MUMBAI: The oil assets of India, particularly those located in the Bombay High region and other vital strategic establishments and facilities of ONGC has been on the radar of terror groups. In the past, the security of oil assets have figured in meetings of the counter-terrorism establishment.

The ONGC has assets in Mumbai and in the Arabian Sea on the western coast. The Flag Officer Defence Advisory Group (FODAG) has been maintaining a vigil in the Bombay High, where exploration is carried out. ONGC has it's major oil producing assets in Western Offshore along the extensive coastline of Maharashtra and Gujarat having investment of around 24 Billion US Dollars with daily contribution of 335, 000 barrels of Oil and 41 Million Cubic Meters of Gas. The Vessel Automatic Tracking and Monitoring System introduced by ONGC has received tremendous appreciation by FODAG.

After the 26/11 attacks, which was carried out by Pakistani fidayeens, who ingressed from the Arabian Sea, security at the coast has been beefed up significantly. A Joint Operations Centre (JOC-West) have been set up at INS Angre, the headquarters of Western Naval Command (WNC) which is being manned round-the-clock. Hotlines between JOC-West and various stake holders have been set up viz, Mumbai Police, Maharashtra Police, Fisheries department, Customs, Mumbai Port Trust, Headquarters Offshore Defence Advisory Group (ODAG), Harbour Defence Control Centre of Indian Navy and the Coast Guard Regional Headquarters (West).