1) IOCL Mathura refinery hard-binds UF reliability with chemical inventory floors and a dispute-framework gap in ultrafiltration plant
8IOCL’s Mathura refinery is turning a utilities O&M tender into a quality-governed reliability contract, with UF permeate metrics driving performance expectations. The document quietly shifts execution risk into chemical supply discipline and “always-on” response behaviour, while reverse auction rules sharpen the margin fight. But one legal configuration stands out as an outlier and could reshape how bidders price downside on long-tail performance security.
 
2) IOCL hardwires split award and removes the 80% shortfall cushion in BR-09 radiography testing
8The real story is how compliance gates and a price-matching cascade together reshape who can bid—and who can survive execution.
 
3) PLL’s Dahej PDH-PP emergency DG tender hardens “exportable power” guarantees and SPRV liability in a 5.9 MWe package
8The qualification design locks bidders into a single point responsibility vendor posture, even when the supply chain is distributed. The real story sits in how these two levers reshape competition and commissioning leverage — without a single clause here explicitly calling it a risk transfer.
 
4) BPCL Mumbai refinery’s TA 2026 piping SOR tightens price bands and multi-vendor control
8The pricing corridor and “match L1” logic force contractors to compete on mobilisation credibility, safety gating, and documentation discipline rather than margin engineering. What looks like routine SOR language hides a sharper risk-transfer design that could reshape how vendors size manpower, logistics, and working capital for TA peaks.

8Project Name: Vijayawada District City Gas Distribution
8Project Cost: Rs 350 crore Click here for more details

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

These are tough times for gas based power stations
8Even APM-linked gas stations are not making it through the merit order system
8Forget about LNG-based system
8Now with pumped storage projects getting commissioned, quick fix power will come from them, making gas-based power even more redundant

8HPCL-Mittal Energy Ltd, operator of the Bathinda refinery, has contested Punjab’s transmission tariff petition, arguing that PSTCL’s methodology unfairly burdens Extra-High-Tension (EHT) users with system losses and inflated projections.

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

8NGC enters ethane shipping through joint venture with MOL, Japan [OPAL]
8Request for proposal (RFP) for sale of natural gas from CB-ONN-2002/3 block (Manipur Field) through e-bidding [DGH]
8Request for proposal (RFP) for sale of crude oil from Ravva and ONGC blocks through e-bidding [DGH]
8Clarification on news report regarding alleged receipt of Russian oil at Jamnagar refinery [RIL]
8Update on well Mori-5 – Mori field operated by Deep Industries Limited [ONGC]
8Change in senior management personnel [IOCL]

8Agromet advisory bulletin for North Karnataka [IMD]
8Intimation of earnings call on Q3 & nine months FY26 unaudited financial results [MBAPL]
8Receipt of GST demand order under CGST/PGST Act for FY 2021–22 [PIIL]
8Appointment of managing director [GSFCL]

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8GSFC informed exchanges that its Nomination and Remuneration Committee met on 6 January 2026 and approved the appointment of Dr. Rajender Kumar, IAS as Managing Director, recommending it for board approval.

8PU recorded a strong weekly rise, pushing prices higher on a month view

8PA66 weakened again this week, extending a run of declines seen over the past month

8PA6 edged up slightly on a weekly basis, but overall movement stayed limited

8POM slipped sharply over the past fortnight, giving back earlier gains

8Wet Slurry has fallen again this week, extending a declining run seen over recent sessions

8R404a is flat on the week but remains lower than levels seen a month ago

8Phenol slipped slightly over the past fortnight, but prices are steady compared with last month

8MIBK has barely shifted over the past fortnight, holding close to recent levels

8MEK was steady on a weekly comparison, with no change from the prior week

8Cyclohexanone was flat this week after slipping earlier in the fortnight

8Cyclohexane was unchanged this week and is broadly stable compared with three months ago

8Trichloroethylene edged up Rs 2/kg this week after a flat fortnight

8Perchloroethylene surged Rs 6/kg this week, marking a sharp move compared with recent sessions

8Pine oil was unchanged this week, following a notable drop over the past fortnight

8Toluene slipped Rs 1.75/kg this week and is also weaker compared with a fortnight ago