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The government has shelved the plan to privatise several key ageing fields of ONGC and Oil India following strong opposition from the state-run companies and consultations between the oil ministry and the Prime Minister’s Office. The two companies will now draw up their own proposals to boost output from the fields.
The oil ministry drew up a detailed plan last year to sell up to 60% participating interest in 11 ageing fields of ONGC and four of Oil India to privatto private companies under the so called Production Enhancement Contract (PEC) aimed at raising output. The plan also included another 44 older fields of ONGC and Oil India that could take on private technological partners under a process managed by the government.
