At least 23 companies had shown interests in a pre-bid meeting held on September 17
ONGC Videsh has stakes in 41 oil and gas assets in 20 countries and in the last fiscal year produced oil equivalent to 26.2 percent of India's local output
ONGC was up 3% at Rs 165 and Oil India up 1.4% at Rs 324 on BSE, as compared to 0.2% decline in the S&P BSE Sensex at 12:09 PM