India’s coal-to-SNG plant goes through two Chinese companies. Regulator admits: Access code is not working. ONGC approves strategic crude storage: But demands its pound of flesh. Coal gasification air separation plant: Book value takeover irritates bidders. Direct bale-feed system for the 2G ethanol boiler: Stalled. Methyl amine tender turns DMA yield into the real licensor qualification test. Six consultants for energy sector studies. BPCL Bina nitrogen-plant tender lists 7 years' experience but tells bidders the real bar is 10. IOCL structures Rs 70-crore Gujarat Refinery power-trader tender so bidders compete over just Rs 27 lakh. IOCL Haldia waives shortfall-compensation clause on Rs 23-crore bitumen-upgrade tender . Refinery wants outside strategy and transaction-advisory firms: Only big firms can qualify. NRL acts tough on its BOO plant: Extends bid for the fifth time. IOCL ties Panipat cracker AI vendor to a Rs 9.2-crore-a-year benefit guarantee backed by a 20% penalty. GMPL paraxylene tank award turns two BoQs into a test of the actual contract-allocation rule. MRPL awards Bengaluru airport ATF pipeline EPCM to Mecon at a 38% discount to EIL’s quote. 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. E&P contracting brief: Part I. E&P contracting brief: Part II. Downstream contracting briefs: Part I. Downstream contracting briefs: Part II. Daily forward looking import matrices. RIL plans development of second CBM asset to boost gas output. Unnao District City Gas Distribution Project. Faizabad and Sultanpur District City Gas Distribution Project. ONGC Samudra Manthan extension keeps a radically narrowed drillship tender open. ONGC’s Conductor Supported Platform Project extension masks a deeper schedule reset. Today's update in E&P and Midstream-Downstream sector. Oil & Gas Sector: All new tenders of the day. Oil & Gas Sector: Get all winning contracts of the day. Downstream contracting briefs: Part I. Downstream contracting briefs: Part II. E&P contracting brief for the day. Daily forward looking import matrices. Oil & Natural Gas Corporation board approves strategic petroleum reserves project. South Goa District City Gas Distribution Project. Palakkad & Thrissur District City Gas Distribution Project. Reshuffle may bring in brand new faces. The half-empty jetty that saved the summer: India's 'overbuilt' LNG terminals just proved their worth.
India’s coal-to-SNG plant goes through two Chinese companies
Jul 13: 8But there is a big catch Click on Details for moreDetails
Regulator admits: Access code is not working
Jul 13: 8PNGRB is on a power grab trip Click on Details for more
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ONGC approves strategic crude storage: But demands its pound of flesh
Jul 13: 8Find out what the oil & gas major wants Click on Details for more
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Coal gasification air separation plant: Book value takeover irritates bidders
Jul 13: 8A set of pre-conditions have not gone down well with bidders Click on Details for moreDetails
Direct bale-feed system for the 2G ethanol boiler: Stalled
Jul 13: 8Clearly, things are not going right Click on Details for more
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Methyl amine tender turns DMA yield into the real licensor qualification test
Jul 13: 8The formal tender requires a reference unit where DMA accounts for at least 60% of total MMA, DMA and TMA output, while the proposed plant itself must deliver at least 12 KTPA of DMA. The real contest is therefore over product distribution capability, not headline capacity. 8The project exposes the hidden cost of a weak DMA-selective technology Click on Details for more
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Six consultants for energy sector studies
Jul 13: 8GAIL ensures only the largest firms can realistically clear it; Click on Details for more
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BPCL Bina nitrogen-plant tender lists 7 years' experience but tells bidders the real bar is 10
Jul 13: 8Find out why that is so Click on Detail for more
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IOCL structures Rs 70-crore Gujarat Refinery power-trader tender so bidders compete over just Rs 27 lakh
Jul 13: 8How does that work? Click on Details for more
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IOCL Haldia waives shortfall-compensation clause on Rs 23-crore bitumen-upgrade tender
Jul 13: 8This is even as refusing to guarantee any volume 8The winner also gets nothing for any acid dosed beyond its quoted percentage or for any tank that fails to reach 4000 poise even after three attempts. Click on Details for more
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Refinery wants outside strategy and transaction-advisory firms: Only big firms can qualify
Jul 13: 8A "critical, no-relaxation" line that effectively limits the panel to global strategy houses and the Big Four. Click on Details for moreDetails
NRL acts tough on its BOO plant: Extends bid for the fifth time
Jul 13: 8Also denies lenders' direct agreement, land lease and payment security on 25-year plant 8So what exactly is it looking for from bidders? Click on Details for more
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IOCL ties Panipat cracker AI vendor to a Rs 9.2-crore-a-year benefit guarantee backed by a 20% penalty
Jul 13: 8How is that going to pan out is for anybody to know Click on Details for more
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GMPL paraxylene tank award turns two BoQs into a test of the actual contract-allocation rule
Jul 13: 8Apra is L1 in BoQ1, while Sharp is L1 in BoQ2. The documents supplied do not disclose whether each schedule was independently awardable. That distinction could change both the contractor line-up and the reported award value. Click on Details for more
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MRPL awards Bengaluru airport ATF pipeline EPCM to Mecon at a 38% discount to EIL’s quote
Jul 13: 8The real question is whether the gap reflects institutional efficiency or radically different assumptions about manpower, inspection and construction-stage risk. Click on Details for moreDetails
Today's update in E&P, Midstream-Downstream & CGD sector
Jul 13: 8Here's what's happening today in the E&P, midstream-downstream, and CGD section Click on Reports for more DetailsDetails
Oil & Gas Sector: All new tenders of the day
Jul 13: 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.
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Oil & Gas Sector: Get all winning contracts of the day
Jul 13: 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.
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E&P contracting brief: Part I
Jul 13: 1) ONGC Mumbai High LED tender shifts offshore lighting risk from fixture supply to platform-wise execution discipline 8ONGC’s Mumbai High lighting package turns an LED replacement exercise into a multi-platform offshore integration contract. 8Complete location-wise deliveries, parallel deployment and a 40,000-hour luminaire warranty push logistics and reliability risk onto the contractor. 8The decisive question is whether this structure improves platform uptime or restricts the field to a narrow group of integrated offshore vendors.
2) ONGC CBM acid pumping contract transfers single-unit uptime and crew continuity risk to the O&M contractor 8ONGC is hiring an O&M contractor to keep its sole CBM acid pumping unit ready across dispersed Bokaro and Jharia wells. 8The package combines stimulation execution, roadside breakdown capability and digital workforce control with a payment model that can move rapidly from full rate to zero. 8The decisive issue lies in how bidders price availability risk for an ONGC-owned unit whose spares remain partly under client control.
3) EIL’s Kalol survey tender puts design-grade subsurface and buried-utility intelligence on a 45-day clock for OECT’s helium recovery project 8EIL has bundled geotechnical investigation, digital terrain modelling and GPR-based utility detection into the first engineering-control package for OECT’s Kalol helium recovery demonstration plant. 8The contractor gains relief through a lower 5% performance security but remains exposed to a delay deduction reaching 10% of contract price.
4) Apave wins ONGC Bokaro 50 MT workover rig inspection award near estimate as rival bids diverge sharply 8ONGC has awarded the inspection of a new 50 MT workover rig to Apave at only 2.0% below its internal estimate. 8Yet the competing bids rose 22.4% and 43.4% above L1, exposing sharply different assumptions about inspection effort and risk. 8The real test is whether the low-value assurance contract can absorb the technical burden of certifying an integrated rig package without scope or margin strain.
5) Aakash Exploration wins OIL’s Rajasthan-Gujarat surface production testing contract with a 33.5% price break over L2 8Aakash Exploration has emerged L1 for OIL’s integrated surface production testing package at Rs 12.96 crore, substantially below three competing bids. 8The price gap sits against a contractor-heavy scope covering 5,000 psi equipment, sucker rod pumping, storage tanks, round-the-clock crews and firm-rate operating exposure. 8Whether the spread reflects an owned-asset advantage or an aggressive absorption of uptime and mobilisation risk is the issue behind the award.
Jul 13: 1) OIL extends four-unit Assam cementing tender while security flexibility leaves core fleet and laboratory barriers intact 8OIL has added seven days and widened the routes for furnishing EMD and performance security in its three-year Northeast cementing-services tender. 8The procedural relief comes without a confirmed relaxation of the four-unit fleet, Duliajan laboratory or key slurry-performance conditions. 8The unresolved divide between well-integrity control and bidder participation now moves into the final week before submission.
2) OIL Rajasthan mud-services amendment eases centrifuge, chemical and demobilisation burdens but opens a TDS compliance question 8OIL has relaxed several execution-heavy conditions in its three-year Rajasthan mud engineering and drilling waste management tender without loosening the main qualification gates. 8The amendment expands eligible centrifuge technology, shifts crane supply and doubles the demobilisation window, while retaining most contractor liability and inventory exposure. 8A new waiver involving TDS and sulphate limits creates the most consequential unanswered issue in the revised package.
3) ONGC shifts Hazira cathodic protection pre-bid meeting to the operating plant without reopening contractor risk 8ONGC has moved the cathodic protection revamp pre-bid conference from Mehsana to the Hazira Plant where the brownfield LSTK work will actually be executed. 8The correction improves access to plant-specific operating knowledge but leaves the contractor’s broad site, utility, dismantling and interface liabilities untouched. 8Whether the revised venue reduces risk pricing will depend on what ONGC is prepared to clarify before specifications are frozen.
4) ONGC extends Madanam and Thirunagari reserve-audit tender without widening the three-firm DGH eligibility gate 8ONGC has granted bidders 14 additional days to price a reserve-certification mandate spanning fractured basement, ES-10 sands and 1P-to-3P hydrocarbon volumes. 8The extension leaves the DGH Category-I gate, fixed-price model and 90-day execution burden untouched. 8The deeper question is whether more time can produce genuine competition when the eligible technical market remains exceptionally narrow.
5) ONGC extends Ahmedabad 1000 HP rig tender after four weekly deferrals leave mobilization risks unchanged 8ONGC has moved its Ahmedabad Asset mobile-rig tender through four consecutive seven-day extensions. 8The added bidding time may help vendors lock in named rigs and compliance documents, but it does not soften the 180-day mobilization clock, non-substitution rule or broad logistics burden. 8The unanswered issue is whether the delay is improving competition or exposing a deeper shortage of bankable, confirmed rig capacity.
6) ONGC extends G1 and GM-01 subsea tie-in tender after four deadline shifts and execution-model amendments 8ONGC has pushed the closing date for its G1 and GM-01 subsea tie-in EPCIC package, taking the cumulative extension to 59 days. 8The delay follows material revisions to personnel deployment, regulatory support, document control and mobilisation rather than a simple change in the bid calendar. 8The unresolved issue is whether the additional bidding time will protect execution quality or compress the eventual offshore installation programme.
Jul 13: 1) IOCL carves Rs 63-crore Paradip Refinery 2026-27 turnaround into two parallel contracts at fixed split 8But can a single firm win both packages? Click on Details for more
2) EIL rejects every bidder plea for scaffolding, crane and scrap-clearance line items on BPCL Kochi polypropylene composite works 811 proposals coming from bidders turned down Click on Details for more
3) HPCL bars each decontamination winner from its next package: This causes a strange situation 8And forces three separate contractors across Visakh's November turnaround Click on Details for more
4) BPCL Mumbai Refinery hexane-catalyst tender credits ten-year life claims, caps life-shortfall clawback at thirty percent 8The formula effectively doubles the price of a bidder offering half the maximum life, so winning means claiming near-maximum life — against a bed originally designed for a two-year cycle Click on Details for more
5) GAIL holds one-month deadline for Jamnagar-Loni pipeline geotech across 78 Rajasthan crossings 8This corrects its own 24-month tender error Click on Details for moreDetails
Downstream contracting briefs: Part II
Jul 13: 1) GAIL patches missing financial-scoring formula and annexure in QCBS pipeline-consultancy tender 8Also extends bid deadline to 23 July Click on Details for more
2) Calcium-hydroxide conveying package: Refusal and then relaxation 8BPCL Bina refuses both bidders' payment demands at pre-bid, then relaxes 100%-on-delivery term Click on Details for more
3) BPCL studies turning its Kochi green-hydrogen bus station into a mobile merchant-hydrogen distribution hub 8Find out more on how it is doing it Click on Details for moreDetails
Daily forward looking import matrices
Jul 13: 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 Click on Reports for more.Details
RIL plans development of second CBM asset to boost gas output
Jul 13: For reference purposes the website carries here the following Newsclips (These are public domain newsclips and the website is not responsible for their content): 8Keystone Pipeline operator agrees to pay $26.9 million over 2022 oil spill Details 8Big Oil’s war-related profits anger governments Details 8One killed, two injured as crude oil tanker explodes Details 8Report: Global LNG trade climbs by 6% in 2025 Details 8ADNOC L&S expands LNG fleet with $900 million order for four carriers Details 8India’s ethanol blending programme follows two-decade plan with capacity expansion Details 8India needs multi-fuel security Details 8Nitin Gadkari’s hydrogen bet hits the road as trials begin on 10 routes across India Details 8Wärtsilä tests hydrogen engine; eyes India market Details 8SCCL to foray into coal gasification, plans pilot project Details 8RIL plans development of second CBM asset to boost gas output Details 8Coal Ministry notifies SECL's CSR initiative for NEET aspirants Details 8MMMUT professor joins academic council of Green Hydrogen Mission Details 8ONGC drills second geothermal well in Ladakh, paving way for India's first pilot geothermal power plant Details 8IMF growth downgrade, Fed split and oil fears dominate week in global economy Details 8Geopolitical situation, earnings, crude prices key factors to drive markets: Analysts Details 8War shadow over tourism as fuel price hike pushes up airfares Details 8India emerges as petrol supplier to Russia as Ukraine war disrupts refining capacity Details 8Won't be feasible to offer pure petrol, lower blends as options to E20: Govt Details 8MCD sets September 17 deadline for launch of Goyla Dairy biogas plant Details 8Oil prices settle lower on hopes for smoother shipping in Strait of Hormuz Details 8Govt defends ethanol blending, says programme saved Rs. 1.9 lakh crore in forex Details 8GP Petroleums’ JV Amron Oil named IOCL operating partner for Pipavav Bitumen Cell Details 8Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani dies: The visionary who built modern Qatar and its global LNG empire Details 8India better prepared to handle Strait of Hormuz disruption this time Details 8Will Qatar’s LNG pause affect India? Details 8E20 saved forex worth over Rs.1.90 lakh crore and replaced 310 lakh MT crude oil: Govt Details 8India rolls back emergency gas rules as Hormuz shipping revival eases energy concerns Details 8Fire breaks out as CNG leaks from damaged pipeline in Chennai Details 8Greenvize launches hydrogen cooktop that runs on water Details 8Oil companies plan expanding 10-kg LPG cylinder sales Details 8BW LPG India gains $36 million from sale of 19-year-old VLGC Details 8India's Russian crude oil imports jump 34% to record high in June Details 8Hormuz shuts again as US-Iran truce crumbles, India braces for oil, LPG shock Details 8Vedanta targets 500,000 boed as it pushes for more India oil and gas exploration Details 8ONGC silent on Assam’s shale gas potential; RTI queries allegedly ignored Details 8India's Russian crude imports hit record in June even as Moscow's oil revenues slip Details 8BPCL’s Kochi Refinery wins Golden Peacock Award for Energy Efficiency 2026 Details 8ONGC Eastern Offshore organises DGMS workshop on workplace safety Details 8Petrol price relief? The real reason state oil PSUs are holding back your next fuel price cut Details You can also click on Newsclips for more