RIL, the operator of the country’s biggest natural gas field, stopped crude oil output in the
Laila, which intensified into a severe cyclonic storm over the Bay of Bengal and approached
Gas output was unaffected because the pipes carrying the fuel to the shore are under the sea bed. Drilling in all areas off the east coast has been stopped and rigs have been moved to safe zones, RIL said in an e-mailed statement. Operations on the floating production storage and offloading vessel in KG-D6 were also suspended, RIL said, without elaborating.
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