OIL engages foreign experts to help plug gas leak in Assam
OIL India Limited (OIL) has engaged consultants to carry out environment impact assessment studies of the blowout at its gas producing well in Baghjan in Upper Assam.
The well has been spewing gas after a blowout on May 27. OIL has roped in foreign experts to arrest the uncontrolled gas flow and is also getting help from the National Disaster Response Force and state-run ONGC.
Over 1,600 families have been evacuated from nearby affected areas and put up in relief camps. The blowout has resulted in oil condensate from the well covering trees, water bodies and people’s homes.
