An oil well in Assam continues to leak with natural gas pouring out for the seventh day and counting. On Monday, the government-owned Oil India Limited (OIL), which owns the rig, said in a statement that it has reached out to global experts to control the blowout.
The blowout — or an uncontrolled release of natural gas — was reported last Wednesday morning when a producing well under Baghjan Oilfield in Tinsukia district unexpectedly became “active” during operations. Tridiv Hazarika, OIL, said all necessary permissions have been expedited so that Singapore-based expert team Alert can be called in if the leak cannot be plugged by Thursday.
