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Work at oil & gas fields hit, fuel crisis looms
The north-east could be staring at a fuel crisis as the public agitation against changes in the Citizenship Act and curfew in 10 districts of Assam has affected functioning of oil and gas fields, refineries as well as transportation of petro products.
Operations at these facilities had to be halted or curtailed either because employees were unable to report for work or the output could not be wheeled out due to disruption in movement of truck-tankers, the main mode of transportation, oil company executives said.
Executives from IndianOil claimed there was no disruption in supply of LPG refills to households and there were adequate stocks with distributors. Petrol pumps too were well stocked. Crude production from fields operated by Oil India Ltd has fallen by 20% and the company had to stop LPG production in the absence of offtake by IndianOil.
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