Last year, 2,000 tonnes of oil and gas worth Rs 45 crore was lost due to these two reasons, Bora told a press conference here.
The oil fields produce 100 kilolitres of oil per day and if the production is stopped, they cannot be restarted easily, he said.
"We are committed to the development of the Northeast and we need the support of the people," he added.
"As the CISF and our own securitymen are engaged in protecting our installations where machines, offices and residential colonies are situated, we have sought security from the state government," Bora said.
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He said that during a meeting with Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal yesterday, Sonowal had assured of deploying Assam Police battalions whenever a need arose.
"On oil production, he said, OIL produced 3.24 million metric tonnes against 3.8 mmt during 2011-12.
An OIL official involved in oil drilling said efforts were on to reduce the 30 per cent 'non flowing' oil wells to 10 per cent with 172 such wells 'stimulated' this year against 150 last year.
The official also said that in the last 3-4 years, 40-50 new oil wells had been drilled per year with 53 new wells targetted this year.
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