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India’s gas grid expansion hits a green crossroads.  Refiner moves reformer diagnostics into predictive engineering territory.  Rs 1700 crore seismic tender: Monopoly bidder.  West Bengal may finally be oil & gas producing.  Amguri field: Moves ahead.  Madupalli QPS: Finally ready.  ONGC’s new 1000 km offshore pipeline laying model: What is the latest?.  Reliance’s Patalganga expansion signals another push on downstream petrochemicals.  Coromandel's 20% capacity jump: Built on squeezing more out of existing assets.  The cost of ‘review’: India’s fertilizer sector caught in policy limbo.  BPCL quietly redraws risk lines as CBG tender pushes hydrology failures onto bidders.  Refiner’s six extensions reveal a shrinking global pool for BTX extraction licensors.  Naphtha cracker: 420-day extension cycle signals more than delay.  Refiner turns OEM into consultant, not contractor.  Oil & Gas Sector: All new tenders of the day.  Oil & Gas Sector: Get all winning contracts of the day.  Downstream contracting briefs.  E&P contracting brief for the day.  Daily forward looking import matrices.  Government confirms stable fuel supply with 94% LPG deliveries authenticated.  Varanasi District City Gas Distribution Project.  Ranchi District City Gas Distribution Project.  MH asset PWC revamp buys bidders time to decode an unusually dense offshore package .  Today's update in E&P, Midstream-Downstream & CGD sector.  ONGC’s Western Offshore WBDF tender collapses.  E&P contracting brief: Part I.  E&P contracting brief: Part II.  Trust deficit about long-term gas on exchange.  Pipeline owner quietly expands PMC control, turning consultants into quasi-project owners.  Single-vendor refinery economizer revamp raises price discovery concerns.  NRL’s purge PP silo tender quietly narrows the vendor pool to a handful of technically qualified players.  CO2 pilot tender sees three extensions.  Polypropylene project faces silent pushback as nitrogen compressor tender slips thrice.  Petrochemical complex: Owner pushes high-risk PMC model with rigid clauses and undefined phase gap.  Oil & Gas Sector: Get all winning contracts of the day.  Oil & Gas Sector: All new tenders of the day.  Top Market Updates You Can’t Afford to Miss.  Downstream contracting briefs: Awards.  Downstream contracting briefs.  India steps up LNG push with shipment flag-off from US.  

India’s gas grid expansion hits a green crossroads

Apr 23: 8A critical link between southern gas corridors promises cleaner fuel—but at the expense of navigating forests, wildlife clearances, and regulatory scrutiny.
8Short in length but is still a strategic connector enabling LNG terminals to finally operate at scale.
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Refiner moves reformer diagnostics into predictive engineering territory

Apr 23: 8It is no longer just about inspecting tubes. Vendors are asked to predict failure timelines. That shift quietly redefines the scope from service to decision-making. The deeper implication lies in how this could reshape shutdown strategies.
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Rs 1700 crore seismic tender: Monopoly bidder

Apr 23: 8Find out more on how this massive deal was won
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West Bengal may finally be oil & gas producing

Apr 23: 8There is a total of 15 development wells and a QPS in North 24 Parganas and Nadia
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Amguri field: Moves ahead

Apr 23: 811 new development wells, appraisal of 10 existing wells, and 4 production units.
8Find out more
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Madupalli QPS: Finally ready

Apr 23: 8The project is to convert exploratory well MDU-AA into a development well and set up a 4,50,000 m3/day gas handling QPS
8The executive summary says MDU-AA proved hydrocarbon bearing, supporting early monetization of discovered resources.
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ONGC’s new 1000 km offshore pipeline laying model: What is the latest?

Apr 23: 8This is a new disaggregated offshore pipeline laying contracting model instead of a single LSTK package
8But the model is getting finetuned now
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Reliance’s Patalganga expansion signals another push on downstream petrochemicals

Apr 23: 8Capacity is being scaled within an existing complex
8As integration, not greenfield, drives the next phase
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Coromandel's 20% capacity jump: Built on squeezing more out of existing assets

Apr 23: 8Debottlenecking, not greenfield investment, is driving growth
8And the product mix is quietly shifting upward
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The cost of ‘review’: India’s fertilizer sector caught in policy limbo

Apr 23: 8A new ammonia-urea project tied to NIP-2012 couldn’t move forward as the next policy framework remained under revision.
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BPCL quietly redraws risk lines as CBG tender pushes hydrology failures onto bidders

Apr 23: 8The corrigendum does more than clarify—it reallocates risk.
8Drainage design and flood mitigation now sit squarely with EPC players.
8The real question is whether bidders will price this risk—or walk away.
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Refiner’s six extensions reveal a shrinking global pool for BTX extraction licensors

Apr 23: 8Six deadline shifts without relaxing qualification norms is not routine—it is a signal.
8The global vendor pool for large-scale BTX extraction appears thinner than expected.
8What looks like a delay may actually be a market constraint coming into view.
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Naphtha cracker: 420-day extension cycle signals more than delay

Apr 23: 8It signals bid resistance.
8It is a market repeatedly refusing to converge on risk pricing.
8The real question is what bidders are still unwilling to underwrite.
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Refiner turns OEM into consultant, not contractor

Apr 23: 8This is a subtle reset of vendor power dynamics.
8The OEM provides knowledge but not the revenue-heavy follow-up work.
8This model quietly rebalances negotiating power in future tenders.
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Oil & Gas Sector: All new tenders of the day

Apr 23: 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
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Oil & Gas Sector: Get all winning contracts of the day

Apr 23: 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.
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Downstream contracting briefs

Apr 23: 1) HPCL Mumbai refinery LMBU’s API 617 compressor tender gets extension as strict qualification filters continue to shape bidder entry
8The move looks modest on paper, but this is a tightly screened API 617 package where proving eligibility may be harder than pricing the bid. The extension says less about owner softness than about how demanding refinery rotating-equipment procurement has become.
 
2) NRL’s pump tender quietly shifts core hydraulic risk to vendors without sharing process data
8Bidders asked for NPSH inputs. The client declined. Now vendors are expected to guarantee performance without full visibility into suction conditions.
 
3) Andhra refinery project modularization study gets two extensions as BPCL holds bidders to a field-backed, risk-loaded brief
8BPCL’s AP project modularization study looks like a short consulting tender, but the pre-bid record shows a much tougher execution screen underneath. Bidders tried to narrow it into a desktop exercise, while BPCL kept pushing logistics, site-readiness and assumption risk back onto the consultant. The two extensions now raise the sharper question of whether vendor interest is strong enough to overcome the package’s ambiguity.
 
4) Door shut on global competition in Kochi polypropylene tender
8Foreign bidders are explicitly excluded despite a highly specialised instrumentation scope. The move aligns with domestic procurement policy—but at what cost to technology depth? The real story lies in how this reshapes capability vs compliance trade-offs.
 
5) Crude tank clearance tender sees single qualified bidder as risk-heavy clauses filter competition
8Five bidders entered, but only one survived the technical filter.
 
6) BPCL awards PRE revamp contract to Elliott Ebara for Kochi refinery polypropylene project
8A critical turbomachinery revamp at Kochi refinery has quietly closed with a single dominant bidder. The technical filters were so tight that competition barely surfaced. What looks like a routine award may actually reveal deeper vendor concentration dynamics.

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E&P contracting brief for the day

Apr 23: 1) OIL India’s in-house workover rigs HSE services contract saw a price gap of 6.7 percent gap over L2
8OIL India’s latest workover-rig HSE award was not a light advisory mandate but a field-embedded compliance architecture with manpower, audits, HIRA, industrial hygiene, and statutory support rolled together.
 
2) OIL Rajasthan heavy oil CSS mobile boiler tender corrigendum eases mobilization and manpower norms but keeps the steam specification hard
8OIL has blinked on execution mechanics, not on process ambition.
8The Rajasthan heavy-oil CSS boiler tender now gives contractors more time and a wider hiring base, but the demanding steam envelope remains intact.
8The real story is what that says about how OIL wants risk priced, not merely how bids are submitted.
 
3) ONGC’s Uran Plant oil spill response tender is corrigendum-hit, contractor-friendly on fleet age, but still hard on readiness risk
8ONGC has eased the toughest marine-entry barrier in its Uran oil spill response tender, but it has not softened the outcome burden.
8The corrigendum opens the vessel pool and relaxes qualification pathways just enough to revive competition.
8What it does not change is more revealing than what it does.
 
4) Indrora Oil Field EC Transfer Moves to EAC Consideration
8Oilmax Energy’s proposal to transfer environmental clearance for 5–10 development wells in Gujarat’s Indrora Oil Field has been accepted and placed before the EAC, with the project cost stated at Rs. 15–20 crore.
 
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Daily forward looking import matrices

Apr 23: 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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Government confirms stable fuel supply with 94% LPG deliveries authenticated

Apr 23: For reference purposes the website carries here the following Newsclips (These are public domain newsclips and the website is not responsible for their content):
 8China and India lead the green hydrogen expansion Details
 8Maharashtra cabinet clears compressed biogas policy Details
 8Chevron resumes full production at Wheatstone LNG after cyclone damage repairs Details
 8Golden Pass says first LNG export cargo departs from Sabine Pass terminal Details
 8Iran ceasefire extension reduces immediate escalation risk Details
 8Clean energy generation surges in India, coal still dominates: report Details
 8Industrial decarbonisation hinges on capital cycles, says Jindal Stainless Details
 8Iran seizes ships in Strait of Hormuz after Trump halts attacks Details
 8Government eyes ethanol blending beyond 20% and promotes flex-fuel vehicles Details
 8India allows ethanol blending in aviation fuel Details
 8India denies cash and crypto payments to Iran for Hormuz passage Details
 8ONGC cancels jack-up rig tender over collusion concerns Details
 8India crude oil production declines for 11th consecutive year, gas output also falls Details
 8Upstream oil and gas producers expected to perform well in Q4, OMCs face margin pressure Details
 8Russian oil flows via Ukraine open scope for $105 billion loan to Kyiv Details
 8Traders place $430 million bet on falling oil prices before ceasefire extension Details
 8Rupee weakens as Iran war concerns push oil prices to $100 Details
 8Oil prices rise after reports of gunfire targeting ships in Hormuz Details
 8Chief Minister and NIA team visit Rajasthan refinery after fire incident Details
 8Tehran signals US readiness to end naval blockade, says envoy to UN Details
 8Iran oil tankers go dark to bypass US blockade Details
 8GAIL flags off LNG vessel Energy Fidelity from US to strengthen supply chain Details
 8BPCL files no encumbrance declaration for Petronet LNG shares Details
 8Analysis compares Iran war oil supply shock with past disruptions Details
 8L&T Energy GreenTech signs green ammonia supply deal with ITOCHU Details
 8GAIL flags off LNG vessel Energy Fidelity from US to strengthen supply chain Details
 8Over 467 applications for CNG and CBG stations processed on priority basis Details
 8Government confirms stable fuel supply with 94% LPG deliveries authenticated Details
 8LNG carrier Energy Fidelity departs Sabine Pass to support GAIL supply chain Details
 8BPCL confirms stable LPG supply across India Details
 8Administration warns gas agencies to clear pending backlogs Details
 8India pushes LPG pipeline expansion to reduce road transport dependence Details
 8Report examines India’s LPG supply situation amid rising demand Details
 8IOCL assures no fuel shortage in north India amid West Asia tensions Details
 8Iran tankers switch off transponders to bypass US blockade Details
 8Indian Oil hosts Public Sector Month talk at Refineries HQ Details
 8Report highlights coal gasification as strategic hedge against energy shocks Details
 8India’s imports of Russian oil surge to record high in March Details
 8Indian Oil confirms stable fuel supply in Odisha Details
 8India continues Russian oil imports amid uncertainty over US sanctions waiver Details
 8Government permits blending of ethanol and synthetic hydrocarbons in ATF Details
 8Domestic oil production seen as key response to $100 oil scenario Details
 8Indian Oil hosts Public Sector Month talk on India’s global growth Details
 8ONGC issues clarification on cancellation of jack-up rig tender Details
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Varanasi District City Gas Distribution Project

Apr 23: 8Project Name: Varanasi District City Gas Distribution
8Project Cost: Rs 300 crore Click here for more details Details

Ranchi District City Gas Distribution Project

Apr 23: 8Project Name: Ranchi District City Gas Distribution
8Project Cost: Rs 350 crore Click here for more details Details

MH asset PWC revamp buys bidders time to decode an unusually dense offshore package

Apr 22: 8A bidder here is pricing process performance, offshore execution and long-tail maintenance in one shot.
8The extra week likely says more about package complexity than about tender administration.
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Today's update in E&P, Midstream-Downstream & CGD sector

Apr 22: 8Here's what's happening today in the E&P, midstream-downstream, and CGD section
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ONGC’s Western Offshore WBDF tender collapses

Apr 22: 8This is after months of extensions and clause rewrites
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E&P contracting brief: Part I

Apr 22: 1) ONGC turns KG-DWN-98/2 Odalarevu’s revised effluent and MEG pipeline plan into a tightly staged CRZ-EC clearance race
8ONGC’s latest Odalarevu package is really about a changed field-development logic, not just another environmental consultancy hire.
8A disposal-well and horticulture route has given way to marine discharge and new MEG-linked pipelines, pulling coastal regulation, marine modelling, and amendment engineering into one clearance chain.
 
2) Oil India water disposal well O&M contract win: Details
8Oil India’s water disposal well O&M award looks straightforward only until the tender paper trail is read closely.
8The contract structure keeps mobilization, security and last-well execution pressure firmly on the contractor, while the underlying documents carry a striking scope-reference mismatch.
 
3) Shree Laxmi Corporation emerges L1 for ONGC Ankleshwar SRP maintenance contract 
8The price spread looks controlled, but this is not a light-service contract where a narrow quote can be shrugged off.
8ONGC has bundled uptime, spares, breakdown response, electrical responsibility, painting, custody, and digital workflow into one five-year operating bet.
 
4) This basin tender is really a live cementing operations contract disguised as an O&M service package
8This is not a static maintenance contract.
8The documents push the contractor into the middle of field execution, equipment placement, pressure testing and simultaneous drilling support.
8That makes the commercial risk profile far sharper than the title line suggests.
 
5) Singha Hydraulic wins ONGC Assam Asset well-fluid preheater maintenance contract at a sharply discounted L1 price
8ONGC Assam Asset’s preheater maintenance award is not a routine low-bid story.
8The tender papers load the contractor with specialised extraction, hydro-jetting, chemical-cleaning and repair obligations that make execution quality inseparable from price.
 
6) Two bidders clear ONGC’s Rig Sagar Vijay valuation tender after risk-softening corrigendum
8ONGC did not broaden the market by loosening technical discipline on Rig Sagar Vijay.
8It did something more telling: it eased time and cash-flow stress while keeping the valuation job inspection-heavy and tightly governed.
 
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E&P contracting brief: Part II

Apr 22: 1) ONGC’s Rajahmundry asset 10K production-testing tender kept risk on the contractor even after bidder clarifications narrowed field ambiguities
8ONGC used the clarification round to answer field-execution questions without softening the commercial burden of a three-year, high-pressure testing package.
8The replies show where Rajahmundry’s production-testing tender behaves less like routine equipment hire and more like a reliability-heavy flowback services contract.
8Four bidders stayed qualified, one fell out, and the real story sits in how ONGC redrew almost every grey interface without yielding the core risk position.
 
2) OIL India Rajasthan Field widens MSG eligibility but tightens per-unit accountability as tender is extended
8OIL has not merely pushed the date; it has redrawn the competitive map for Rajasthan steam services.
8The corrigendum opens the door to a broader vendor pool while making two-unit performance harder to blur inside a bundled commercial structure.
8The market impact sits in the tension between easier entry and stricter monetisation discipline.
 
3) Two bidders clear ONGC’s Rig Sagar Vijay valuation tender after risk-softening corrigendum
8ONGC did not broaden the market by loosening technical discipline on Rig Sagar Vijay.
8It did something more telling: it eased time and cash-flow stress while keeping the valuation job inspection-heavy and tightly governed.
 
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Trust deficit about long-term gas on exchange

Apr 22: 8But doesn’t trust the exchange to hold the risk
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Pipeline owner quietly expands PMC control, turning consultants into quasi-project owners

Apr 22: 8The PMC role for this gas pipeline now stretches beyond oversight into deep engineering validation and inspection control. This changes accountability structures across the project lifecycle. The question is whether EPC contractors are being sidelined in execution authority.
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Single-vendor refinery economizer revamp raises price discovery concerns

Apr 22: 8A technically complex upgrade has been routed through a single-source procurement model. That limits competitive tension at a time when cost discipline is under scrutiny. The bigger question is how price reasonableness will be established.
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NRL’s purge PP silo tender quietly narrows the vendor pool to a handful of technically qualified players

Apr 22: 8Find out more
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CO2 pilot tender sees three extensions

Apr 22: 8Early stress test for green R&D contracting
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Polypropylene project faces silent pushback as nitrogen compressor tender slips thrice

Apr 22: 8This is even as as tight API 618 qualification narrows the field
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Petrochemical complex: Owner pushes high-risk PMC model with rigid clauses and undefined phase gap

Apr 22: 8It must integrate with MPMC and multiple EPC contractors. Coordination risk may become the dominant execution challenge.
8Bidders flagged multiple gaps, but most were turned down.
8What emerges is a contract structure that quietly reshapes PMC responsibility.
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Oil & Gas Sector: Get all winning contracts of the day

Apr 22: 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

Oil & Gas Sector: All new tenders of the day

Apr 22: 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

Top Market Updates You Can’t Afford to Miss

Apr 22: New Page 1 8Moefcc sets two-day virtual eac hearing to vet major oil, gas and petrochemical projects across states [EAC] Details
8HPCL says HRRL refinery fire was contained quickly, with no casualties and no material impact seen [HPCL] Details
8CPCL sets april 24 earnings call, saying no price-sensitive information will be shared [CPCL] Details
8Engineers india formalizes RTA transition through tripartite pact with kfin and alankit [EIL] Details
8Veedol shares ex-executive director Sanjeev wangoo’s resignation letter, citing personal and professional reasons [Veedol] Details
8Seamec’s vessel princess wraps up addendum job scope, marking another offshore milestone [Seamec] Details
8Seamec says agastya is back on hire after technical fix, returning to field on april 21 [Seamec] Details
8Desco infratech tells bse recent surge in trading volumes is entirely market-driven [Desco] Details
8IGX holds open house on proposed 1-year and 2-year term-ahead gas contracts [PNGRB] Details
8IGX's response on comments received regarding introduction of term-ahead contracts of 1 year and 2 years on  plIGXatform [PNGRB] Details
8Market feedback builds on igx plan to launch 1-year and 2-year term-ahead gas contracts [PNGRB] Details Details

Downstream contracting briefs: Awards

Apr 22: 1) IOCL’s pipeline security bet leans on manpower over technology
8Pipeline integrity is being guarded by boots on the ground, not sensors in the field. The absence of digital surveillance raises scalability questions. The real risk may lie in what is not being monitored.
 
2) Aggressive L1 pricing defines BPCLs geotechnical award outcome
8The lowest bidder edged out competition by a narrow margin over L2. Yet the broader spread shows deep disagreement on cost structures. The real story lies beyond the first two bids.

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Downstream contracting briefs

Apr 22: 1) Refinery solar RESCO tender shifts full lifecycle risk to contractors
8It leans heavily on a RESCO structure that minimizes its capital exposure. The tender quietly embeds clauses that reshape risk ownership in ways contractors cannot ignore. The real test will emerge in how bidders price uncertainty against guaranteed offtake.
 
2) Brownfield LPG retrofit complexity drives bid hesitation
8The project demands integration within a live LPG terminal without disrupting operations. This raises execution and safety risks beyond typical greenfield consultancy scopes. The extension suggests bidders are recalibrating technical strategies before committing.
 
3) Gamma scanning tender exposes a shrinking pool of radiation-certified vendors
8A routine diagnostic contract is revealing a deeper supply constraint. Only a handful of AERB-accredited players can realistically compete. The extension hints at how thin this market has become.
 
4) IOCL’s ethanol push meets tighter legal grip
8A relatively small process package now carries a disproportionately heavy contractual framework. The shift reflects a broader tightening across PSU procurement. Execution may no longer be the hardest part—compliance might be.
 
5) Corrigendum sharpens control over the DHT, FGATU and ARU TA contract while preserving a 50 percent scale-up lever
8The corrigendum does more than push the calendar on the DHT, FGATU and ARU turnaround package. It consolidates the governing ATC layer and quietly hands the buyer a 50 percent quantity-or-duration lever that can reshape execution economics after award. For shutdown contractors, the real story is not the date extension but how much risk now sits inside a bid that already spans high-pressure, discovery-prone refinery work.

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India steps up LNG push with shipment flag-off from US

Apr 22: For reference purposes the website carries here the following Newsclips (These are public domain newsclips and the website is not responsible for their content):
 8AG&P LNG takes over cap MEP import terminal in Vietnam Details
 8Burckhardt compression wins several orders for LNG terminals in Thailand and Taiwan Details
 8How India can strategically shift to electric cooking at scale Details
 8Why India’s oil and gas exploration architecture confronts a shortage of offshore rigs Details
 8Us scales up biogas opportunity, ABC data shows Details
 8Bwssb to extract biogas from sewage sludge Details
 8Cleanmax to supply hybrid renewable power to shell’s LNG terminal and technology centre in India Details
 8Deendayal port aids lng tank dispatch by inox India to bahamas Details
 8India steps up LNG push with shipment flag-off from US Details
 8West Asia on edge after trump hints at Iran bombardment Details
 8Prolonged energy disruption to widen India trade deficit, strain fiscal account, moody's says Details
 8India reviews safety of its ships after hormuz firing Details
 8Household LPG sales fall 8% in march Details
 8Iran-us war: strait of hormuz disruptions have implications for India, says Rajnath singh Details
 8Us retail sales rises 1.7% mom in march driven by gas price spike due to the Iran war Details
 8Oil touches $100 on uncertainty over west asia ceasefire Details
 8India ramps up PNG adoption with over 5 lakh new connections Details
 8Un agency prepares hormuz evacuation plan for hundreds of ships Details
 8War in Iran is causing biggest energy crisis in history, IEA says Details
 8India's march crude imports slide on Iran war, Russian volumes hit record high, data shows Details
 8Ongc wins platinum award at EEF global sustainability champion awards 2026 Details
 8GAIL begins PNG supply to historic benares club in Varanasi under CGD project Details
 8Engineers India signs tripartite agreement with Rtas Details
 8ONGC bids farewell to director (finance) vivek tongaonka Details
 8India keeps domestic fuel prices stable despite rise in global crude market : govt Details
 8Citizens in Bengaluru turn to roadside trees for firewood amid LPG shortage Details
 8Maharashtra, up lead in PNG sign-ups after government push Details
 8Iran war has cost the world $50 billion of lost oil supply, so far Details
 8Ukraine strike halts oil processing at novokuibyshevsk refinery Details
 8Iraq turns to risky overland routes as oil exports collapse Details
 8Us forces board Iranian oil tanker in Indian ocean Details
 8Us waiver set to keep Russian oil exports to India near record high Details
 8Nitin Gadkari calls for 100% ethanol blending in India amid west Asia oil crisis Details
 8Iran oil tanker defies us blockade; it likely went from India Details
 8Fuel rations and free buses: how countries have responded to rising oil prices Details
 8From crisis to control, India ramps up oil and gas production: RBI governor Details
 8Oil India subsidiary OGEL signs green energy MOU with numaligarh refinery Details
 8India expands Russian insurers to secure oil shipping cover Details
 8Strait of hormuz blockade: India, china’s alternate oil supply cushion fades as Russian crude on water runs low Details
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India’s gas grid expansion hits a green crossroads

Apr 23: 8A critical link between southern gas corridors promises cleaner fuel—but at the expense of navigating forests, wildlife clearances, and regulatory scrutiny.
8Short in length but is still a strategic connector enabling LNG terminals to finally operate at scale.
Click on Details for more Details

Refiner moves reformer diagnostics into predictive engineering territory

Apr 23: 8It is no longer just about inspecting tubes. Vendors are asked to predict failure timelines. That shift quietly redefines the scope from service to decision-making. The deeper implication lies in how this could reshape shutdown strategies.
Click on Details for more Details

Rs 1700 crore seismic tender: Monopoly bidder

Apr 23: 8Find out more on how this massive deal was won
Click on Details Details

West Bengal may finally be oil & gas producing

Apr 23: 8There is a total of 15 development wells and a QPS in North 24 Parganas and Nadia
Click on Details for more Details

Amguri field: Moves ahead

Apr 23: 811 new development wells, appraisal of 10 existing wells, and 4 production units.
8Find out more
Click on Details for more Details

Madupalli QPS: Finally ready

Apr 23: 8The project is to convert exploratory well MDU-AA into a development well and set up a 4,50,000 m3/day gas handling QPS
8The executive summary says MDU-AA proved hydrocarbon bearing, supporting early monetization of discovered resources.
Click on Details for more Details

ONGC’s new 1000 km offshore pipeline laying model: What is the latest?

Apr 23: 8This is a new disaggregated offshore pipeline laying contracting model instead of a single LSTK package
8But the model is getting finetuned now
Click on Details for more Details

Reliance’s Patalganga expansion signals another push on downstream petrochemicals

Apr 23: 8Capacity is being scaled within an existing complex
8As integration, not greenfield, drives the next phase
Click on Details for more Details

Coromandel's 20% capacity jump: Built on squeezing more out of existing assets

Apr 23: 8Debottlenecking, not greenfield investment, is driving growth
8And the product mix is quietly shifting upward
Click on Details for more Details

The cost of ‘review’: India’s fertilizer sector caught in policy limbo

Apr 23: 8A new ammonia-urea project tied to NIP-2012 couldn’t move forward as the next policy framework remained under revision.
Click on Details for more Details

BPCL quietly redraws risk lines as CBG tender pushes hydrology failures onto bidders

Apr 23: 8The corrigendum does more than clarify—it reallocates risk.
8Drainage design and flood mitigation now sit squarely with EPC players.
8The real question is whether bidders will price this risk—or walk away.
Click on Details for more Details

Refiner’s six extensions reveal a shrinking global pool for BTX extraction licensors

Apr 23: 8Six deadline shifts without relaxing qualification norms is not routine—it is a signal.
8The global vendor pool for large-scale BTX extraction appears thinner than expected.
8What looks like a delay may actually be a market constraint coming into view.
Click on Details for more Details

Naphtha cracker: 420-day extension cycle signals more than delay

Apr 23: 8It signals bid resistance.
8It is a market repeatedly refusing to converge on risk pricing.
8The real question is what bidders are still unwilling to underwrite.
Click on Details for more Details

Refiner turns OEM into consultant, not contractor

Apr 23: 8This is a subtle reset of vendor power dynamics.
8The OEM provides knowledge but not the revenue-heavy follow-up work.
8This model quietly rebalances negotiating power in future tenders.
Click on Details for more Details

Oil & Gas Sector: All new tenders of the day

Apr 23: 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

Apr 23: 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

Downstream contracting briefs

Apr 23: 1) HPCL Mumbai refinery LMBU’s API 617 compressor tender gets extension as strict qualification filters continue to shape bidder entry
8The move looks modest on paper, but this is a tightly screened API 617 package where proving eligibility may be harder than pricing the bid. The extension says less about owner softness than about how demanding refinery rotating-equipment procurement has become.
 
2) NRL’s pump tender quietly shifts core hydraulic risk to vendors without sharing process data
8Bidders asked for NPSH inputs. The client declined. Now vendors are expected to guarantee performance without full visibility into suction conditions.
 
3) Andhra refinery project modularization study gets two extensions as BPCL holds bidders to a field-backed, risk-loaded brief
8BPCL’s AP project modularization study looks like a short consulting tender, but the pre-bid record shows a much tougher execution screen underneath. Bidders tried to narrow it into a desktop exercise, while BPCL kept pushing logistics, site-readiness and assumption risk back onto the consultant. The two extensions now raise the sharper question of whether vendor interest is strong enough to overcome the package’s ambiguity.
 
4) Door shut on global competition in Kochi polypropylene tender
8Foreign bidders are explicitly excluded despite a highly specialised instrumentation scope. The move aligns with domestic procurement policy—but at what cost to technology depth? The real story lies in how this reshapes capability vs compliance trade-offs.
 
5) Crude tank clearance tender sees single qualified bidder as risk-heavy clauses filter competition
8Five bidders entered, but only one survived the technical filter.
 
6) BPCL awards PRE revamp contract to Elliott Ebara for Kochi refinery polypropylene project
8A critical turbomachinery revamp at Kochi refinery has quietly closed with a single dominant bidder. The technical filters were so tight that competition barely surfaced. What looks like a routine award may actually reveal deeper vendor concentration dynamics.

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E&P contracting brief for the day

Apr 23: 1) OIL India’s in-house workover rigs HSE services contract saw a price gap of 6.7 percent gap over L2
8OIL India’s latest workover-rig HSE award was not a light advisory mandate but a field-embedded compliance architecture with manpower, audits, HIRA, industrial hygiene, and statutory support rolled together.
 
2) OIL Rajasthan heavy oil CSS mobile boiler tender corrigendum eases mobilization and manpower norms but keeps the steam specification hard
8OIL has blinked on execution mechanics, not on process ambition.
8The Rajasthan heavy-oil CSS boiler tender now gives contractors more time and a wider hiring base, but the demanding steam envelope remains intact.
8The real story is what that says about how OIL wants risk priced, not merely how bids are submitted.
 
3) ONGC’s Uran Plant oil spill response tender is corrigendum-hit, contractor-friendly on fleet age, but still hard on readiness risk
8ONGC has eased the toughest marine-entry barrier in its Uran oil spill response tender, but it has not softened the outcome burden.
8The corrigendum opens the vessel pool and relaxes qualification pathways just enough to revive competition.
8What it does not change is more revealing than what it does.
 
4) Indrora Oil Field EC Transfer Moves to EAC Consideration
8Oilmax Energy’s proposal to transfer environmental clearance for 5–10 development wells in Gujarat’s Indrora Oil Field has been accepted and placed before the EAC, with the project cost stated at Rs. 15–20 crore.
 
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Daily forward looking import matrices

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Government confirms stable fuel supply with 94% LPG deliveries authenticated

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 8China and India lead the green hydrogen expansion Details
 8Maharashtra cabinet clears compressed biogas policy Details
 8Chevron resumes full production at Wheatstone LNG after cyclone damage repairs Details
 8Golden Pass says first LNG export cargo departs from Sabine Pass terminal Details
 8Iran ceasefire extension reduces immediate escalation risk Details
 8Clean energy generation surges in India, coal still dominates: report Details
 8Industrial decarbonisation hinges on capital cycles, says Jindal Stainless Details
 8Iran seizes ships in Strait of Hormuz after Trump halts attacks Details
 8Government eyes ethanol blending beyond 20% and promotes flex-fuel vehicles Details
 8India allows ethanol blending in aviation fuel Details
 8India denies cash and crypto payments to Iran for Hormuz passage Details
 8ONGC cancels jack-up rig tender over collusion concerns Details
 8India crude oil production declines for 11th consecutive year, gas output also falls Details
 8Upstream oil and gas producers expected to perform well in Q4, OMCs face margin pressure Details
 8Russian oil flows via Ukraine open scope for $105 billion loan to Kyiv Details
 8Traders place $430 million bet on falling oil prices before ceasefire extension Details
 8Rupee weakens as Iran war concerns push oil prices to $100 Details
 8Oil prices rise after reports of gunfire targeting ships in Hormuz Details
 8Chief Minister and NIA team visit Rajasthan refinery after fire incident Details
 8Tehran signals US readiness to end naval blockade, says envoy to UN Details
 8Iran oil tankers go dark to bypass US blockade Details
 8GAIL flags off LNG vessel Energy Fidelity from US to strengthen supply chain Details
 8BPCL files no encumbrance declaration for Petronet LNG shares Details
 8Analysis compares Iran war oil supply shock with past disruptions Details
 8L&T Energy GreenTech signs green ammonia supply deal with ITOCHU Details
 8GAIL flags off LNG vessel Energy Fidelity from US to strengthen supply chain Details
 8Over 467 applications for CNG and CBG stations processed on priority basis Details
 8Government confirms stable fuel supply with 94% LPG deliveries authenticated Details
 8LNG carrier Energy Fidelity departs Sabine Pass to support GAIL supply chain Details
 8BPCL confirms stable LPG supply across India Details
 8Administration warns gas agencies to clear pending backlogs Details
 8India pushes LPG pipeline expansion to reduce road transport dependence Details
 8Report examines India’s LPG supply situation amid rising demand Details
 8IOCL assures no fuel shortage in north India amid West Asia tensions Details
 8Iran tankers switch off transponders to bypass US blockade Details
 8Indian Oil hosts Public Sector Month talk at Refineries HQ Details
 8Report highlights coal gasification as strategic hedge against energy shocks Details
 8India’s imports of Russian oil surge to record high in March Details
 8Indian Oil confirms stable fuel supply in Odisha Details
 8India continues Russian oil imports amid uncertainty over US sanctions waiver Details
 8Government permits blending of ethanol and synthetic hydrocarbons in ATF Details
 8Domestic oil production seen as key response to $100 oil scenario Details
 8Indian Oil hosts Public Sector Month talk on India’s global growth Details
 8ONGC issues clarification on cancellation of jack-up rig tender Details
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Varanasi District City Gas Distribution Project

Apr 23: 8Project Name: Varanasi District City Gas Distribution
8Project Cost: Rs 300 crore Click here for more details Details

Ranchi District City Gas Distribution Project

Apr 23: 8Project Name: Ranchi District City Gas Distribution
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MH asset PWC revamp buys bidders time to decode an unusually dense offshore package

Apr 22: 8A bidder here is pricing process performance, offshore execution and long-tail maintenance in one shot.
8The extra week likely says more about package complexity than about tender administration.
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Today's update in E&P, Midstream-Downstream & CGD sector

Apr 22: 8Here's what's happening today in the E&P, midstream-downstream, and CGD section
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ONGC’s Western Offshore WBDF tender collapses

Apr 22: 8This is after months of extensions and clause rewrites
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E&P contracting brief: Part I

Apr 22: 1) ONGC turns KG-DWN-98/2 Odalarevu’s revised effluent and MEG pipeline plan into a tightly staged CRZ-EC clearance race
8ONGC’s latest Odalarevu package is really about a changed field-development logic, not just another environmental consultancy hire.
8A disposal-well and horticulture route has given way to marine discharge and new MEG-linked pipelines, pulling coastal regulation, marine modelling, and amendment engineering into one clearance chain.
 
2) Oil India water disposal well O&M contract win: Details
8Oil India’s water disposal well O&M award looks straightforward only until the tender paper trail is read closely.
8The contract structure keeps mobilization, security and last-well execution pressure firmly on the contractor, while the underlying documents carry a striking scope-reference mismatch.
 
3) Shree Laxmi Corporation emerges L1 for ONGC Ankleshwar SRP maintenance contract 
8The price spread looks controlled, but this is not a light-service contract where a narrow quote can be shrugged off.
8ONGC has bundled uptime, spares, breakdown response, electrical responsibility, painting, custody, and digital workflow into one five-year operating bet.
 
4) This basin tender is really a live cementing operations contract disguised as an O&M service package
8This is not a static maintenance contract.
8The documents push the contractor into the middle of field execution, equipment placement, pressure testing and simultaneous drilling support.
8That makes the commercial risk profile far sharper than the title line suggests.
 
5) Singha Hydraulic wins ONGC Assam Asset well-fluid preheater maintenance contract at a sharply discounted L1 price
8ONGC Assam Asset’s preheater maintenance award is not a routine low-bid story.
8The tender papers load the contractor with specialised extraction, hydro-jetting, chemical-cleaning and repair obligations that make execution quality inseparable from price.
 
6) Two bidders clear ONGC’s Rig Sagar Vijay valuation tender after risk-softening corrigendum
8ONGC did not broaden the market by loosening technical discipline on Rig Sagar Vijay.
8It did something more telling: it eased time and cash-flow stress while keeping the valuation job inspection-heavy and tightly governed.
 
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E&P contracting brief: Part II

Apr 22: 1) ONGC’s Rajahmundry asset 10K production-testing tender kept risk on the contractor even after bidder clarifications narrowed field ambiguities
8ONGC used the clarification round to answer field-execution questions without softening the commercial burden of a three-year, high-pressure testing package.
8The replies show where Rajahmundry’s production-testing tender behaves less like routine equipment hire and more like a reliability-heavy flowback services contract.
8Four bidders stayed qualified, one fell out, and the real story sits in how ONGC redrew almost every grey interface without yielding the core risk position.
 
2) OIL India Rajasthan Field widens MSG eligibility but tightens per-unit accountability as tender is extended
8OIL has not merely pushed the date; it has redrawn the competitive map for Rajasthan steam services.
8The corrigendum opens the door to a broader vendor pool while making two-unit performance harder to blur inside a bundled commercial structure.
8The market impact sits in the tension between easier entry and stricter monetisation discipline.
 
3) Two bidders clear ONGC’s Rig Sagar Vijay valuation tender after risk-softening corrigendum
8ONGC did not broaden the market by loosening technical discipline on Rig Sagar Vijay.
8It did something more telling: it eased time and cash-flow stress while keeping the valuation job inspection-heavy and tightly governed.
 
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Trust deficit about long-term gas on exchange

Apr 22: 8But doesn’t trust the exchange to hold the risk
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Pipeline owner quietly expands PMC control, turning consultants into quasi-project owners

Apr 22: 8The PMC role for this gas pipeline now stretches beyond oversight into deep engineering validation and inspection control. This changes accountability structures across the project lifecycle. The question is whether EPC contractors are being sidelined in execution authority.
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Single-vendor refinery economizer revamp raises price discovery concerns

Apr 22: 8A technically complex upgrade has been routed through a single-source procurement model. That limits competitive tension at a time when cost discipline is under scrutiny. The bigger question is how price reasonableness will be established.
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NRL’s purge PP silo tender quietly narrows the vendor pool to a handful of technically qualified players

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CO2 pilot tender sees three extensions

Apr 22: 8Early stress test for green R&D contracting
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Polypropylene project faces silent pushback as nitrogen compressor tender slips thrice

Apr 22: 8This is even as as tight API 618 qualification narrows the field
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Petrochemical complex: Owner pushes high-risk PMC model with rigid clauses and undefined phase gap

Apr 22: 8It must integrate with MPMC and multiple EPC contractors. Coordination risk may become the dominant execution challenge.
8Bidders flagged multiple gaps, but most were turned down.
8What emerges is a contract structure that quietly reshapes PMC responsibility.
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Oil & Gas Sector: Get all winning contracts of the day

Apr 22: 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.
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Oil & Gas Sector: All new tenders of the day

Apr 22: 8Get all the latest tenders announced across the oil and gas industry today.
8Discover new procurement opportunities from key public and private sector players.
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Top Market Updates You Can’t Afford to Miss

Apr 22: New Page 1 8Moefcc sets two-day virtual eac hearing to vet major oil, gas and petrochemical projects across states [EAC] Details
8HPCL says HRRL refinery fire was contained quickly, with no casualties and no material impact seen [HPCL] Details
8CPCL sets april 24 earnings call, saying no price-sensitive information will be shared [CPCL] Details
8Engineers india formalizes RTA transition through tripartite pact with kfin and alankit [EIL] Details
8Veedol shares ex-executive director Sanjeev wangoo’s resignation letter, citing personal and professional reasons [Veedol] Details
8Seamec’s vessel princess wraps up addendum job scope, marking another offshore milestone [Seamec] Details
8Seamec says agastya is back on hire after technical fix, returning to field on april 21 [Seamec] Details
8Desco infratech tells bse recent surge in trading volumes is entirely market-driven [Desco] Details
8IGX holds open house on proposed 1-year and 2-year term-ahead gas contracts [PNGRB] Details
8IGX's response on comments received regarding introduction of term-ahead contracts of 1 year and 2 years on  plIGXatform [PNGRB] Details
8Market feedback builds on igx plan to launch 1-year and 2-year term-ahead gas contracts [PNGRB] Details Details

Downstream contracting briefs: Awards

Apr 22: 1) IOCL’s pipeline security bet leans on manpower over technology
8Pipeline integrity is being guarded by boots on the ground, not sensors in the field. The absence of digital surveillance raises scalability questions. The real risk may lie in what is not being monitored.
 
2) Aggressive L1 pricing defines BPCLs geotechnical award outcome
8The lowest bidder edged out competition by a narrow margin over L2. Yet the broader spread shows deep disagreement on cost structures. The real story lies beyond the first two bids.

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Downstream contracting briefs

Apr 22: 1) Refinery solar RESCO tender shifts full lifecycle risk to contractors
8It leans heavily on a RESCO structure that minimizes its capital exposure. The tender quietly embeds clauses that reshape risk ownership in ways contractors cannot ignore. The real test will emerge in how bidders price uncertainty against guaranteed offtake.
 
2) Brownfield LPG retrofit complexity drives bid hesitation
8The project demands integration within a live LPG terminal without disrupting operations. This raises execution and safety risks beyond typical greenfield consultancy scopes. The extension suggests bidders are recalibrating technical strategies before committing.
 
3) Gamma scanning tender exposes a shrinking pool of radiation-certified vendors
8A routine diagnostic contract is revealing a deeper supply constraint. Only a handful of AERB-accredited players can realistically compete. The extension hints at how thin this market has become.
 
4) IOCL’s ethanol push meets tighter legal grip
8A relatively small process package now carries a disproportionately heavy contractual framework. The shift reflects a broader tightening across PSU procurement. Execution may no longer be the hardest part—compliance might be.
 
5) Corrigendum sharpens control over the DHT, FGATU and ARU TA contract while preserving a 50 percent scale-up lever
8The corrigendum does more than push the calendar on the DHT, FGATU and ARU turnaround package. It consolidates the governing ATC layer and quietly hands the buyer a 50 percent quantity-or-duration lever that can reshape execution economics after award. For shutdown contractors, the real story is not the date extension but how much risk now sits inside a bid that already spans high-pressure, discovery-prone refinery work.

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India steps up LNG push with shipment flag-off from US

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 8AG&P LNG takes over cap MEP import terminal in Vietnam Details
 8Burckhardt compression wins several orders for LNG terminals in Thailand and Taiwan Details
 8How India can strategically shift to electric cooking at scale Details
 8Why India’s oil and gas exploration architecture confronts a shortage of offshore rigs Details
 8Us scales up biogas opportunity, ABC data shows Details
 8Bwssb to extract biogas from sewage sludge Details
 8Cleanmax to supply hybrid renewable power to shell’s LNG terminal and technology centre in India Details
 8Deendayal port aids lng tank dispatch by inox India to bahamas Details
 8India steps up LNG push with shipment flag-off from US Details
 8West Asia on edge after trump hints at Iran bombardment Details
 8Prolonged energy disruption to widen India trade deficit, strain fiscal account, moody's says Details
 8India reviews safety of its ships after hormuz firing Details
 8Household LPG sales fall 8% in march Details
 8Iran-us war: strait of hormuz disruptions have implications for India, says Rajnath singh Details
 8Us retail sales rises 1.7% mom in march driven by gas price spike due to the Iran war Details
 8Oil touches $100 on uncertainty over west asia ceasefire Details
 8India ramps up PNG adoption with over 5 lakh new connections Details
 8Un agency prepares hormuz evacuation plan for hundreds of ships Details
 8War in Iran is causing biggest energy crisis in history, IEA says Details
 8India's march crude imports slide on Iran war, Russian volumes hit record high, data shows Details
 8Ongc wins platinum award at EEF global sustainability champion awards 2026 Details
 8GAIL begins PNG supply to historic benares club in Varanasi under CGD project Details
 8Engineers India signs tripartite agreement with Rtas Details
 8ONGC bids farewell to director (finance) vivek tongaonka Details
 8India keeps domestic fuel prices stable despite rise in global crude market : govt Details
 8Citizens in Bengaluru turn to roadside trees for firewood amid LPG shortage Details
 8Maharashtra, up lead in PNG sign-ups after government push Details
 8Iran war has cost the world $50 billion of lost oil supply, so far Details
 8Ukraine strike halts oil processing at novokuibyshevsk refinery Details
 8Iraq turns to risky overland routes as oil exports collapse Details
 8Us forces board Iranian oil tanker in Indian ocean Details
 8Us waiver set to keep Russian oil exports to India near record high Details
 8Nitin Gadkari calls for 100% ethanol blending in India amid west Asia oil crisis Details
 8Iran oil tanker defies us blockade; it likely went from India Details
 8Fuel rations and free buses: how countries have responded to rising oil prices Details
 8From crisis to control, India ramps up oil and gas production: RBI governor Details
 8Oil India subsidiary OGEL signs green energy MOU with numaligarh refinery Details
 8India expands Russian insurers to secure oil shipping cover Details
 8Strait of hormuz blockade: India, china’s alternate oil supply cushion fades as Russian crude on water runs low Details
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