new delhi freebies have so far been limited to groceries and consumer goods but a recent government move asking flagship explorer ongc to sell a golf course in one of its fields in gujarat could lead to a similar situation but one in which the staterun company may end up giving away producing oil wellsthe department of investment and public asset management dipam wants ongc to sell golf courses in ahmedabad and vadodara as well as bharat petroleum corporations sports club at chembur in mumbaithis is part of the governments strategy to spur investment in the country by forcing public sector entities to monetise noncore assets and pump the funds into creating new infrastructure but the list of noncore assets does not include ongcs teeing greens at ankleshwar in gujarat and rajahmundry in andhra pradesh and oil indias course in jorhat as these are perceived to have low real estate potential unlike ahmedabad and vadodara greensin ongcs case dipam appears to have overlooked the fact that the motera field in ahmedabad has four wells at least two of which are producing oil besides motera is also among a bouquet of 64 small fields ongc is offering to private players to operate so that it can concentrate on large assetsthe field lies in a block licensed to ongc under the nomination policy that existed before the government began auctioning acreages in 1999 this has put ongc in a quandary as existing rules governing nomination blocks do not allow the licensee to sell or transfer land ownershipongc will remain the licensee and retain ownership even after inducting a private partner to operate the field but if the golf course land is sold for development the buyer will get ownership of wellsthe motera golf course lies in a corner of the block and was built to ward off encroachment as the city expandedshrinking buffer zone due to encroachment due to expanding city limits is a common problem around oil installations this was one of the reasons contributing to high toll during a 2009 fire at the indianoil depot near jaipur