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Assam Pollution control board order to shut down operations of Baghjan oilfield
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- Assam Board ordered OIL to shut down production and drilling at all installations in Upper Assam’s Baghjan oilfield
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- Order cam after discovery of alleged starting of operations by company without consent
- Fire at well might threaten Dibru-Saikhowa national park and and Maguri-Motapung which is located near to oilfield
- Installation without consent is violation of provisions of the Water Act, 1974, Air Act, 1981 as well as Environment Protection Act, 1986 – Pollution board
- The Baghjan oilfield has 21 functioning wells — four of them are gas wells (including the one that reported the blowout) and 17 are oil wells