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8It could become the template for airport fuel pipeline commissioning
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8The owner is not buying generic consultancy. It is creating a two-year engineering response layer for pipeline operations, installations and gas processing units. The real question is whether this becomes a faster integrity tool or a new centralised technical bottleneck. This can narrow the field for potential competitors
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 8Australian energy exploration hits 10-year high in hunt for gas Details
 8Dana Gas reports drilling success in Egypt; four more wells planned for 2026 Details
 8Rs 538 crore City Gas Distribution project crawls despite lapse of over four years Details
 8Global gas flaring hits six-year high as wasted gas reaches $54 billion Details
 8Force majeure leaves Bangladesh hunting for costly LNG Details
 8Badawi visits Damietta LNG plant, affirms readiness for Cypriot gas Details
 8Tatas keen to run hydrogen buses in Nagpur: Gadkari Details
 8India launches world's first nuclear heat-based hydrogen production facility Details
 8Kerala gearing up for major leaps in the green hydrogen sector Details
 8Why ethanol-blended fuel in India actually increases your running costs! Details
 8India's ethanol story enters its next phase: Three companies to watch Details
 8India's ethanol strategy goes against the grain Details
 8Mortal remains of eight Indians repatriated from Ras Laffan: Indian Embassy in Doha Details
 8How coal gasification valleys could reshape India's industrial geography Details
 8India Inc.'s green transition triggers hiring surge Details
 8Ukraine hits two Russian oil refineries overnight Details
 8Oil falls over 3% as Hormuz flows ease supply fears Details
 8Privatisation of India's oil giants could cripple energy security, critics warn amid global turmoil Details
 8Rajasthan govt reviews HPCL's Rs 400 crore expansion plan to establish 304 fuel retail outlets Details
 8El Nino may force India to boost rice-based ethanol output for E20 goal Details
 8CBIC rolls out green channel to speed emergency imports during oil spill crises Details
 8China's crude oil imports set to fall further in June Details
 8Tehran reasserts its right to control shipping in Hormuz Details
 8US strikes Iran following attack on cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz Details
 8Petroleum ministry lifts emergency LPG restrictions, restoring commercial supplies after West Asia conflict Details
 8India ends restrictions on commercial gas after supply from West Asia eases Details
 8Govt to maintain domestic LPG availability Details
 8Middlemen offer Iranian oil to Indian refiners after US waiver, traders say Details
 8Hormuz traffic eases as ships continue using disputed Oman route Details
 8India's energy diplomacy passed its toughest test Details
 8Japan and India to set up task force on LNG stockpiling Details
 8How advanced storage technology can drive India's energy transition Details
 8Domestic 25-day LPG cap stays; relief for commercial gas Details
 8Why India stayed resilient through the Hormuz crisis Details
 8Petroleum vulnerability rising; India must build crude buffers and cut import dependence, EY cautions Details
 8Indane, HP, and Bharat Gas customers might not get LPG cylinders from July 1: Details inside Details
 8How India avoided a fuel crisis as the West Asia conflict disrupted supply chains Details
 8Indian refiners unlikely to rush for Iranian oil despite temporary US sanctions waiver, says analyst Details
 8Vedanta pays nearly Rs 5 lakh crore to the exchequer in 10 years Details
 8Brent crude has crashed: Here's what it means for India's oil companies Details
 8India should build larger strategic oil reserves to reduce global supply risks: EY report Details
8Venezuela’s largest refinery shutdown after power outage:Report Details
 8Ukraine drones hit key Russian refinery as Kyiv widens long-range war Details
 8State oil giants shield India through crisis after crisis Details
 8India eyes discounted Iranian oil after US sanctions waiver Details
 8Pakistan eyes cheaper Iranian oil and gas imports after US sanctions waiver Details
 8Monsoon uncertainty weighs on gains from lower oil prices Details
 8CPCL leadership meets Tamil Nadu Chief Minister to discuss growth plans Details
 8IOCL Barauni Refinery recruitment 2026: Walk-in for doctors Details
 8Gurdeep Singh to retire on July 31; four IOCL officers now in race for NTPC CMD Details
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8But then just one field is meant to carry the load
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 8Hydrogen buses coming to Kerala, preliminary talks begin Details
 8At what price does E85 start making sense? The economics behind ethanol fuel Details
 8Government targets solar, hydrogen components to cut import dependence Details
 8India among Asia’s fastest-growing green economies, clocks $110 bn revenue in 2025: LSEG report Details
 8Cheaper crude and Strait of Hormuz reopening boost outlook for Indian refiners Details
 8Strait of Hormuz traffic sees sharp uptick but not back to normal Details
 8India raises LPG supplies to industries, government says Details
 8Government restores non-domestic LPG supplies to pre-crisis levels Details
 8Crude shipments through Hormuz at highest since war amid concerns over Iran exit demands Details
 8West Asia truce limits India INC’s profit impact to 100 bps: Crisil ratings Details
 8India, Iran revive energy dialogue as ministers meet on BRICS sidelines Details
 8Gruner Renewable Energy's Satna plant claims setting Asia record with 23.5 TPD CBG output Details
 8ONGC signs technical services contract with BP for Western Offshore Basin Details
 8Crude slips toward $70 as tankers return to Hormuz after US-Iran reach peace deal Details
 8Crude oil futures fall over 1% as supply fears fade amid Iran deal optimism Details
 8Government may ask airlines to review surcharges and additional prices if crude stabilises Details
 8IRGC Navy rejects new Strait of Hormuz route, warns of enforcement measures Details
 8FPIs continue selling spree in first half of June; financials, oil & gas hit hardest Details
 8India-bound ships navigate Strait of Hormuz amid rising Iran tensions and oil price surge Details
 8India’s oil import bill rises 70% to $35.5 billion in April-May on crude spike Details
 8Crude oil prices return to pre-war levels, but LNG prices remain elevated Details
 8THINK Gas: 6,000 new gas connections in Bhopal Details
 8TN CM flags off 300 new diesel and CNG buses Details
 8India, Iran discuss strengthening hydrocarbons trade Details
 8Karnataka restaurants get LPG relief as Centre lifts commercial supply curbs Details
 8AJYCP protests over Tinsukia-Duliajun road repair demand Details
 8Oil prices explained: petrol and diesel prices remain unchanged despite crude fall Details
 8Major Saudi oil terminal back in operation as Gulf supply recovery accelerates Details
 8Gas prices fall, but retail fuel relief remains limited Details
 8NTPC Barh signs mutual aid agreement with IOCL Barauni Details
 844 jack-up rigs relocated ahead of monsoon season Details
 8First AI-powered walking island rig enters ADNOC Drilling fleet Details
 8Moscow oil refinery hit by drone attacks unlikely to resume this year Details
 8ExxonMobil Antwerp refinery to halt output due to strike Details
 8IOCL officials meet Tamil Nadu CM at Secretariat Details
 8Mahanagar Gas urges PNG connections in gasified societies Details
 8Indian Oil trading window closure ahead of Q1 FY27 results Details
 8HPCL to close trading window ahead of Q1 FY27 results Details
 8ONGC Green and NHPC sign MoU for pumped hydro storage projects Details
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8ONGC is not merely asking who wants Jaisalmer gas; it is testing who can actually evacuate and use it.
8The EOI opens the door to pipeline, truck-mounted and modular gas solutions, but leaves pricing and GSA risk unresolved.
8The technical promise is field-gas monetisation; the commercial trap sits in infrastructure accountability.
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8Participating bidders argued that the original 12-month schedule did not reflect offshore construction realities.
8ONGC ultimately extended the completion period to 18 months through an addendum.
8The change reveals how execution practicality overtook the original procurement timeline without altering the project's overall risk philosophy.
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8And whose infrastructure has been barely built
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8Environmental clearance has been turned into a two-route regulatory gamble
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8That makes the work commercially small in appearance but operationally wide in consequence.
8For executives, the signal is that owner wants a consolidated risk view across multiple industrial, city-gas and long-distance transmission interfaces.
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1) Decontamination corrigendum turns package 2 into a shutdown-risk test for contractors
8The owner has redrawn the execution boundary around the PFCCU and DCU decontamination job. Compressors, sludge logistics, power cabling and injection-point engineering now sit at the heart of bidder risk. The document raises a sharper question: who is really equipped to carry refinery shutdown complexity without pricing it visibly?

2) Kochi Refinery narrows integrated refinery expansion project turnaround decontamination bid to Package no. 1 as pre-bid clarifications shift site-interface risk to contractors
8The latest corrigendum does more than attach pre-bid minutes. It narrows the GeM bid to Package no. 1 while adding pump, effluent and qualification discipline around a critical decontamination package at Kochi Refinery. The sharper story lies in how compressors, sludge, cables and first-time document compliance reshape bidder risk before the January 2027 turnaround.

3) Integrated Refinery Expansion Project turnaround bid quietly shifts Package 3 risk from scope clarity to execution control
8The Package 3 scope is now ring-fenced around SRU-3 and MSBP, while the contractor must absorb several utility and logistics interfaces. The real question is whether bidders will price this as a decontamination job or as a compressed turnaround risk package.

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1) GAIL proposed pipeline obstacle crossing permissions project could decide whether pipeline schedules move or stall
8GAIL is not buying generic liaison support. It is carving out the permission layer as a dedicated execution-critical workstream across National Highway, railway, forest, CRZ and other statutory interfaces. The larger question is whether this will de-risk pipeline rollout or create a new centralised bottleneck.

2) Manali digital logbook tender turns into a 134-day test of refinery digitalisation appetite
8It has moved from a routine digitalisation package into a market-sensing exercise. Nineteen extensions suggest that the bidder universe may be struggling with either the qualification bar, the integration burden or the proof-of-capability expectation. The real story is whether refinery digital operations can be procured like standard software, or whether the market is pushing back.

3) Dahej propane dehydrogenation and polypropylene project gives LNG vaporizer bidders more time without easing the cryogenic qualification gate
8Petronet LNG Limited has extended the bid deadline for the ambient air vaporizer package. The shift gives vendors more room to clear NDA, cryogenic-service evidence and documentation hurdles, but the tender does not show any relaxation in scope, EMD, CPBG or BQC. The real signal lies in how EIL is balancing schedule pressure with vendor-quality control.

4) BPCL gives bidders for more time for digital execution platform on Petro resid fluidized catalytic cracking unit and associated facilities project
8BPCL has pushed the bid deadline twice for a refinery digitalization package that goes well beyond routine document control. The extension sits alongside a stricter corrigendum-acceptance gate and a clarified boundary around software warranty and licences. The real issue is whether the market can absorb BPCL’s full-stack digital execution risk without widening the vendor pool.

5) Aviation turbine fuel pipeline extension hints at deeper discomfort over consultant risk
8The deadline shift looks modest on paper, but the clarification trail tells a larger story. Bidders appear to be probing where project management ends and execution liability begins. That boundary could decide whether the package attracts sharp prices or defensive bids.

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1) HPCL crude distillation unit-3 de-contamination turnaround shifts unknown sludge risk to bidders
8The latest clarification leaves a critical input unanswered: how much residual oil or sludge is actually inside the system. Bidders must still price, plan and guarantee the decontamination outcome on an as-is-where-is basis. For executives, the issue is whether this turns a specialised turnaround service into a high-risk contamination bet.

2) HPCL Fluid Catalytic Cracking Unit-2 decontamination corrigendum keeps bidder risk high despite clearer volumes and effluent routes
8HPCL’s latest corrigendum gives FCCU-2 bidders more clarity, but not the one data point they most wanted. The residual sludge and oil uncertainty remains with the contractor even as effluent and man-entry outcomes stay tightly linked to performance. The real story is how HPCL is using technical clarification to preserve turnaround control without loosening commercial risk.

3) HPCL’s Visakh refinery DHT, amine regeneration unit, fuel gas amine treating unit and Packinox cleaning project gets a sharper equipment boundary
8The corrigendum excludes named DHT reactors and 93-T-01 while retaining 90-V-21 and the flare KOD. That reduces some high-criticality scope ambiguity without eliminating vessel-interface risk. The technical boundary is clearer, but the commercial consequence is still unresolved.

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1) Oil India’s cementing tender turns slurry design, lab validation and real-time job data into contractor risk
8Oil India is not treating cementing as a simple pumping service in this three-year drilling and workover package.
8The SOW pushes slurry design, SGS testing, additive control, Duliajan lab validation and real-time data transmission into the contractor’s delivery burden.
8The sharper question is how many service providers can carry that technical load without pricing in a reliability premium.
 
2) SunPetro’s Bhaskar field tender shifts slickline competition from pricing to response capability
8The commercial rates may attract attention, but the operational thresholds define who can realistically compete.
8SunPetro expects mobilisation within 24 hours, rapid confirmation of equipment availability and fast delivery of pressure survey data.
8The tighter implication for vendors lies beyond the quoted prices.
 
3) ONGC rejects phased manpower deployment in Mehsana PCP maintenance corrigendum
8Bidders argued that the revised team structure substantially increases fixed manpower costs compared with the previous contract.
8ONGC has declined to dilute the mandatory deployment requirement, citing the expanded scope of work.
8The decision leaves the revised operating model intact despite direct commercial objections.
 
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 8India’s E100 ethanol push could trigger Rs.50,000 crore auto industry investment Details
 8Oil extends slide on expectations of smoother crude flows via Hormuz Details
 8India-bound oil supertanker booked in Gulf at 897% of benchmark freight rate Details
 8Crude oil futures fall amid weak global trends Details
 8Chhattisgarh govt approves compressed biogas policy 2026 Details
 8Trump claims record 19 million barrels oil flowed through Hormuz Strait amid sanctions waiver Details
 8Oil prices steady as investors focus on Hormuz flows after peace talks Details
 8Gulf gas shipping could be resuming as more vessels transit Hormuz Strait Details
 8Oman assures toll-free movement via Strait of Hormuz Details
 8India welcomes Iran-US MoU and opening of Strait of Hormuz: NSA Details
 8ONGC in talks to acquire PDVSA stakes in two Venezuela oilfields Details
 8Qatar eyes LNG output recovery within weeks, easing fears of wider Iran war energy shock Details
 8No real alternative to Middle Eastern LPG for India: S&P Global's Pulkit Agarwal Details
 830 India-linked ships crossed Strait of Hormuz safely, 26 more await transit Details
 8As gas supply may take longer to normalise, India expands LNG sourcing from US to Brazil Details
 8Alchemy, Paragon launch gamechanging bio CNG plant Details
 8Why Grid India is turning to more gas-based power this monsoon Details
 8Trump says Exxon, Chevron among firms probed as part of surge in gas prices Details
 8TotalEnergies joins ADNOC-led Bab Gas Cap project in UAE Details
 8Global natural gas markets to stabilize after Middle East war, says GECF Secretary General Details
 8ORLEN advances strategic Baltic Eagle Gas Hub project Details
 8Bangladesh buys two LNG shipments for Tk 13.55b Details
 8Arbitration tribunal set up in dispute over revoked gas-to-power and LNG terminal permits Details
 8Saipem exits Saudi Arabian shallow-water drilling playground with sale of jack-up rig fleet to ADES Details
 8Petrobras and Pemex shake hands to explore partnership in oil & gas sphere Details
 8Asian drilling campaign continues with third well after first came online, second set to follow suit Details
 8Gruner Renewable Energy’s Satna facility achieves record 23.5 TPD CBG production Details
 8Hardeep Singh Puri salutes Digboi’s historic oil legacy, backs preservation and future growth Details
 8Iran's Oil Minister travels to India for BRICS Energy Summit Details
 8Why ONGC is eyeing two oilfields in Venezuela; in talks with state-run oil company PDVSA, seeks US approval Details
 8India-bound oil supertanker booked in Gulf at 897% of benchmark freight rate Details
 8Energy security now India’s biggest upstream priority amid global oil market reset, says S&P Global Details
 8Chhattisgarh approves compressed biogas policy 2026 to promote bio-energy sector Details
 8India cuts coal imports as power plants turn to domestic fuel Details
 8China’s crude imports plunge to lowest level since 2018 Details
 8Rosneft proposes oil firms to refine 30% of crude in Russia to ease fuel crunch Details
 8Ms. Srividya Venkataraman takes charge as Director – Finance at HPCL Details
 8ONGC Jorhat Asset holds Level III mock drill at Borholla GGS Details
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8ONGC has tightened PRP-X on two fronts that bidders cannot treat as clerical.
8The corrigendum hardwires NeSL e-BG timing into bid validity while the technical addendum shifts fresh subsea valve and pig receiver responsibilities into the contractor’s court.
8The bigger question is whether this becomes a wider ONGC template for offshore EPCI risk control.
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1) ONGC Rajahmundry CDS and TTM corrigendum tightens field-readiness risk while giving bidders sharper casing data
8ONGC has clarified the casing programme but held the line on most contractor risk carve-outs.
8The Rajahmundry CDS and TTM tender now gives bidders more technical visibility without easing HSE, logistics or liability exposure.
8The real signal lies in what ONGC accepted, and what it refused to move.
 
2) ONGC’s Jotana GCP-GDU corrigendum tightens seven-year O&M risk around availability, TEG loss and bid hierarchy.
8ONGC’s latest corrigendum for the Jotana GCP-GDU O&M tender does more than tidy up GeM paperwork.
8It preserves a hard 100% system-availability philosophy while clarifying cost-heavy items such as OEM support, consumables and TEG recovery.
 
3) ONGC Offshore NELP/HELP/OALP wells insurance tender extended as reinsurer-term pressure surfaces
8ONGC has pushed the bid window for its Offshore NELP/HELP/OALP wells insurance renewal.
8The extension looks small on paper, but bidder emails point to a deeper reinsurance-market constraint.
8The real story lies in how a technically volatile offshore well schedule is shaping insurer appetite.
 
4) ONGC MH asset MIP pump tender extended as brownfield offshore risk stays untouched
8ONGC has moved the bid deadline by seven days, but the extension does not soften the tender’s core risk allocation.
8The MH asset package remains a demanding LSTK replacement of seven main water injection pump packages across ICW, WIS and MNW platforms.
8The real story is why ONGC gave time without giving relief.
 
5) ONGC Pipeline Laying Project gets pushed as offshore bidders wrestle with PLP risk
8ONGC has extended the Pipeline Laying Project bid deadline. The latest move takes the recorded net deferral from the original 22 April bid date to 84 days.
8The unresolved story is whether the extra time reflects bid preparation complexity or deeper contractor resistance to the risk package.
 
6) ONGC workover rig O&M tender gets 14-day extension as ILM delay risk and crew eligibility stay in focus
8ONGC’s workover rig O&M tender has moved, giving bidders 14 extra days to price a demanding field-services package.
8The corrigendum softens one pain point by allowing 100% ODR for ONGC-attributable ILM delay, but leaves the “reasonable limit” undefined.
8The larger story is that ONGC has refused to dilute crew-experience and fair wage controls, keeping the vendor pool tightly filtered.
 
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1) ONGC-VL tightens CPO-5 workover fluids tender around actual consumption, no standby and contractor-funded lab assurance
8ONGC-VL’s CPO-5 fluids tender is less a commodity chemicals callout and more a controlled workover reliability contract.
8The scope pushes brine quality, lab validation, 24-hour surveillance and inventory continuity onto the contractor.
8The sharper story is how the payment model quietly shifts field-delay and consumption risk before any price bid opens.
 
2) Chandra Oil & Gas wins ONGC Rajahmundry Asset ETP contract as top three bids converge within 5%
8The closest competition in this ONGC effluent-treatment tender came from bidders separated by only a few percentage points.
8Yet the pricing curve breaks sharply after the third-ranked offer, revealing a different view of execution risk.
8The spread raises questions about where contractors believe the real cost pressures will emerge over the next five years.
 
3) Assam Air Products undercuts Deep by 13.0% in ONGC Bokaro CBM compression and cascade transport award
8ONGC’s Bokaro CBM award is a pricing test for wet-gas compression, cascade logistics and pipeline re-injection.
8Assam Air Products has come in 13.0% below Deep Industries, but the contract leaves several operational risks with the service provider.
8The real signal lies in how ONGC softened gas-availability risk without abandoning a variable tariff model.
 
4) Three bidders clear ONGC Bokaro CBM RTMS gate as Three Arrow falls out of race
8ONGC’s Bokaro CBM RTMS tender has moved into a tighter competitive phase after three bidders qualified and one was disqualified.
8The contract is less about devices and more about artificial-lift reliability, cyber-secure data flow and monthly performance survival.
8The bidder outcome hints at a narrowing but still competitive field for production surveillance work.
 
5) ONGC multi-asset O&M corrigendum removes wage reimbursement after bidder challenge
8ONGC has stripped out a reimbursement mechanism that bidders said distorted evaluation in its multi-asset O&M tender.
8The change cleans up the price sheet but pushes wage volatility back into contractor pricing.
8The unresolved issue is whether the corrected tender still leaves smaller bidders outside the real contest.
 
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8The new biodiesel empanelment is framed as market access, not an assured supply contract. Its strongest signal lies in quality certification, plant-location lock-in and statutory readiness rather than price discovery. The real commercial test will come later, when only empaneled manufacturers move into OMC quantity bids.
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1) Bina refinery transformer servicing award exposes a 53.8% pricing gulf in a turnaround-critical package
8For a refinery turnaround-linked transformer job, it raises the sharper question: who priced the hidden execution risk correctly?

2) Aromatic Complex recycle gas compressor drive-conversion study awarded to MECON Limited
8The technical fight was less about a report and more about whether OEM-backed data, electrical adequacy and constructability risk could be compressed into a bankable feasibility package. The award leaves a sharper question for future refinery electrification studies.

3) Sona Blw wins Engineers India Limited’s LV electric heater package for Bina Petchem and Refinery Expansion Project
8A small electrical heater award inside BPCL’s Bina expansion carries a larger procurement signal. The tender tied price to documentation, spares, supervision, training and post-warranty support rather than treating equipment supply as a standalone buy. The final L1 number reveals only part of the story.

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1) IOCL cetane improver rate contract shifts feedstock volatility through uncapped 2EH pricing while tightening refinery-grade sample control
8The tender combines an owner-controlled R&D sample gate with an uncapped 2EH-linked variable price formula across a 6,000 MT refinery requirement. That balance changes who carries quality risk, who carries input-cost risk, and how many suppliers can realistically compete.

2) Bharat Petroleum turns pipeline safety study into field-verified risk and drawing refresh for Mumbai Uran LPG pipeline, Kota Jobner product pipeline and Krishnapatnam Hyderabad product pipeline
8The package places unusual weight on field verification, licensed consequence-modelling tools and recent cross-country pipeline experience. The real tension sits in the tender’s internal deltas, which could shape who actually bids and how much risk they price.

3) Paradip Refinery turns high total acid number crude ambition into a corrosion-risk contract
8The tender makes the vendor accountable for keeping corrosion, salt, chloride, pH, oil-and-grease and dosing performance within a measurable operating envelope. The bigger story is how much refinery process risk Indian Oil Corporation Limited is now willing to push into a two-year service contract.

4) Sulphur forming unit: Bidders test BOO risk appetite
8The bid deadline has moved from 23 April 2026 to 15 July 2026 across three extensions. That is not a routine calendar shift when the contract runs for 25 years and payment starts only after commissioning. The deeper story is whether the market is comfortable financing and operating a refinery-integrated sulphur asset on NRL’s terms.

6) Petronet LNG Dahej polypropylene and propane dehydrogenation plant pump tender quietly shifts PSV design risk back to bidders
8A brief pre-bid reply has left bidders without a fresh PSV material, rating or type clarification. EIL has instead pushed them back to instrumentation specification clauses, keeping design responsibility inside the vendor’s court. For pump suppliers, this is where a small technical ambiguity can become a bid-compliance trap.

7) Bina petchem and refinery expansion project turns a piping ambiguity into a 53:47 cost split
8The pre-bid reply gives bidders a hard split for about 2,98,000 inch-dia of prefabricated spools. Part-A now carries 53% and Part-B carries 47%, removing one major grey area in the ethylene cracker unit mechanical package. But the clarification also locks bidders into a sharper pricing base before final bid submission.

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 8US authorises Iranian oil sales until August 21 as part of push for final West Asia truce deal Details
 8Low-GHG methane’s role in keeping LNG-capable ships compliant Details
 8Kerala native among 12 Indians killed in Qatar gas plant explosion Details
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 8Pemex wants Petronas' deepwater magic Details
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 8Europe’s top gas distributor to invest $14.8 billion in AI-backed networks Details
 8Indian airlines may withdraw fuel surcharge as crude oil prices ease: Report Details
 8Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri visits OIL’s advanced VR centre at Duliajan Details
 8No bids made in Indian Oil tender for ships to carry Gulf cargoes, say sources Details
 8Why Russian crude oil imports to India will hit a record high in June Details
 8Iran rushes to sell oil to India after Trump sanctions waiver – all you need to know Details
 8India pivots to Russian crude and coal to mitigate Iran war fallout Details
 8How the Strait of Hormuz oil crisis is really going to cost India Details
 8NLC India, Indian Oil sign MoU to develop renewable energy projects in Tamil Nadu Details
 8GAIL marks 1 lakh PNG customers in Varanasi | Clean Energy Milestone 2026 Details
 8HPCL Rajasthan Refinery achieves commercial operations date, marks key milestone in project execution Details
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8From a Delhi aviation-parts supplier to Mumbai ship managers and a petrochem trader, a string of Indian companies now sit on OFAC's blocked-persons list
8Most for allegedly helping move Russian and Iranian oil and goods around Western sanctions. Details
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8This Nagpur-based company pitches itself as the country's largest LPG "parallel marketer".
8With 310 auto-LPG stations, 68 bottling plants and a bet that India becomes the world's biggest LPG market by 2030. Details
8The World Bank credits India's 2025 rules — a 0.5% flaring cap and a zero-routine-flaring-by-2030 mandate — as a reason its flaring volumes fell, placing it among the world's improvers.
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8The greenfield unit would turn steel-plant by-product crude benzol into benzene, toluene and xylene
8The group was importing chemicals, and now wants to forage into manufacturing
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