1) NRL’s NREP additional mechanical works award lands on a razor-thin L1–L2 spread, with L3 priced in a different universe
8The top two bids are separated by just 1.1%, signalling a highly efficient price discovery on NRL’s NREP mechanical package. But the third bid is 52.6% above L1, exposing a market split on how bidders perceive execution risk.
 
2) Single-bid award locks GAIL Pata’s APM rollout into an outcome-linked payment regime
8GAIL Pata tied 15% of APM consideration to benefit proof and 12-month sustainment, then held the line on a security-first on-prem architecture. At the same time, it widened affiliate-based eligibility but removed an NDA-based documentation escape hatch, a combination that quietly reshapes who can bid. The award result, with only one priced bidder, shows how those levers translate into market participation
 
3) HPCL’s CO2 conversion pilot plant PLC package sees a wide L1-to-L2 spread after 4 bidders clear technical qualification
8The commercial story is the unusually wide price dispersion, hinting at sharply different views of integration and late-stage performance-risk exposure.
 
4) BPCL’s Mumbai refinery HCU turnaround award tightens into a two-bidder knife-edge
8Behind that razor edge sits a bid ladder that quickly balloons into double-digit and then extreme premiums, hinting at real disagreement on scope risk and controllability. The contract language and amendments show BPCL easing ramp-up timelines without loosening control, and the pricing outcome mirrors that posture.
 
5) EIL’s two-step technical tightening reshapes the pump package risk before award
8The amendment trail quietly narrows bidder freedom on HV classification and starting current, even as pre-bid queries show vendors pushing for hydraulic and metallurgy breathing room. The award table then throws up a pricing pattern that looks less like a race and more like a filter.
 
6) BPCL splits its 3-year TSV inspection programme across four regional awards
8BPCL’s TSV tender turns pipeline safety compliance into an audit-grade service contract with documentation gates that can quietly decide qualification. The awards show different winners by region, hinting at localised cost structures and capability pockets. But the bid framework still carries a live governance tension that could shape how vendors price risk in the next round.

8Clearly, this freezes a performance-heavy comms contract before price discovery

8PET moved higher this week, adding Rs 5/kg over the past seven days. On a month comparison, prices are firmer, though still lower than last year

8PC prices were flat this week following little change over the past month. Compared with six months ago, levels remain softer.

8SAN was steady this week, unchanged on a fortnight comparison

8Hydrochloric Acid is down Rs 4.5/kg over the past month, and price swings have been sharper than usual

8Acetonitrile slipped Rs 5/kg this fortnight, keeping the near-term tone soft even as the weekly change was flat. 

8Melamine is higher than last year, and this week’s jump sharpened the upside tone

8Trimethylolpropane is up Rs 4/kg compared with three months ago, keeping a mild positive tilt in the background

8Formic Acid slipped Rs 6/kg this week, continuing a run of lower readings. 

8TOTM is down Rs 89/kg from six months ago, keeping the longer view tilted lower

8DOA is down Rs 11/kg over the past month, keeping the tone softer into mid-December. 

8TEG is higher than last year by Rs 35/kg, but it has been flat week-on-week

8Refrigerant R22 slipped Rs 20/kg over the past month, with the drop concentrated in the latest week

8Polyurethane Resin for Sole rose Rs 7/kg this week and has now posted a three-step climb across recent sessions

8PTMEG is lower by Rs 25/kg compared with six months ago, even as the month view is slightly firmer. This week was quiet after an earlier step down.

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

8Polymeric MDI is down Rs 4/kg over the past fortnight, but it has been flat this week

8The scope is cut back

8SAP is steady compared with three months ago in day-to-day terms, but it is down Rs 40/kg on that three-month comparison

8Project Name: Faizabad and Sultanpur Districts City Gas Distribution
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8Project Name: Bhubaneswar- Khordha District City Gas Distribution
8Project Cost: Rs 350 crore Click here for more details

8Production and blending of biofuels from non-food sources [Rajya Sabha]
8Fuel transition and sustainable aviation fuel mandate [Rajya Sabha]
8Safety training and prevention of accident at refineries etc. [Rajya Sabha]
8Expansion of CNG infrastructure [Rajya Sabha]
8Expansion of piped natural gas network and compressed natural gas stations [Rajya Sabha]
8Disparities in fuel price [Rajya Sabha]
8Prices of petroleum and petroleum products [Rajya Sabha]
8Increasing the dealer margin of LPG distributors [Rajya Sabha]
8Decline in the production of crude oil and natural gas [Rajya Sabha]
8Strengthening connectivity of city gas distribution and national gas grid [Rajya Sabha]
8Constitution of energy transition advisory committee [Rajya Sabha]
8Petrol and diesel pricing and collection of central revenue [Rajya Sabha]
8Strategic petroleum reserves [Rajya Sabha]
8Impact of reduction in domestic gas supply on CNG prices [Rajya Sabha]

8Dry Pulp is up Rs 8/kg over the past month, and it has held steady week-on-week

8Minutes of meeting for connectivity of CGD(s) with NGPL(s) [PNGRB]