Sibsagar (Assam): Oil major ONGC has lost
Rs 9 crore and 400 tonne of crude oil production in the
last three days due to the 96-hour ONGC bandh called by the All
Assam Students Union (AASU) from Monday in upper Assam.
According to an ONGC spokesman here, oil drilling,
transportation and production operations were severely hit
following the bandh causing the PSU oil firm to lose Rs 3
crore a day and 400 tonne of crude in the last three days.
Drilling operations and production in the Rudrasagar,
Geleky, Lakwa and other oil fields in the district had almost
come to a standstill even as an attempt was being made to
maintain production from the safety point of view, the
spokesman said.
ONGC Onshore Director Ajit Hazarika told that this
halt in the oil flow during winter has caused loss in terms of
both money and natural resources.
"There is a danger of wax formation in the oil wells
which will negatively affect oil exploration," he said.
Stating there was no proposal to separate ONGC-Assam
Assets from ONGC, Hazarika said AASU should withdraw its bandh
in the interest of the people of the state as ONGC-Assam
Assets would be exclusively for the state and will not be
privatised.
PTI
First Published: Thursday, December 24, 2009, 20:50