NEW DELHI- * State-run explorer Oil India has sought help from from Singapore-based Alert Disaster Control to contain a blowout at one of its wells, the company said on Thursday.

* It said the experts will reach the site shortly.

* Oil India suspended operations at the well in its Baghjan oilfield in the northeastern state of Assam on May 27 after the uncontrolled gas emission.

* The blowout occurred as the company tried to produce gas from a new reservoir at a depth of 3,729 metres.

* The well was producing about 100,000 cubic metres of gas per day.

(Reporting by Nidhi Verma Editing by David Goodman ) ((nidhi.verma@thomsonreuters.com; +91 11 49548031; Reuters Messaging: nidhi.verma.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net))