bp wins global ONGC tender to enhance production in largest oilfield in India
9th January 2025
bp has been selected by Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) to act as the Technical Services Provider (TSP) for the Mumbai High field, India’s largest and most prolific offshore oil field that lies approximately 160-kilometers into the Arabian Sea off the Mumbai coast
As the TSP, bp will conduct a comprehensive review of the field’s performance and identify improvements as well as implement suitable technological interventions and practices for improving production and recovery from this important national resource.
The Mumbai High field was discovered in February 1974 and started production on May 21, 1976. It accounts for almost 25% of India's production. The field is estimated to have a balance reserve of 80 million tonnes (610 million barrels) of oil and over 40 bcm of gas
bp will serve in an advisory role to ONGC identifying recovery technologies and practices with the aim of stabilizing production and reversing decline, returning production from this nationally important oilfield to a strong growth path
bp brings extensive experience on management of many of the worlds giant oil fields, application to Mumbai High will include well work and system modeling optimizations, reservoir management, seismic technology, access to unconventional reservoirs through fracturing technology and IOR/EOR leading to long term production delivery by 2035