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

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