With ONGC vessels carrying more than 600 people stranded at sea, govt orders enquiry
NEW DELHI : With several vessels of state-run Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) having more than 600 people stranded at sea, the government has set up a high-level enquiry committee to ascertain the causes and lapses that have led to loss of lives.
In its order issued on Wednesday, ministry of petroleum and natural gas
“has set up a High Level Committee to enquire into the sequence of events leading to the stranding of ONGC vessels in the cyclone.”
According to the upstream explorer, cyclone Tauktae hit ONGC’s major production installations and drilling rigs. These were Barge ‘Papaa–305’, Barge ‘Support Station-3’, Barge ‘Support Station-3’, Barge ‘Gal Constructor’ and drill ship ‘Sagar Bhushan’.
