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Assam Gas Leak at ONGC Well Persists into Seventh Day

ONGC’s crisis management team continues efforts to cap the leak with international experts following state relief measures for hundreds of evacuees

Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri
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Overview

  • The leak, triggered by a blowout during a workover at Well RDS-147A on June 12, has displaced about 350 families and affected over 1,500 residents.
  • ONGC has sent its top crisis management team and engaged a US specialist, deploying high-pressure pumps, water blanketing and junk-pumping to reduce the well’s pressure.
  • The Assam government has set up relief camps with medical support and announced interim aid of ₹25,000 per family from the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund.
  • Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma wrote to Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri urging ONGC to adopt a mission-mode approach after local criticism that the response lacked urgency.
  • ONGC has launched an internal inquiry into the incident and reports early signs of declining gas pressure as operations to plug the leak progress.