New Delhi, Jan. 27 -- 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 na...