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DGMS (Tech) Circular 01 of 2019 — Safe conduct of operations in workover oil/gas mines

Issued by DGMS Date 2019
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Summary

Following a fatal fire at an onshore workover oil mine caused by a mobile-phone ignition of a hydrocarbon-gas cloud, this circular directs owners of oil/gas mines to provide separator vessels and flare stacks and to keep workover operations under statutory supervision, per Regulations 62(2)(c) and 129(7) of the Oil Mines Regulations, 2017.

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