Venezuela’s oil recovery gains momentum as new drilling rigs arrive Details
8Essar Oil & Gas wins five CBM blocks across three states Details
8Arunachal Pradesh: Khandu meets Oil India Limited delegation, stresses local benefits from energy investments Details
8Trump may decide on 100% tariffs on India over Russian oil in about 10 days: Sergio Gor Details
8GRSE signs four-vessel contract with ONGC Details
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