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

1) GAIL Maharashtra region O&M ARC tightens compliance and digital control across three pipeline clusters
8GAIL’s new Maharashtra O&M ARC pushes the contractor into a fully digital, tightly governed operating regime. The scope stretches from 24×7 terminal coverage to GPS-based resource tracking across a widely dispersed pipeline network. The commercial model sharpens risk transfer by freezing service charges while expanding statutory and operational obligations.
 
2) GAIL’s Maharashtra pipeline network seeks multi-disciplinary engineering consultants for high-stakes O&M modification and integrity jobs
8GAIL has opened a complex engineering consultancy tender spanning modification, HDD, exposure mitigation, and integrity work across 821 km of pipelines. The scope embeds heavy risk on specification accuracy, documentation timelines, and multi-standard compliance. The structure signals a tougher regime for engineering accountability in Maharashtra.

1) IOCL Barauni UPS tender sees four extensions as EIL locks MR-tight compliance
8Repeated date pushes signal bidder difficulty aligning with EIL’s rigid UPS specifications. Corrigendums reinforce that RFQ terms override GeM norms, tightening control over scope, CPBG, and interface obligations. The final extension to 27 November sets a hard stop for a technically non-negotiable package.
 
2) HPCL extends expediting-services tender by four days amid documentation-heavy submissions
8HPCL has pushed the bid deadline for its expediting-services rate contract from 24 November to 28 November. The four-day extension comes in a tender that demands heavy notarised proof of nationwide expediting capability. The shift signals bidder-readiness concerns but leaves all technical and commercial clauses untouched.
 
3) HRRL extends AMPL crude pipeline O&M bid deadline to 29 November
8HRRL has pushed the AMPL crude-pipeline O&M tender by five days, signalling bidder-side pressure in a manpower-heavy package with fixed floor prices. The scope covers 24×7 operations, mechanical maintenance and housekeeping across 11 Gujarat stations, making statutory-cost accuracy critical. The extension hints at participation-related friction rather than any shift in technical or commercial terms.
 
4) BPCL extends bid deadline for AP Project EPDDMS tender amid technical alignment needs
8The companyl has pushed the submission date for its AP Project EPDDMS tender to 02 December. The move follows a tightly packed original schedule that offered limited space for multi-OEM coordination. The extension opens the field for more compliant, technically stronger proposals.

1) IOCL Haldia issues two-year OEM expert services tender for PSA systems
8IOCL Haldia has released a new tender seeking OEM-backed expert support for its PSA systems across hydrogen and reforming units. The two-year contract comes with zero EMD but tight compliance declarations. The real scrutiny lies in how the OEM-specific structure shapes risk, scope and delivery expectations.
 
2) HPRGE consolidates Solar+BESS feasibility and PMC oversight across 20+ HPCL sites
8HPRGE has rolled out a unified tender that pushes site-level measurement accuracy, petroleum-sector safety compliance, and conceptual engineering discipline into the earliest phase of project design. Consultants must manage feasibility, tender preparation, EPC evaluation, and multi-contractor PMC under a single accountability framework. The structure signals a shift toward centralised renewable procurement architecture that could set precedents for HPCL’s future energy transition projects.
 
3) FCC spent catalyst disposal tender tightens hazardous-waste compliance
8IOCL Paradip Refinery has issued a two-bid GeM tender that sharply narrows the field for hazardous-waste processors. The clauses place heavy emphasis on current CTO, Authorization, and inter-state movement approvals. The full document signals a compliance-first model with commercial tension pushed into the RA stage.

8The owner believes that the issue lies in engineering workload, not in tender defects.

1) BPCL finalises survey contract for Kandla refrigerated LPG terminal pipelines after wide L1–L6 price divergence
8BPCL has closed the GeM tender for its Kandla LPG import terminal pipeline surveys with an unusually wide spread between L1 and the rest of the field.
 
2) BPCL awards BDT O&M contract after tight compliance screening
8BPCL has finalised the five-year BDT O&M contract after a closely watched bid cycle marked by stringent scope enforcement. Most bidder requests for operational relaxations were rejected, signalling a high-control operating framework. The awarded spread reveals a sharply tiered risk-pricing pattern.
 
3) Amspec wins HRRL’s Mangala–Barmer crude surveying contract after steep bidder divergence
8HRRL has finalised the custody-transfer surveying contract for its Mangala-to-Barmer crude pipeline on a single-vendor basis after a sharp split in bids. Amspec’s quote came in dramatically lower than its global competitors, making the usual 70:30 dual-award model unworkable. The award locks in two years of high-frequency operational oversight at MPT, RT and HRRL tanks under one agency.

8ONGC has closed its three-year tender for covering pipeline exposures at Hazira and Uran–Trombay with Yojaka India Private Limited in the L1 seat at Rs 7.97 crore.
8The award hands one contractor full responsibility for gabion-heavy protection, river-crossing covers and sacrificial bunds around operating high-pressure pipelines, with ONGC supplying no material.
8How that price holds against tides, monsoons, access risks and inspection-heavy obligations will decide whether this becomes a template or a cautionary tale.

1) ONGC frontiers three-year call-out environment monitoring for departmental rigs loads long-tail risk onto labs
8ONGC has quietly bundled all key environment checks for its departmental rigs E-2000-VIII and E-2000-VI into a single three-year GeM service contract.
8Behind the familiar CPCB/MoEFCC labels sits an at-will termination clause, a 38-month performance guarantee and a reverse auction that will test how far environmental labs will stretch for frontier-basin work.
8How contractors price that cocktail of multi-state mobilisation, undefined job volumes and tight cash-flow lock-up will decide who gets to hold ONGC’s monitoring clipboard at the rig site.
 
2) Ten technically-cleared bidders chase ONGC’s LP gas compression O&M at Rajahmundr
8ONGC’s GeM O&M tender for LP gas compression at Tatipaka and Mandapeta has drawn a crowded field of 12 bidders, with 10 making the technical cut.
8Compressor OEMs, O&M specialists and regional service houses now have to price a three-year, 24×7 availability mandate under a sharper MSE policy, a defined manpower-based floor price and a higher 18% concessional IGST/GST regime.
8How those clarifications translate into margin, risk and final award spreads is where the real story now lies.
 
3) ONGC tightens bid security and governance but upgrades force majeure in integrated SJS and SHD services corrigendum and date-extended tender
8ONGC’s multi-basin integrated SJS and SHD tender has quietly changed shape through a dense corrigendum that rewrites force majeure and hardens bid security.
8The documents now stretch bank and insurance instruments, add anti-cartel language and still refuse to relax the five-year experience gate, even as GeM pushes the bid end to 02 December 2025.
8Whether that mix favours a small club of proven seismic contractors or opens room for disciplined challengers will be decided only in the reverse auction.
 
4) ONGC pushes TCP-DST and specialised services tender bid deadline but leaves the tough SCC framework unchanged.
8ONGC has quietly granted bidders more time on its flagship TCP-DST and specialised services tender, stretching the submission window to 09 December 2025.
8The move comes after a dense corrigendum cycle and a wave of bidder queries on risk-heavy conditions, but without any visible softening of the underlying SCC or BEC.
8Whether this becomes an opportunity for sharper, more competitive pricing or a mere breathing space before a thin contest will only be known once the bids open on 10 December.

1) ONGC stretches onshore wireline logging tender to 9 December as remobilisation, packer and deep-well clauses are quietly rewritten
8ONGC has quietly pushed its limited onshore wireline logging tender to 9 December while sprinkling in a dense set of SCC, SOW and price-format tweaks.
8The headline dates move looks benign, but underneath it, remobilisation windows, packer responsibilities, SEZ mobilization caps and deep-well obligations all shift in ways that change bidder risk.
8Contractors now have four more weeks to decide whether this revised balance of operational duty and tax exposure is still worth chasing.
 
2) ONGC pushes offshore wireline and intervention tender to 9 December
8ONGC’s offshore wireline and well intervention tender ZV5GL25004 has been nudged from an 11 November close to a 9 December finish, but the office note still calls it a “two-week” extension.
8Behind that mislabelled delay sit new rules on CIS, remobilisation windows, sample disposal and MRCS pricing that subtly move the risk dial.
8Contractors now have four more weeks to decide whether the amended offshore playbook is tight but workable, or just too loaded with tax, logistics and CIS exposure to touch.
 
3) ONGC western offshore WBDF tender pushes technical bid opening to 6 January 2026 as high-bar BEC meets long-form extension
8ONGC has quietly moved the technical bid opening for its western offshore WBDF mega-tender from 9 October 2025 to 6 January 2026.
8The shift stretches the timeline by nearly three months in a contract that already demands ONGC-lab-tested formulations, TPIA-verified experience and heavy financial muscle.
8What that does to the bidder pool, pricing power and the drilling calendar will only become visible once the sealed bids are finally opened.
 
4) ONGC stretches HPHT wireline logging tender by 84 days without touching risk-heavy HPHT scope.
8ONGC has now pushed its flagship HPHT wireline logging tender ZV5GC25002 out to a 09 December 2025 submission, 10 December opening, via two separate extensions.
8The technical matrix still demands 300–500°F HPHT tools, advanced imaging and multi-day post-processing, with contractors carrying fishing, spares and turnaround risk.
8The only real movement is on time and a cross-tender financial certificate, leaving bidders to decide whether the longer runway is enough to justify full-fleet HPHT mobilisation.

8Public notice: open house discussion on comments received for draft biogas/biomethane injection guidelines [PNGRB]
8Deployment status of vessel “MV Goodman” [Seamec]
8Cessation of independent director [Petronet]

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8RCF floats tender for 100 MT of water-soluble potassium sulphate [RCFL] 
8Annual service contract: steering imported denatured alcohol to GNFC site, Bharuch [GNFC] 
8Incorporation of subsidiary in Bangladesh [SPCFL] 
8Investor presentation [APFL] 
 

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