State-owned ONGC appoints BP Exploration Services India as its technical service provider to enhance oil and gas production from its Western Offshore fields. Under the technical services agreement, BP’s unit is expected to support ONGC with technology and operational improvements aimed at lifting production from the offshore assets. Both outlets report the appointment as part of ONGC’s efforts to improve output through technical support rather than a direct change in ownership or operatorship. The Hindu adds that ONGC has previously signed a similar technical services agreement with another BP subsidiary last year for the Mumbai High field. Taken together, the reports indicate ONGC is extending a series of agreements with BP-linked entities for offshore production performance improvements, including the Western Offshore fields covered by the current arrangement.