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

8Project Name: Daman District City Gas Distribution
8Project Cost: Rs 250 crore Click here for more details

After decades of imported technology failures, high-ash Indian coal is now dubbed as fit for gasification, with fluidized-bed systems emerging as the frontrunner.
8The verdict: it wasn’t bad coal, it was bad technology.
here is also a claim that India’s 2030 target of 100 million tonnes of coal gasification now rests on three pillars: viability-gap funding, assured coal supply, and synchronized CCUS integration.
We tell you why this is more hype than real

8Four global reservoir consultancies went head-to-head for OIL’s Greater Chandmari seismic-to-simulation mandate.
8The spread between L1 and L4 ran from Rs 5.45 crore to Rs 14.06 crore, revealing contrasting risk-loadings and modelling depth.
8The composite QCBS outcome suggests technical weight carried more sway than raw price, signalling OIL’s pivot toward execution-ready subsurface partners.

8A single bidder cleared the bar after ONGC rewired the package around pullback, mud capacity, and milestone gating.
8Verticality and brand controls stayed tight even as standby moved in small but telling ways.
8The competitiveness now rests on whether equipment floors and payment gates narrow prices—or simply filter noise.

8ONGC hiring of wireline logging, perforation, TCP-DST, compact logging and well-intervention services for offshore and onshore has moved the deadline to 11 November while re-writing how bidders must prove financial strength.
8The no-mixing rule and auditor-basis attestation raise the compliance bar even as a key HPHT temperature spec is eased.
8The trade-off hints at a tighter paper trail with a slightly wider technical tent.

8ONGC has moved the pre-bid by a day without touching the money, gates or scope.
8That keeps the engineering clock honest while guarding comparability.
8The contest now hinges on how well bidders translate met-ocean and logistics realities into executable LSTK plans.

1) CEMS/CAAQMS backbone hard-wired to CPCB/APPCB at Odalarevu
8ONGC is pushing a unified emissions and ambient-air stack at Odalarevu with live regulatory feeds and a public LED board.
8An 8-month LSTK and a three-layer security regime signal zero tolerance for data downtime.
8The bar is QAL1/USEPA/MCERTs — and only integrators with dual-track installs and AMC depth will clear it.
 
2) Mud and chemical handling package hardens schedule and pricing floors
8A 14-day mobilization clock now runs without moving the finish line.
8A 3.85% service-charge floor and a fixed total-value floor reshape bidding maths.
8Add e-BG, IP and gross-price evaluation, and only execution-ready vendors will clear the gate.
 
3) Service-charge floor and gross-price evaluation reset the rules for manpower services in Oil India Limited
8OIL’s latest manpower-service tender hard-codes a 3.85% service-charge floor and a minimum bid value.
8The evaluation is pushed to gross price with “no ITC” credit, recalibrating bidder math and cash-flow.
8The document discipline around price-breakups and TPI verification narrows the field — and that is the hidden filter.
 
4) Key-person evidence split and bid calendar shifted in ONGC’s SI empanelment corrigendum
8ONGC has tightened how bidders prove senior talent while nudging the clock by a week.
8The parent-support construct remains inside the contract file, not as a side letter.
8Those who bank on global affiliates and marquee CVs will need to show their paperwork, not just their logos.
 
5) Addresses, routing and finance-basis rule tightened in ONGC’s Ahmedabad fire-protection LSTK corrigendum
8ONGC has corrected the contract’s nerve-centre from Tripura to Ahmedabad and locked in who receives what and where.
8Change-order invoices now route to the Asset that will run the plant, while finance papers face a stricter, single-basis test.
8Nothing in the specs has softened — this is governance hardening, not scope easing.
 

1) Bid clock reset and financial-evidence template tightened for Aliabet 3D seismic campaign
8ONGC has nudged the calendar while rewriting how bidders must present turnover and net-worth.
8The allowance for audited consolidated statements is tightly ring-fenced and paired with a no-mixing rule.
8Nothing else budges on scope, risk or HSE — signalling governance, not leniency.
 
2) Support-company PBG added for ILI package
8A new supporting-company guarantee architecture brings joint liability and a 50% PBG share into play.
8The technical brief stays intact, shifting the contest to disciplined pricing, paperwork hygiene and proven ILI execution.
8This is for in-Line-Inspection (ILI) of 29 pipelines of Western Offshore laid recently under PRP-VII and PRP-VIII, using MFL technology.
 
3) Pre-bid pushed to 4 November and queries to 2 November for CT/N2/FPU package of OIL
8OIL has bought time at the front end of a four-year coiled-tubing campaign.
8The corrigendum resets the pre-bid and query windows while keeping money, gates, and scope untouched.
8That moves the contest from date pressure to execution clarity.
 
4) Bid clock pushed while OIL tightens HOCU packaging to 12-m
8A two-week extension lands just as OIL shrinks the permitted HOCU footprint.
8The packaging change tilts the scope toward tighter integration and tougher layout choices for OEMs.
8Who converts the extra time into a compliant, serviceable 12-m build will decide the pecking order.
 
5) Bid window pushed to 10 November as ONGC hard-wires DC/DR-grade FRS integration
8ONGC has moved the bid deadline to 10 November 2025, adding 33 days to a governance-heavy digital roll-out.
8The extra runway meets a spec that marries active-active clustering with barrier-level controls across 324+ sites.
8Whether bidders convert time into tighter API, SIEM and failover proofs will decide who really competes.

After a weather-hit 2025 that curbed demand, India’s gas consumption is set to recover sharply next year.
8What is ahead next year?
Get the real data here on how gas demand will shape up going ahead.

8That shows underlying demand weakness

8GNRL announces successful completion of third well K#13 in Kanawara field; production expected to rise by up to 100 BOPD [GNRL]
8CPCL achieves record throughput and strong profit rebound in Q2 FY2025-26 [CPCL]
8Financial results for the quarter and six months ended September 30, 2025 [CPCL]
8Operational issues at HPCL Mumbai refinery due to high salt and chloride content in crude sourced from HOECL’s B-80 field [HPCL]
8Appointment of statutory auditors for the year 2025-26 [IOCL]
8Investor presentation – Q2 FY2025-26 [IOCL]
8Financial results for the quarter and half year ended September 30, 2025 [IOCL]
8Monthly report on crude oil and petroleum products – September 2025 [PPAC]
8Public notice inviting comments on draft guidelines for CBG injection into NGPL and CGD infrastructure [PNGRB]
8Board meeting and investor call on November 4, 2025 to approve Q2 & H1 FY2025-26 results [Adani Port]

8Intimation regarding independent ESG score of 56 assigned by CFC Finlease Private Limited [RIL]
8Cessation of Ms. Shilpa Sachdeva as senior management personnel of PI Industries Limited effective October 26, 2025 [PIIL]
8Favorable court ruling for Tata Chemicals Magadi Ltd in land rates dispute with Kajiado County, Kenya [TCL]
8Rama Phosphates seeks shareholder approval via postal ballot for Employee Stock Option Plan 2025 [RPL]
8Financial results for half year ended September 30, 2025 [TGEIL]

8Get exclusive access to today's complete price matrix from the Mumbai chemical market
8Stay ahead with the latest rates and trends across key commodities and chemicals

8Styrene Monomer was little changed over the past month
8Last week’s print is down by Re 0.5/kg from last week

8Toluene was little changed over the past year
8This week’s print improved by Re 1.0/kg from last week

8Vinyl Acetate Monomer was little changed over the past six months
8This week’s cadence stayed quiet, with minimal day-to-day shifts

8Propylene Glycol was little changed over the past month
8YoY context remains even, with no outsized swings

8Phenol rose Rs 0.5/kg this week
8Three-month context remains firm without sharp day-to-day swings

8N-Propyl Acetate is up Rs 0.75/kg over the past month
8Weekly movements were small and orderly in the domestic market

8n-Butanol slipped Rs 2/kg over the past fortnight but has held its ground this week
8The domestic series is stabilising rather than trending

8Octanol is largely unchanged when viewed over three months, though the series has eased during that period
8The current read shows a tight domestic range rather than a directional push

8Orthoxylene moved up by Rs 4/kg this week
8The product now sits near the upper end of its recent domestic range

8Against a six-month reference, Monoethylene Glycol is almost unchanged
8Over the last fortnight, it added Rs 1.5/kg, but the broader pace remains calm

8Mixed Xylene Isomer added Rs 3/kg over the last fortnight
8The month view shows a Rs 4/kg rise, keeping the tone constructive without sharp swings