OIL plans legal recourse after Assam pollution watchdog issues closure notice
Oil India Limited (OIL) is planning to seek legal recourse after the Pollution Control Board Assam (PCBA) issued a notice asking the company to close down operations of its wells in Baghjan oil field.
On June 19, 24 days after a natural gas well had a blowout and 11 days after it caught fire, PCBA directed OIL to close all production and drilling operations at 21 wells—4 natural gas, 17 oil–at Baghjan oil field for “nonchalantly violating provisions of law and causing pollution to the environment”.
Reacting to the PCBA notice OIL spokesperson Tridiv Hazarika informed on Sunday that the company will seek legal recourse. The Baghjan oil field has been in operation since 2003 and is one of the high yielding gas and oil fields of OIL.
