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Violence threatens Assam energy economy; oil fields, gas supply impacted

Supply to refineries, chemical and fertiliser industries in the region may be affected

Security personnel douse flames rising out of a burning tyre during a protest against Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, in Agartala. 	Photo: PTI
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Security personnel douse flames rising out of a burning tyre during a protest against Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, in Agartala. Photo: PTI

Shine Jacob New Delhi
Protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in Assam are threatening to derail the economy of Assam, including the energy sector, with production shut at Oil India (OIL) fields for the past four days and output from Assam Gas Company getting affected. 
 
Even work on the upgrade to Euro VI at the Numaligarh Refinery (NRL) has been hampered. S K Barua, managing director of the Numaligarh Refinery, told Business Standard the refinery had gone for a planned shutdown for making the refinery ready for the conversion to Euro VI from November 15 to December 15. 

“That is not happening now, as our

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