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Attempt to cap gas blowout in Assam in 2-3 days with help from experts: OIL

Expert team from Singapore to help in stopping the uncontrolled gas flow

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Amid Covid-19 restrictions it needed special permission from the governments of both countries to carry the team for a special mission

Shine Jacob New Delhi

4 min read Last Updated : Jun 05 2020 | 2:45 AM IST

A special chartered fight that took off from Singapore on Thursday afternoon had an unusual destination in India — Dibrugarh Airport in Assam.

The flight had a team of experts from Alert Disaster Control, one of the largest disaster management companies in the oil and gas sector.

Amid Covid-19 restrictions it needed special permission from the governments of both countries to carry the team for a special mission — to stop one of the biggest blowouts (uncontrolled emission of natural gas) in the history of India’s hydrocarbon exploration.

On May 27, a producing well by Oil India Ltd (OIL) at

Topics : Coronavirus Lockdown OIL India oil and gas

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