1) Flexim undercuts metering field by 5–26x in ultrasonic flowmeter award 8A routine refinery revamp metering buy has thrown up an extraordinary price dispersion, with the L1 quote sitting far below the rest of the field. The award record also carries a timeline contradiction that complicates the procurement narrative. The real story is whether this is a clean compliance win or a scope-interpretation trap waiting for commissioning.
2) IOCL Mathura refinery awards design engineering and drafting services 8IOCL Mathura refinery’s engineering services award looks routine on paper, but the scope quietly loads the contractor with tools, licences, and even onsite mobility. The technical funnel was narrow, with widespread disqualifications leaving only two contenders at the finish line. The final prices converged to near parity, raising the real question: where the risk and recoverability now sit.
3) GAIL locks Maharashtra pipeline O&M assistance into a digital-tracked, mobility-loaded schedule model 8GAIL’s Maharashtra pipeline O&M assistance tender quietly converts “enabling costs” into mandatory deliverables—phones, GPS apps, motorcycles, tools, and proof trails. Pre-bid questions tried to reopen the arithmetic on those lines, but the promoter largely shut the door. The award split hints at a vendor strategy built for compliance-heavy, traceable 24x7 operations rather than low-friction manpower supply.
1) Bid clock reset twice as BPCL’s Ramayapatnam DCU licensor tender hardens specs and tightens liability rails 8BPCL’s Ramayapatnam DCU licensor contest is no longer just about yields—amendments are reshaping both the economic model inputs and the legal risk map. The tender’s two-step time extensions are colliding with a governance-heavy stance on deviation handling and price-sheet format discipline. The next moves will decide whether the field widens—or whether only a narrow set of licensors can live with the risk allocation.
2) BPCL Ramayapatnam Cumene licensor tender hard-caps liability at 50%+50%+50% but ring-fences IP and proprietary supplies outside the comfort zone 8BPCL and EIL are selling this as a capped-liability Cumene licensor package, but the carve-outs quietly keep the sharpest risks alive. A technical amendment removes an entire simulator workstream, yet simultaneously tightens digital deliverable control through mandatory editable updates after changes. The bid-date extension is the headline movement, but the deeper story is how procurement is shaping a narrower, more compliant licensor pool.
3) BPCL Ramayapatnam Cumene licensor tender gets 21-day bid extension as EIL hardwires liability cap into bid acceptability 8BPCL’s Ramayapatnam cumene licensor selection has been pushed out by 21 days, but the bigger story is the tender’s tightening risk architecture. EIL’s amendment makes liability-cap acceptance a bid pass/fail, shrinking negotiation room for global licensors. A technical trim simultaneously removes a high-effort simulator scope, reshaping what “BEDP plus services” really means for bidders.
4) BPCL’s Ramayapatnam Phenol licensor tender tightens Acetone Benzene to 2 PPMW as bidders push for an extended deadline 8BPCL and EIL have sharpened the phenol licensor contest by rewriting acetone contaminant limits at the ppm level, raising the bar on what technology houses must guarantee.
1) Bina refinery’s lubrication program development phase-1 extended 8BPCL’s bina refinery is buying a lubrication excellence “diagnostic + enablement” package, not just a study, and the bid timeline has quietly stretched. The GeM configuration shows a 7-day auto-extension loop that can run three times, reshaping how specialist reliability vendors plan bids. What that says about participation stress and BPCL’s vendor-pool intent is the real signal.
2) IOCL’s Paradip refinery SADC shutdown jobs tender slips by 23 days, but PQC clock stays frozen 8The quiet twist is that eligibility timing still keys off the original bid end date, limiting how much the bidder pool can actually widen.
3) Bina refinery SAF PFR tender pushes licensor-data cost and +/-40% capex defensibility onto consultants 8BPCL wants a decision-grade SAF pathway screen for Bina refinery, with ATJ at the centre and CORSIA compliance framing the endgame. But pre-bid clarifications show BPCL resisting bidder attempts to ringfence licensor-linked costs while still demanding backed-up estimates and engineering-grade artefacts. The extension trail will matter because it may be the only market signal of how many credible bidders are willing to absorb that risk.
4) IOCL’s Chitwan greenfield terminal survey tender gets pulled, but the test-heavy geotech scope signals a design-grade push 8IOCL’s Chitwan terminal land package wasn’t a routine survey: the scope stacked seismic, eCPTU/SCPT and pressure meter testing alongside hydrology inputs, all inside a three-month window. With execution in Nepal, bidders were implicitly asked to price local clearances and tax compliance risk without expecting hand-holding. The tender’s sudden stop leaves the most interesting question unanswered: what changed upstream enough to override a tightly curated empanelled bidder pool.
1) ONGC’s Lakwa GCP dehydration revival shifts to end-to-end risk transfer, with a seven-year KPI-linked O&M spine 8ONGC is treating Lakwa’s stalled teg dehydration skids as a production-assurance bottleneck, not a routine utilities fix. 8The EOI quietly sets up a single-contractor model that marries a deep turnaround with seven years of availability and process-quality accountability
2) Spectron takes ONGC’s Ahmedabad asset 4 ETPS O&M and revamp package 8ONGC’s has handed a live-plant ETP revamp-and-O&M bet to a sharply priced L1, leaving a wide gap to the rest of the field. 8The tender’s cashflow design forces contractors to bankroll early revamp work while operating the plants, with only 75% O&M payable until PGTR.
3) ONGC awards nitrogen pumping services for Jorhat and Ankleshwar assets 8Ongc’s five-year nitrogen pumping award lands with an 84.5% L2 premium over L1, a spread that is too wide to ignore in a logistics-heavy, digitally monitored field service.
4) ONGC awards Ashoknagar Pad-1 FDP development wells civil works 8The civil award throws up a clean L1 but a noticeably higher clustered pack behind it. 8The tender’s compliance architecture is strict on bid completeness and hardlines probity through an integrity pact with exclusion powers.
5) Three firms clear technical gates as two drop out in 1000 HP rig hire race 8A late technical amendment strips out skidding and cluster-well layout auxiliaries, quietly rebalancing cost and interface risk for whoever stays in. 8The real story now sits in what bidders can prove inside the seven-day clarification window—and what the disqualified couldn’t.
1) IOCL’s Paradip gas phase reactor consultant bid tightens governance with limited tender gating and a 40-month ePBG tail 8The fine print shifts risk away from bid-stage friction and into long-tail bank guarantees and expandable duration, which quietly changes who can afford to compete. The real story will sit inside how IOCL defines milestone acceptance for commissioning and closeout because without tight acceptance language, “consulting” starts behaving like delivery accountability.
2) GAIL’s Ambikapur 14 TPD CBG plant PMC bid hardwires design-basis control and subsidy accountability 8The tender is being structured like a process-plant rollout, with the PMC asked to lock design bases, police hazop closure, and keep approvals moving. The hidden contest is whether a “two-market” dispatch model (pipeline plus cascades) forces higher integration than the headline capacity suggests. A few lines in the scope quietly shift the messiest risks—feedstock continuity, manure monetisation, and documentation-heavy clearances—into places bidders can’t easily price without sharper boundary conditions.
3) BPCL Mumbai refinery’s 2026–2028 engineering consultancy rate contract makes raw stress models and software outputs a mandatory deliverable 8BPCL Mumbai refinery is quietly rewriting what “engineering consultancy” means by demanding not just drawings, but the full calculation trail and model files behind them. The rate contract’s rapid two-day response rhythm and three-to-fifteen-day job cycle turns staffing depth into the real qualification filter.
4) HPCL’s Visakh refinery RLA bid forces parallel API teams and 40-day site clocks for CDU-III and FCCU-II certification 8HPCL is asking for a two-year integrity certification of CDU-III and FCCU-II, but it is structuring the job like an execution sprint rather than a slow RBI refresh. The fine print hard-bakes mobilisation, staffing approvals, and report deadlines into the contractor’s risk stack while pushing price discovery into reverse auction.
5) GAIL tightens entry and commissioning discipline in Uran Usar pipeline (UUPL) package 8GAIL’s Uran Usar pipeline (UUPL) package is written less like a “line laying” contract and more like a propane system handover, with acceptance tied to inertisation quality and stability run conditions.
1) Eight extensions push reciprocating compressor (PIAS) bid by 93 days 8BPCL’s BPREP reciprocating compressor package has seen a rare eight-step extension ladder, taking the bid deadline from 13 Oct 2025 to 14 Jan 2026. The paperwork architecture is high-control: portal-only submission plus NDA-gated access to technical content with long-tail confidentiality obligations. The key question now is whether the extra 93 days converts into real participation or merely defers a deeper bid-ability issue.
2) Bid due date slips 80 days for pump-cent.horizontal (LCWS) package 8BPCL’s Kochi polypropylene build is watching a utility-critical cooling-water pump tender drift from late October into mid-January. The RFQ text says extensions are not envisaged, yet the deadline has moved 11 times—an inconsistency bidders will price as process risk.
3) BPCL pushes carbon steel columns/towers bid deadline by 100 days through seven xtensions 8Bina expansion columns/towers package has been extended seven times, shifting the bid date from 15 Oct 2025 to 23 Jan 2026. The scope still hard-codes full shop hydrotests and site seam NDT/PWHT with hydrotest, so time relief does not equal risk relief. The final bid set will reveal whether the friction is participation-driven or execution-method driven.
4) Commercial amendment hardens EMD originals and rewires dispute handling for the demountable flare package 8BPCL’s BPREP flare package isn’t just getting a date-stamp update; the amendment changes how bidders get filtered and how disputes get channelled. The bid-security pathway now has a physical-original trapdoor with short cure windows, while arbitration language is stripped out of SCC in favour of GCC dispute resolution. The smallest-looking line on week-counting in price reduction could end up being the costliest one to misread.
5) HPCL extends FCC catalyst co-development EOI by 57 days, stretching the R&D-to-limited-tender funnel 8HPCL’s FCC catalyst EOI is not a routine buy—it is a performance funnel that starts with yield claims and ends with a limited tender. Two date extensions now shift the gateway timeline by nearly two months, with knock-on effects for who stays in the race. The document’s most consequential risks sit in what’s not visible yet: evaluation criteria, IP protections, and the commercial guardrails
8The scope reads less like a drawing-led procurement and more like a statutory-risk transfer instrument. The tender language quietly makes ceig-driven changes and “unstated but essential” items a bidder-funded problem inside a turnkey envelope. The contractors who price this right will not be the cheapest on BOQ, they will be the ones who understand where approvals, licensing, and documentation will bite. Click on Details for more
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1) SunPetro’s Gujarat flowline rate contract sets a multi-field execution playbook 8But contract-tenure ambiguity could reshape bidder pricing
2) SunPetro’s Bhaskar CPF piping rate contract hard-caps escalation and pushes landed logistics risk onto suppliers 8SunPetro is trying to turn CPF piping availability into a governed, callout-driven supply chain rather than a series of ad-hoc buys. 8The tender’s escalation maths and inspection posture quietly decide who can bid without pricing in a volatility premium. 8But the real fight will be over which clause-set actually governs submissions, securities, and currency.
8The investment is in a new fluorinated chemical facility. 8Additionally, the board sanctioned a Rs. 500 Crores capital raise via QIP. Click on Details for more
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders: 8Procurement of pressure gauges for instrumentation department Details 8Procurement of y-type strainers for methanol line in GPU-I unit Details 8Supply of high-pressure firefighting hose Details 8Tender for testing and calibration of measuring instruments for surface group Details 8Supply of metallic octane booster (V2) Details 8Procurement of lube oil accessories Details 8Annual rate contract (2 years) for development of crematoriums and burial grounds in villages surrounding the refinery Details 8Three-year annual rate contract for civil infrastructure renovation and development in refinery-vicinity villages Details 8Tender for tank cleaning work Details 8Tender for C&F operator and primary cum secondary transporter at integrated lubes hub Details 8Procurement of OEM spares for PCI 5HP compressor in quality control laboratory Details 8Supply, installation and commissioning of 25 IoT data loggers compatible with 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software Details 8Tender for commercial SSOF-based compressed biogas plant development Details 8Tender for charter hire of one mobile drilling rig package of minimum 1000 HP capacity Details 8Tender for operation and maintenance of piped natural gas distribution network for domestic and commercial consumers Details 8Procurement of technical grade tri sodium phosphate Details 8Tender for engaging PMC for shifting of LPG compressor project Details 8Contract for supply of coverall for refinery location Details 8Charter hire of one 2000 HP brand new drilling rig package with top drive for six years Details 8Expression of interest for revamping and operation and maintenance of gas dehydration units for seven years Details 8Appointment of architectural and engineering consultant for construction of various buildings and related services Details 8Tender for high integrity pressure protection system for polypropylene project Details 8Tender for providing security services Details 8Supply of nucleonic level instruments for PDH PP plant with ethane and propane handling facilities project Details 8Procurement of Haskel make spares for Haskel pumps installed in shutdown panels of unmanned platforms Details 8Procurement of Valmet make valve positioners for offshore field Details 8Tender for fabrication of split type C clamps of various sizes Details 8Procurement of CA-05 KPCL FOG compressor shaft seal Details 8Procurement of dewatering polyelectrolyte Details 8Procurement of RU compressor (96-K-02A/B) Details 8Procurement of hydraulic motor driven self-priming centrifugal pump Details 8Rate contract for heat exchanger overhauling jobs Details 8Procurement of backing iron and gauge plates Details 8Tender for procurement of additive Details 8Supply of stainless steel seamless/welded pipes Details 8Supply of pneumatic operated on-off ball/butterfly valve Details 8Procurement of Kirloskar pump spares Details 8Supply of closed-circuit sampler for aviation hydrant dispenser Details 8Procurement of warning stickers for cryocan Details 8Tender for installation and commissioning of 110 cum/hr LPG pump Details 8Procurement of stationary valve regulated lead acid batteries (V3) Details 8Tender for consultancy services for gas phase reactor project Details 8Tender for procurement of coupling spares Details 8Annual rate contract for maintenance, testing, and functional checking of ABB make DAVR Details 8Procurement of Procon make valve spares Details 8Tender for procurement of liquid ammonia Details 8Tender for rental services for portable multi-gas detector with pump Details 8Tender for refurbishment and dynamic balancing of HGU ID fan rotor Details 8Procurement of single screw pump Details 8Procurement of TTP RO on-off valves Details 8Procurement of floating jackets for mooring hawsers Details 8Annual rate contract for tank M&I and miscellaneous hot and cold jobs connected with tanks Details 8Tender for additional agency for tank M&I and sprinkler jobs Details 8Lining up an agency for inspection and certification of pressure vessels Details 8Annual rate contract for wear particle analysis of lube oil of rotary equipment Details 8Comprehensive annual maintenance contract for two years of SAP integration system of solid and molten sulfur Details 8Procurement of chemical grade nitrile gloves Details 8Supply of metallic octane booster (V2) Details 8Supply of methanol production demonstration plant Details 8Laying of 20 mm pipeline by any method without casing Details 8Tender for design, engineering, and supply of horizontal pressure leaf filter Details 8Procurement of physical servers and three-year CAMC for information system Details 8Tender for retrofitting of incomer and outgoing feeder Details 8Tender for procurement of FGC filter Details 8Procurement of compound materials Details 8Tender for transportation of pipes Details 8Procurement of hydrocarbon gas detector Details 8Supply of lifting tools and tackles Details 8Tender for organizing distributor award function Details 8Procurement of balanced rotor assembly Details 8Tender for annual rate contract for engineering consultancy services Details 8Tender for procurement of 14-inch motor operated valve for water curtains on hydrant pipeline Details 8Supply of annual planned consumable spares for LPG plant Details 8Procurement of door frame metal detector Details 8Supply of smart prepaid gas meter G1.6 Details 8Supply of 10,000 kg of octane booster additive for gasoline Details 8Tender for carrying out ERDMP certification job Details 8Tender for in-house statutory inspection, pressure testing and painting of LPG cylinders Details 8Supply of octane booster additive (OBARD) for gasoline Details 8Tender for supply of PESO-approved intrinsically safe flame/ex-proof smart mobile phone Details 8Supply and installation of 3000 LPH industrial RO with cooler for drinking water Details 8Tender for repair, maintenance, and installation of plant, systems and equipment Details 8Annual rate contract for APP membrane-based waterproofing work Details 8Tender for internal epoxy protective coating and lining of storage tank Details 8Procurement of GPS-based mobile attendance system Details 8Hiring of services for right of use digital monitoring and surveillance through foot patrolling Details 8Tender for upgradation of coriolis mass flow meters Details 8Procurement of foam trolley, portable monitor, monitor with foam tank and DCP trailer Details 8Procurement of digital earth resistance meter Details 8Procurement of electric pedestal type fan and regulator Details 8Procurement of bearing induction heater Details 8Procurement of hydraulic puller Details 8Procurement of camera for CCTV system Details 8Annual maintenance contract for mechanical maintenance works Details 8Procurement of n-hexane (7,200 KL) for two years on rate contract basis Details 8Procurement of fasteners (studs, bolts, and nuts) for LLDPE-1 plant Details 8Procurement of NSC make fire alarm system spares Details 8Procurement of canvas tarpaulin for CWH Details You can also click on Tenders for more For reference purposes the website carries here the following Newsclips (These are public domain newsclips and the website is not responsible for their content): 8INOXAP launches LNG-powered cryogenic tanker Details 8Bangladesh increases spending for LNG import Details 8Think Gas eyes 30,000 households, slashes PNG & CNG prices Details 8Long-term planning driving India’s energy readiness: Hardeep Puri Details 8Chairperson, PNGRB launches National Drive 2.0 for THINK Gas to accelerate PNG and CNG adoption Details 8Adani Group to invest Rs 1.5 trillion in Kutch, boost energy and port capacity Details 8Oil marketing companies expected to drive Q3 earnings growth while upstream producers face headwinds Details 8BPCL scales up LPG infrastructure over the next 10 years to support increased usage from the PMUY initiative Details 8Closely following developments: India watches proposed US tariff bill on Russian oil buyers; MEA responds Details 8Trump administration offers Venezuelan oil for India Details 8Oil marketers may gain, producers may face pressure in Q3 Details 8NTPC to set up coal-to-SNG project with Rs 10,000 crore capex in Chhattisgarh Details 8India EV market hits 2.3 million sales in 2025 as policy support and festive demand drive adoption Details 8RIL to invest Rs 7 lakh crore in Gujarat across clean energy and data centres Details 8Beyond Venezuela: how Donald Trump’s oil power play could reshape inflation, interest rates and emerging market returns Details 8Q3 FY26 oil and gas preview: crude prices fall, margins tell a different story Details 8Oil steady as investors weigh Venezuela export resumption versus potential Iran supply disruption Details 8Oil’s fair in love and war: how Venezuela, the Arctic and Greenland are rewriting the global energy map Details 8ONGC brings Mori-5 well under control within five days after blowout Details 8Trump’s 500% tariff pressure and global crude supply shock risks: where does India’s oil security stand? Details 8Long-term planning driving India’s energy readiness, says Hardeep Puri Details 8Trump urges US oil giants to repair Venezuela’s rotting energy industry Details 8Modi did not call Trump: US commerce secretary explains why India–US trade deal stalled Details 8The sixth China LNG conference to be held in Tianjin in 2026 Details 8Affordable energy for 1.4 billion people remains top priority: MEA on 500% US tariff threat Details 8Need to ensure affordable energy for 1.4 billion people: India on US bill Details 8Oil gains as market weighs Iran and Russia supply risks; Venezuela dealmaking in focus Details 8IGL announces postal ballot for reappointment of independent director Dr Shyam Agrawal Details 8Indian Oil promotes 19 officials to senior management Details 8Oil India officer Gnana Kumaraswamy Batta receives Global Near Surface Geophysics Award 2025 Details 8Oil prices extend gains for third consecutive day on Iran supply risk concerns Details 8BPCL inks RLNG supply pact with OPaL Details 8Duke Energy Florida powers up nation’s first fully integrated green hydrogen system Details 8Bio-bitumen is a transformative step towards the vision of Viksit Bharat 2047: Nitin Gadkari Details 8BPCL ships 1G bio-ethanol from Bargarh refinery Details 8IBA proposes subsidy fund for biogas industry Details You can also click on Newsclips for more