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Three vessels rescued from cyclone hit ONGC offshore field

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Different vessels of ONGC, Afcons and the Coast Guard have been additionally put in motion.

Three out of the 4 vessels working in ONGC’s western offshore fields within the Arabian Sea, which have been drifting within the sea after cyclone Tauktae hit the Mumbai coast, have been taken in management and their crew are secure, the state-run oil producer mentioned on Tuesday night.

One of many vessels, the barge known as Papaa–305 with 261 crew onboard, had sunk about 60 kilometres away from Mumbai. As on 7pm on Tuesday, 184 folks from capsized Papaa-305 had been rescued and the Indian Navy was actively engaged in rescuing the remaining crew.

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Out of the 4 vessels that went adrift, three building barges together with Papaa-305 belonged to Afcons Infrastructure of the Shapoorji Pallonji Group. Afcons’ barge Assist Station-3 had 196 crew onboard whereas barge Gal Constructor carried 137 folks.

ONGC drill ship Sagar Bhushan, which had misplaced its anchors and was drifting north, was being tagged again to the Mumbai port, sources mentioned. The ship had misplaced all eight anchor and whereas on propulsion, its steering was not working. The ship was inbuilt 1987 by Hindustan Shipyard.

The cyclone hit Arabian Sea off the coast of Mumbai within the early hours of Monday the place ONGC’s main manufacturing installations and drilling rigs are positioned. The wind pace rose to almost 150-180 km/hr with wave heights reaching as a lot as eight meters. The Indian Navy had deployed INS Kochi and INS Kolkata within the search and rescue operations. Different vessels of ONGC, Afcons and the Coast Guard have been additionally put in motion.

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