When is that likely?
8And why India should jettison oil-linked prices

8While tech and finance hiring weakens under automation and global cost cutting,
8Energy can be a big market for Indian workers

8The company has done another deal
8And why does the company keep buying gas

8India’s biggest gas pipelines take a decade to build — and counting

1) Solar plus BESS consultancy tender tightens local content
 8The company is bundling plant sizing, BESS design and multi-state open access modelling into a single year-long consultancy mandate for HPCL’s captive loads.
 
 2) HPRGE renewable power feasibility at HPCL Gujarat and Rajasthan locations
 8HPRGE lines up a deep solar plus BESS feasibility and DPR mandate for HPCL locations in Gujarat and Rajasthan. Detailed structural checks, DG synchronisation studies and BESS-driven RTC modelling will make this consultancy central to future EPC contracts and operating reliability.

8When is it meant to start

1) IOCL Gujarat Refinery FCC and FPU-1 shutdown piping jobs
8IOCL Gujarat Refinery’s FCC and FPU-1 shutdown piping tender hardwires high safety and resource obligations into contractor scope.
 
2) IOCL Paradip stretches DCU shutdown mechanical contract over 24 months with tight PQC and long-tail performance security
8IOCL Paradip is lining up a single mechanical agency to handle all “miscellaneous” jobs across DCU SADC shutdown and low-throughput periods for two years. Behind the familiar two-bid format sit unusually tentative quantities, a long 39-month performance security and strict PQC that keep only seasoned refinery contractors in play.
 
3) HPCL Mumbai refinery locks in nominated decontamination expert for DHT TA 2026 with soft securities and phase-wise supervision scope
8HPCL Mumbai refinery has moved early to ring-fence decontamination risk for its 2026 DHT turnaround by nominating Monitpro through a custom GeM services bid. The tender breaks the expert’s role into design, procedure finalisation and round-the-clock execution-stage supervision, but strips out most of the usual commercial securities. How that trade-off between technical depth and diluted financial policing plays out will decide both schedule reliability and the template for future TA-critical service nominations.
 
4) Refractory shutdown contract hardwires GST and safety discipline
8Technical scope stretches across multi-unit shutdowns with long-horizon refractory support

1) BPCL tightens licensor bar for 325 KTPA LDPE unit at Ramayapatnam refinery-cum-petrochemical complex
8BPCL is not just buying a LDPE technology. A rare mix of strict reference-unit criteria, cross-verification of credentials and long bid validity quietly reshapes the licensor’s risk-return equation.
 
2) Ethylene cracker licensor and BEDP bid date out by 112 days
8The licensor and BEDP tender for BPCL’s Andhra Pradesh ethylene cracker has quietly moved from an August to a December close without touching the core scope.
 
3) Hydro processing block: Bid due date pushed ahead
8BPCL and EIL have quietly extended the bid window for the integrated hydro processing licensor package while keeping a far tougher stance on post-award obligations.
 
4) PFCCU licensor tender: Extended
8BPCL has quietly extended the licensor bid window for its PFCCU block at Ramayapatnam by more than a month while leaving the underlying risk structure untouched. NPV-based evaluation, a 50 percent overall aggregate liability cap with sharp carve-outs, and back-loaded payment milestones still define the contest.

8A single qualified bidder has shaped the pricing and competitive outcome of GAIL’s CBG PMC tender. The disqualification of the rival bidder raises questions on compliance thresholds.

1) IOCL power trader award
8Tight pricing staircase and four-way competition define IOCL’s power trader award for exchange-based open access procurement.
 
2) Kavin wins NRL’s EPCM consultancy tender for rail-fed road tanker loading with a steep 58.1% gap over L2
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3) BPCL awards revamping of oil water separator and effluent treatment plant
8Five of seven bidders were disqualified before prices were compared, leaving only two contenders in the race.

8Here's what's happening today in the E&P, midstream-downstream, and CGD section

8Natural gas production, availability and consumption October 2025 [PPAC]
8Non levy of any additional charges for providing physical DPNG bills [PNGRB]
8Appointment of senior management personnel Mr Kumar Puri as corporate head HSE [Praj]
8Execution of amendment to lease deed for office premises [Seamec]
8Press release issued by CARE Ratings on credit rating of the company [GSPL]
8Disclosure under regulation 30 regarding ESG rating assigned by NSE Sustainability [ATGL]

8Interesting insides into the ammonia market and what drives it

8Granular urea and DAP may still dominate volumes, but is a parallel nutrient system itaking shape beneath the surface?

And global trade will now have a new price baseline
8It will quietly redraw how ammonia will be priced, moved and monetised in the decarbonisation era.
8This is not a capacity addition.
8It is a restructuring of the global merchant market.

8Find out more

8And what they have not established yet

They are startups.
8A can quickly upturn the tables on established fertilizer players.

8Find out more on it

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8Agro-Meteorological Advisory Service Bulletin for Telangana State [IMD]
8Postal Ballot and E-Voting Notice for Approval of Remuneration to Executive Director [Zuari]

8PU injection moulding values in Ahmedabad are down about Rs 29/kg over the last six months

8PA66 moulding grade in Ahmedabad is now roughly Rs 21/kg higher than the same period a year ago.