BP Hopes to Boost Oil Production at India’s Top Field by 44%

BP, which was picked as a technical service provider to help India raise production from its largest oilfield, has indicated that oil output at the Mumbai High offshore field could be increased by 44% and gas production by 89%, the field operator said on Thursday. On Wednesday, India’s state-held Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) announced it had hired supermajor BP to be the technical service provider of its efforts to boost production at India’s biggest oilfield, Mumbai High in the Arabian Sea, around 100 miles west of…