(ET)
State-owned Oil India Ltd (OIL) lost 638 MT of crude oil production from 66 producing wells and 0.46 MMSCMD of natural gas from three gas wells due to blockades by the local people and various students organisations in two districts of Assam, an OIL official said.
A senior OIL official said that as the fire fighters, the NDRF and engineers intensified their efforts to douse the oil well fire in Assam’s Tinsukia district on the fifth day on Saturday, various students organisations and other associations forced OIL to stop its operations in many drilling locations and nine work-over locations in Tinsukia and Dibrugarh districts.
Security forces in large numbers have been deployed at the agitation sites by the district administrations.
The organisations — All Assam Students’ Union, All Moran Students’ Union and All Adivasi Students’ Association of Assam — have been protesting against the incident and demanding more compensation to the affected people.
