ONGC finds Uranium in Assam

By Assam News on November 14, 2009 at 11:31 am

Indian Oil exploration firm Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) on Saturday said it has stumbled upon a rich reserve of uranium in upper Assam while carrying out exploration work in an oilfield.

According an ONGC source, the traces of uranium were detected during exploration work at the Borholla oilfield in Jorhat district, about 360 km east of capital Guwahati.

‘Uranium traces were detected during examination of logs of the Borholla oilfield. Now a joint study is on with the Uranium Corporation to take this entire process forward,’ said A.K. Hazarika, director of ONGC’s onshore operations.

With an estimated Rs.5 billion being sanctioned to carry out research and development and pilots for renewable and alternate energy, the two state-run firms have begun examining logs of over 900 oil and gas wells, mainly in Assam, to look for uranium reserves.

‘Now the process is on to ascertain and examine all the wells in Borholla for uranium reserves,’ Hazarika told reporters in Guwahati. This is the first time that uranium traces have been found in an Assam oilfield. There are more than 20 wells in the Borholla oilfield, apart from several abandoned wells.

Category: Assam, News | Tags: Assam, India, Jorhat, News, ONGC, Uranium

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