India's top explorer Oil And Natural Gas Corp on Wednesday said energy major BP will act as technical service provider to help boost oil and gas output from the country's largest producing field, off India's west coast.

India’s Oil and Natural Gas Corporation said on Wednesday that energy major BP Plc has won a bid to be the company’s technical service provider for boosting oil and gas production from Mumbai High field off the west coast of India.

In June, the state-owned ONGC had sought bids from international oil and gas players to increase production from the field.

State-run explorer ONGC has decided to rope in BP as technical partner to boost oil and gas production from Mumbai High India’s crown jewel, which will become the UK major’s second operating project in India and mark the first notable MNC entry in the country’s upstream sector following reforms initiated by the Narendra Modi government.