Oil India Ltd’ Assam oil and gas production affected due to protests
NEW DELHI : State owned Oil India Ltd (OIL) lost 467 mt of crude oil production from its 59 wells in Assam on Wednesday, due to blockade by local people and students organisation after a gas well at Baghjan in Tinsukia district caught fire on 9 June.
Two fire service officers of OIL lost their lives on Tuesday, and four people sustained ‘minor injuries’, with the fire burning at least 15 houses. Fire tenders been deployed to prevent the fire from spreading to adjoining areas. The blaze continues unabated, with the gas leaking from the OIL’ well since 27 May.
“OIL lost 467 MT of Crude Oil Production from 59 nos. of producing wells on 10-06-2020 due to blockade by local people and various students’ organizations at Makum, Barekuri, Hapjan, Lankashi, Nagajan, Hebeda, and Dhakul. Gas production was also affected,” the upstream explorer said in a statement on Thursday.
