Blowout in Mori-5 well a geological surprise, says ONGC official

Key Highlights

• Mr.
• Srihari, who had earlier served in the Krishna-Godavari Basin for 19 years, is heading the Mori blowout action plan, which includes containing the fire and capping, before “killing the well for further assessment” on the state of the natural gas reservoir.
• Speaking to a section of the media on the sidelines of the blowout control exercise on the site, Mr.
• Srihari observed, “The well has pure natural gas and there is no deposit of oil.
• The blowout is absolutely a geological surprise, which happens due to the reservoir’s parameters.” “The estimations of the natural gas reservoir and its flow may have been underestimated.