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2023

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The Petroleum Ministry has constituted a high-level committee to inquire into the blowout at an Oil India Ltd well in Assam under whose chairmanship?
A
B.C Bora
B
SCL Das
C
T K Sengupta
D
T N Dubey
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Oil India was founded on 18 February 1959, with its registered office in Duliajan, Assam, as a privately held oil exploration company. Burmah Oil Company originally held two-thirds of the stock and the Government of India (via the Office of the President) held the rest.

Detailed explanation-2: -Oil India Limited is the second largest hydrocarbon exploration and production Indian public sector company with its operational headquarters in Duliajan, Assam, India.

Detailed explanation-3: -AR&T established Assam Oil Company (AOC) in 1899 with a capital of £310, 000 to take over the petroleum interests of AR&T, including the Digboi and Makum concessions and set up a small refinery at Margharita (Upper Assam) with a capacity of 500 bopd to refine the Digboi-oil.

Detailed explanation-4: -Oil India Private Limited was incorporated on 18th February 1959, to expand and develop the newly discovered oil fields of Naharkatiya and Moran in the North-Eastern region of India. In 1961, it became a joint venture company of Government of India and Burmah Oil Company Limited, UK.

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