Guwahati, June 27 -- Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Hardeep Singh Puri, on Friday announced that the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has successfully capped the gas blowout at its crude oil well in Assam's Sivasagar district after 16 days of continuous leakage.

The incident occurred at Well No. RDS 147A of Rig No. SKP 135 at the Rudrasagar oil field in Barichuk, Bhatiapar on June 12. The well was being operated by SK Petro Services, a private firm contracted by the state-run ONGC.

The Union Minister confirmed that the capping operation was completed at 11:15 am on June 27 without any injury, casualty, or fire. "This was achieved in the shortest possible time following best safety and engineering practices," Mr. Pur...