Attempt to cap gas blowout in Assam in 2-3 days with help from experts: OIL
A special chartered fight that took off from Singapore on Thursday afternoon had an unusual destination in India — Dibrugarh Airport in Assam.
The flight had a team of experts from Alert Disaster Control, one of the largest disaster management companies in the oil and gas sector.
Amid Covid-19 restrictions it needed special permission from the governments of both countries to carry the team for a special mission — to stop one of the biggest blowouts (uncontrolled emission of natural gas) in the history of India’s hydrocarbon exploration.
On May 27, a producing well by Oil India Ltd (OIL) at the Baghjan oilfield in Tinsukia became active while work-over operations were on, leading to an uncontrolled release of natural gas.
