Oil & gas companies ordered to share well data as Konaseema readies disaster plan

The Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), on with the Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL) and different companies progressive successful onshore operations of lipid and earthy state exploration person been directed to stock their maps, geo-coordinates and details of wells, abandoned wells and pipelines successful bid to acceptable an enactment program for catastrophe absorption preparedness successful Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Konaseema district. 

At a district-level gathering attended by each stakeholders connected Tuesday, District Collector R. Mahesh Kumar announced; “A catastrophe effect squad volition beryllium constituted, and volition beryllium disposable astatine the Collectorate to respond to immoderate disaster, including state leakage oregon blowout of earthy state from the wells successful the district. The squad volition beryllium equipped with indispensable instrumentality which volition beryllium procured astatine a outgo of ₹1 crore”.

“All companies indispensable taxable details of the installations, geo-coordinates of the pipeline systems, and wells some successful work and abandoned, to facilitate the mentation of an enactment program successful the lawsuit of immoderate disaster”, said Mr. Mahesh Kumar. 

Joint Collector T. Nishanthi, Additional Superintendent of Police Mr. Prasad, Deputy Chief Inspector of Factories G.V.V.S. Narayana and different officials were present.