ONGC repairs pipeline, halts crude oil spill on farmland

  • | Sunday | 25th February, 2018

This is the second incident of oil spill happened in Tiruvarur district this month. Tiruvarur: A crack in one of the underground pipelines of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) caused crude oil spill on a farm land near Kamalapuram in Tiruvarur district on Saturday. An ONGC source stated that the pipeline was five feet below the surface and they fixed the crack immediately. ONGC officials visited the spot, stopped the crude oil pumping and repaired the pipeline, sources said.On Saturday morning, the oil spill was found on a five-acre land owned by Dhanasakaran in the village following a crack in an underground pipeline that was passing through the area. The source also claimed that the spill was only to a limited area and that the fertility of the land wouldn’t be affected.

Tiruvarur: A crack in one of the underground pipelines of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) caused crude oil spill on a farm land near Kamalapuram in Tiruvarur district on Saturday. ONGC officials visited the spot, stopped the crude oil pumping and repaired the pipeline, sources said.On Saturday morning, the oil spill was found on a five-acre land owned by Dhanasakaran in the village following a crack in an underground pipeline that was passing through the area. An ONGC source stated that the pipeline was five feet below the surface and they fixed the crack immediately. The source also claimed that the spill was only to a limited area and that the fertility of the land wouldn’t be affected. Compensation would be provided to the person concerned. This is the second incident of oil spill happened in Tiruvarur district this month.

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