The suggestion for “having partnerships for its major fields” was made in the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation’s (ONGC) internal strategy meet itself, the Union ministry of petroleum and natural gas (MoPNG) said on Monday.
Stating that “there are reports in some newspapers about privatisation of Mumbai High field of ONGC on proposal from MoPNG,” the government said that it wants domestic production of oil and gas to “increase exponentially” and “for this private sector companies can be involved as partners or through various business models so that new techniques and technology can be brought in through such companies which have experience in this”. It added that, “however, all this has to be done by following system and procedures in a transparent manner”.
