ONGC reaches out to Shell, ExxonMobil, TotalEnergies, Chevron, others for production enhancement in western offshore

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi: State-run Oil and Natural Gas Corp. (ONGC) has reached out to as many as 10 global energy players to participate in its tender for the role of technical services provider (TSP) to enhance production in its western offshore fields, Pankaj Kumar, director (production) at ONGC, said to mediapersons on the sidelines of India Energy Week.

The companies approached include UK-headquartered Shell, bp plc, French major TotalEnergies, and US oil and gas giants ExxonMobil and Chevron. The plan to bring in TSP for other fields comes at a time when the oil and gas production has largely been muted. In FY25, ONGC reported a 0.9% increase in standalone crude oil production to 18.558 million tonnes (mt) and a slight decline in natural gas production to 19.654 billion cubic metres (BCM).

“We are now in the market for another TSP covering the Western Offshore, excluding Mumbai high field. The tender has been floated, and we have personally communicated with the CEOs of 10 major E&P (exploration and production) operators, including Shell, bp, Chevron, Exxon, TotalEnergies among others," Kumar said. Bassein, Heera & Neelam fields and Panna-Mukta fields are key fields on the western offshore.

Queries emailed to Shell, bp, Chevron, ExxonMobil and TotalEnergies on Tuesday late evening remained unanswered till press time. The national oil and gas major has already appointed bp plc as the TSP for its Mumbai High field. Last year, ONGC and bp signed a contract under which bp would serve as the TSP for the Mumbai High field, India’s largest offshore oil field.