Gas well in Assam's Baghjan 'killed', fire fully doused five months after blowout, says OIL
4 years, 1 month ago

Gas well in Assam's Baghjan 'killed', fire fully doused five months after blowout, says OIL

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5 at Baghjan was spewing gas uncontrollably since 27 May. Guwahati: The damaged gas well at Baghjan in Assam was successfully ‘killed’ and the blaze was fully doused on Sunday after over five months of a blowout, Oil India said. pic.twitter.com/y1t2bnzGB4 — Oil India Limited November 15, 2020 “Further operation to abandon the well is in progress,” Hazarika said, adding that experts from Singaporean firm Alert Disaster Control were actively engaged in the final operation to control the well. The company’s Director P Chandrasekaran, Director PK Goswami and Resident Chief Executive DK Das visited the well site following the successful killing operation after 172 days of the blowout and held detailed discussions with the experts from Alert. 5 at Baghjan in the Tinsukia district was spewing gas uncontrollably since 27 May and it caught fire on 9 June, killing two of OIL’s firefighters at the site.

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Assam: Major fire breaks out at hydrocracker unit of Numaligarh Refinery Limited in Golaghat- Video
1 year, 6 months ago

Assam: Major fire breaks out at hydrocracker unit of Numaligarh Refinery Limited in Golaghat- Video

India TV News  

Assam fire incident: A major fire broke out at Numaligarh Refinery Limited in Golaghat district on Monday evening. Following the incident, the personnel of the fire and safety department of NRL and fire tenders rushed to the spot and initiated operation to douse the fire. Now, the fire is under control and there is no report of any casualty in …

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News 18  

On June 9, 2020, the Baghjan oil field explosion and the subsequent fire shook the entire nation. Families, who lost their homes, paddy fields, trees in the fire, which was followed after the explosion took place at the Baghjan-BGR-5 oil field in Tinsukia district, Assam, are still struggling to cope. A part of the wetland already contaminated by oil condensate …

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3 years, 4 months ago

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Live Law  

Supreme Court on Monday decided to reconstitute the Committee constituted for assessment of compensation and restitution of damage done to the environment due to fire at Assam's Baghjan oil well. "We need to straight away delete OIL India from the committee and let other committees progress", the Bench orally observed. The National Green Tribunal, by its order dated 24 June, …

Baghjan Fire Caused Loss of Rs 25,000 Cr, Destroyed 55% Biodiversity in Area: Report
3 years, 6 months ago

Baghjan Fire Caused Loss of Rs 25,000 Cr, Destroyed 55% Biodiversity in Area: Report

News 18  

The gas blowout at Oil India Limited’s Baghjan oilfield in Assam’s Tinsukia district last year has caused an estimated loss of over Rs 25,000 crore and destroyed around 55 per cent of the biodiversity in the area, an inquiry report prepared by a senior forest official said on Wednesday. The report titled ‘Ecology and Economy: Lessons Learnt from Baghjan Blowout’ …

Baghjan gas well in Assam sealed fully
4 years, 1 month ago

Baghjan gas well in Assam sealed fully

The Hindu  

Indian and foreign experts on Sunday “killed” a disastrous well of Oil India Limited in eastern Assam’s Tinsukia district, 173 days after it had a blowout, ejecting natural gas and associated elements uncontrollably from a depth of 3.7 km. The blowout began at Well No 5 in OIL’s Baghjan Oilfield, adjoining the ecologically fragile Dibru-Saikhowa National Park, on May 27. …

Five Months, 3 Deaths and Multiple Injuries Later, Assam Gas Well Successfully 'Killed', Fire Fully Doused
4 years, 1 month ago

Five Months, 3 Deaths and Multiple Injuries Later, Assam Gas Well Successfully 'Killed', Fire Fully Doused

News 18  

The damaged gas well at Baghjan in Assam was successfully 'killed' and the blaze was fully doused on Sunday after over five months of a blowout, Oil India said. "Further operation to abandon the well is in progress," Hazarika said, adding that experts from Singaporean firm Alert Disaster Control were actively engaged in the final operation to control the well. …

Process to kill blowout well begins in Assam
4 years, 1 month ago

Process to kill blowout well begins in Assam

The Hindu  

Oil India Limited has begun the process of setting up a snubbing unit to “go for the kill” at the blowout well in eastern Assam’s Baghjan. OIL officials said 60 tonnes of equipment flown in from Canada’s Calgary by an Antonov An-24 reached the blowout well site late on Wednesday. “The process to kill the blowout well has begun, but …

No major damage to local ecology: OIL on Baghjan gas and oil leak
4 years, 2 months ago

No major damage to local ecology: OIL on Baghjan gas and oil leak

Hindustan Times  

No major damage was caused to the local ecology of Upper Assam, where the Baghjan gas well blowout had occurred on May 27, followed by a fire on June 9, Oil India Limited’s senior-most official said on Tuesday. The Baghjan gas well blowout led to oil and gas leaking into the adjacent Maguri Motapung wetland, the surrounding grasslands and river …

Two More Months Required to Kill Damaged Baghjan Gas Well in Assam, Says Oil India Chief
4 years, 2 months ago

Two More Months Required to Kill Damaged Baghjan Gas Well in Assam, Says Oil India Chief

News 18  

Guwahati: PSU major Oil India Ltd on Tuesday said it will likely take overseas experts two more months to kill its damaged well at Baghjan in Assam, where gas has been gushing out uncontrollably for the last 126 days. Addressing a press conference after the company'sannual general meeting, OIL Chairman and MD Sushil Chandra Mishra said it has started taking …

OIL Loses Rs 148 Crore Revenue Due to Well Closure Around Baghjan Fire
4 years, 3 months ago

OIL Loses Rs 148 Crore Revenue Due to Well Closure Around Baghjan Fire

News 18  

State-owned Oil India Ltd lost Rs 148 crore in revenue in 100 days from the closure of oil and gas wells in the vicinity of the Baghjan fire in Assam, Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Wednesday. The blowout at a gas well resulted in the closure of a number of producing oil and gas wells in and around Baghjan …

'It is a Village Ruined': How Baghjan Oil Well Blowout Singed Fields, Fish and Livelihoods
4 years, 3 months ago

'It is a Village Ruined': How Baghjan Oil Well Blowout Singed Fields, Fish and Livelihoods

News 18  

For more than 100 days, the fire raged, a tall blaze of angry orange that killed the fish in ponds and streams, destroyed homes and turned to ash the green farmlands around the Baghjan oil field in Assam’s Tinsukia district. The fire at an Oil India Ltd well that started with oil and natural gas gushing out uncontrollably on May …

Assam Baghjan well fire tamed 110 days after blowout
4 years, 3 months ago

Assam Baghjan well fire tamed 110 days after blowout

The Hindu  

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OIL engineer dies at Assam’s Baghjan blowout site
4 years, 3 months ago

OIL engineer dies at Assam’s Baghjan blowout site

The Hindu  

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Assam: Engineer of Oil India Dies due to High Voltage Electric Shock at Baghjan Gas Well Site
4 years, 3 months ago

Assam: Engineer of Oil India Dies due to High Voltage Electric Shock at Baghjan Gas Well Site

News 18  

An engineer of PSU major Oil India lost his life due to high voltage electric shock on Wednesday when he was working at the company damaged gas well in Baghjan in Assam’s Tinsukia district, officials said. The electrical engineer, Arnab Kishore Bordoloi, was working on high voltage cables at the site when the incident happened around 2 pm, they said. …

May take two more months to kill Baghjan blowout well, says Assam minister
4 years, 3 months ago

May take two more months to kill Baghjan blowout well, says Assam minister

The Hindu  

Assam’s Industry and Commerce Minister Chandra Mohan Patowary said the well-killing operation at the Baghjan blowout site in Tinsukia district may take another two months as Oil India Limited decided to partially divert the natural gas for controlling the fire at the well head. Watch | All about the Assam oil well fire Well No 5 at Baghjan, close to …

Two More Months Needed to Douse Oil Well Fire in Assam's Baghjan, Says Minister
4 years, 3 months ago

Two More Months Needed to Douse Oil Well Fire in Assam's Baghjan, Says Minister

News 18  

It will take two more months to douse the oil well fire in Assam, which has been raging for about three months and causing irreversible damage to a national park and the nearby ecology, the state’s commerce and industry minister told the Assembly on Wednesday. Natural gas and oil condensate started leaking from an oil well of the state-owned Oil …

Experts likely to to take two more months to douse fire at OIL's Baghjan well, says Assam govt
4 years, 3 months ago

Experts likely to to take two more months to douse fire at OIL's Baghjan well, says Assam govt

Firstpost  

The well no 5 at Baghjan has been spewing gas uncontrollably for the last 99 days. Two firefighters were killed when the well caught fire on 9 June Guwahati: The Assam government on Wednesday said two more months are likely to be taken by the experts to douse the flame at Oil India’s damaged gas well at Baghjan, where the …

Fire at OIL's Baghjan Well Likely to Continue for Two More Months: Assam Govt
4 years, 3 months ago

Fire at OIL's Baghjan Well Likely to Continue for Two More Months: Assam Govt

News 18  

The Assam government on Wednesday said two more months are likely to be taken by the experts to douse the flame at Oil India’s damaged gas well at Baghjan, where the gas is flowing uncontrollably for the past 99 days. Responding to a Zero Hour notice by Congress MLA Durga Bhumij, Commerce and Industry Minister Chandra Mohan Patowary said that …

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4 years, 4 months ago

Battling blowout, OIL incurs loss of ₹248.61 crore

The Hindu  

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OIL Suspends Work for Dousing Baghjan Gas Well Blaze as 'Casing Valve' Ruptures
4 years, 4 months ago

OIL Suspends Work for Dousing Baghjan Gas Well Blaze as 'Casing Valve' Ruptures

News 18  

PSU major Oil India Limited on Wednesday said that it had to suspend work for putting out the blaze at the damaged Baghjan gas well in Assam after a "casing valve" used during the operation ruptured. The BOP is a very heavy metal cover weighing several tonnes, which is placed at the mouth of any gas or oil well to …

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4 years, 4 months ago

Operation to ‘kill’ blowout gas well at Assam’s Baghjan suspended

The Hindu  

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Final Well-killing Operation Underway at Baghjan Well in Assam
4 years, 4 months ago

Final Well-killing Operation Underway at Baghjan Well in Assam

News 18  

Final killing operation is underway on Tuesday towards dousing the blaze at the damaged gas well of Oil India Limited at Baghjan in Assam. An OIL press release said, after Monday's successful capping operation, all arrangements for carrying out well-killing operation such as connections of kill lines and choke manifold lines have been completed. The well number 5 at Baghjan …

Assam oil well blowout: Baghjan well killing operation suspended
4 years, 4 months ago

Assam oil well blowout: Baghjan well killing operation suspended

The Hindu  

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Blow Out Preventer Successfully Placed Over Baghjan Gas Well Head
4 years, 4 months ago

Blow Out Preventer Successfully Placed Over Baghjan Gas Well Head

News 18  

In the first successful step towards dousing the blaze at Baghjan gas well in Assam, a blow out preventer could be placed at the mouth of the well, Oil India Limited said on Monday. The BOP is a very heavy metal cover weighing several tonnes that is placed at the mouth of any gas or oil well to stop leakage …

Assam: Second Attempt to Cap Baghjan Gas Well Fails, Will Try Again Says OIL
4 years, 4 months ago

Assam: Second Attempt to Cap Baghjan Gas Well Fails, Will Try Again Says OIL

News 18  

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Preparations Made for Capping Baghjan Blowout in Assam, Says OIL
4 years, 4 months ago

Preparations Made for Capping Baghjan Blowout in Assam, Says OIL

News 18  

PSU major OIL Saturday said preparations have been made for capping the blowout in its well at Baghjan in Assam which is spewing gas uncontrollably for 75 days. Well number five at Baghjan has been spewing gas uncontrollably for the last 66 days since May 27 and it caught fire on June 9, killing two of OIL's firefighters at the …

Oil India Says Efforts to Douse Fire in Baghjan Well in Final Stages
4 years, 4 months ago

Oil India Says Efforts to Douse Fire in Baghjan Well in Final Stages

News 18  

PSU major Oil India on Wednesday said its effort to douse the blaze at the damaged gas well at Baghjan in Assam, which is spewing gas for 71 days, is in its final stages. As part of its final preparation to cap the well, repair of the 90 ft the 'athey wagon', the equipment for fighting oil-field fires, like fabrication …

Blaze in Assam's Baghjan Gas Well Not Spreading, Says Tinsukia Administration
4 years, 4 months ago

Blaze in Assam's Baghjan Gas Well Not Spreading, Says Tinsukia Administration

News 18  

The district administration of Tinsukia in Assam on Sunday denied reports that the blaze in Baghjan gas well has spread to other areas, and said that a fire in a farmland, about two km away from the Oil India Limited's site, was caused by burning of bushes. A well at Baghjan has been spewing gas uncontrollably following a blowout on …

Two Months Since Baghjan Gas Blowout, Final Preparations for Capping on
4 years, 4 months ago

Two Months Since Baghjan Gas Blowout, Final Preparations for Capping on

News 18  

The gas blowout at Oil India Limited's Baghjan oilfield in Assam continued for two months on Monday as experts carried out final preparations for the capping operation. Well number 5 at Baghjan in Assam's Tinsukia district has been spewing gas uncontrollably since May 27 and a fire broke out at the site on June 9 killing two fire fighters of …

Three foreign experts injured in blast at Assam's Baghjan oil field; capping ops to resume tomorrow, says OIL
4 years, 5 months ago

Three foreign experts injured in blast at Assam's Baghjan oil field; capping ops to resume tomorrow, says OIL

Firstpost  

The damaged well has been spewing gas uncontrollably since a blowout was reported at on 28 May. Three foreign experts engaged in dousing operations at the Baghjan blowout site in Assam’s Tinsukia district received minor burn injuries in an explosion near Oil India Limited’s well number five on Wednesday. In a statement, OIL said that three experts from M/s Alert …

3 foreign experts injured in Baghjan blowout well accident
4 years, 5 months ago

3 foreign experts injured in Baghjan blowout well accident

The Hindu  

An accident at the blowout natural gas well in eastern Assam’s Baghjan on Wednesday left three of the six foreign experts, flown in more than a month ago to control the disaster, injured. Well No 5 near the Dibru-Saikhowa National Park is one of the 22 crude oil and natural gas wells operated by the Oil India Limited in its …

Foreign experts seek to leave Baghjan site
4 years, 5 months ago

Foreign experts seek to leave Baghjan site

The Hindu  

More than a month after they were roped in to help Oil India Limited cap a natural gas well that has been blazing after a blowout on May 27, six foreign experts are reportedly keen on exiting the operation at Baghjan in eastern Assam’s Tinsukia district. Tinsukia district officials said the locals had blocked all exits from the Baghjan blowout …

No oil flow from Baghjan gas well site to water bodies: OIL
4 years, 5 months ago

No oil flow from Baghjan gas well site to water bodies: OIL

India Today  

PSU major Oil India Limited on Friday said that no oil is flowing into water bodies from a gas well in Assam's Baghjan following a blowout last month, as claimed in a video clip which has gone viral on social media. Floodwaters have entered the gas well fire site in Tinsukia district affecting efforts of the OIL authorities to cap …

Assam Oil Well Fire: NGT Directs Oil India To Deposit Rs 25 Crores; Constitutes Committee For Probe [Read Order]
4 years, 5 months ago

Assam Oil Well Fire: NGT Directs Oil India To Deposit Rs 25 Crores; Constitutes Committee For Probe [Read Order]

Live Law  

The National Green Tribunal on Wednesday directed Government-owned Oil India Limited, to deposit a sum of Rs. "In view of the prima facie case made out against OIL on the extent of damage caused to the environment and biodiversity, damage to both human and wildlife, public health and, having regard to the financial worth of the Company and the extent …

Baghjan blaze: Closure of wells may lead to more blowouts, warns OIL
4 years, 6 months ago

Baghjan blaze: Closure of wells may lead to more blowouts, warns OIL

The Hindu  

Oil India Limited has said the June 19 order from the Pollution Control Board Assam to shut down all crude oil and gas wells in the Baghjan area may lead to more blowouts and damage the ecology beyond repair. OIL has 22 wells in the Baghjan oilfield around Well Number 5 that burst into flames on June 9 after a …

Assam well fire continues, OIL says production getting affected in big way
4 years, 6 months ago

Assam well fire continues, OIL says production getting affected in big way

India Today  

Gas continued to flow "uncontrollably" and the fire raged on at a natural gas well of OIL in Assam's Baghjan on Wednesday with multiple agencies engaged in efforts to stop the leakage and douse the blaze, officials said. Oil India Ltd continued to face public ire over the incident and its production is getting affected in a big way with …

Watch | All about the Assam oil well fire
4 years, 6 months ago

Watch | All about the Assam oil well fire

The Hindu  

An oil well in eastern Assam’s Tinsukia district experienced a blowout on the morning of May 27, 2020. Machinery failure usually leads to a blowout, which is an uncontrolled release of crude oil or gas from a production well. But the well caught fire 13 days after it started spewing gas and associated elements on June 9 causing the death …

Well fire: protests on as OIL awaits equipment from Andhra
4 years, 6 months ago

Well fire: protests on as OIL awaits equipment from Andhra

The Hindu  

The crude oil and natural gas operations of Oil India Limited in eastern Assam were affected by protests for the third successive day as the exploration major awaited equipment from Andhra Pradesh. OIL has been under pressure from various social and students' organisations besides villagers after its natural gas-producing well at Baghjan had a blowout — uncontrolled escape of gas …

How a 14-Day Gas Leak Wreaked Ecological Havoc in Assam’s Baghjan
4 years, 6 months ago

How a 14-Day Gas Leak Wreaked Ecological Havoc in Assam’s Baghjan

The Quint  

Less than a month after an industrial disaster cost 12 lives in Visakhapatnam, yet another toxic gas leak this time in Assam triggered a massive fire and extensive ecological damage. After 14 days of continuous gas leak in an oil well, the Baghjan oil field in Upper Assam’s Tinsukia district burst into flames on 9 June with the fire going …

Assam CM orders probe into Baghjan gas well fire
4 years, 6 months ago

Assam CM orders probe into Baghjan gas well fire

The Hindu  

Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Thursday ordered a probe into the fire that engulfed a natural gas-producing well of the Oil India Limited in Baghjan in eastern Assam’s Tinsukia district 13 days after it had a blowout. Stopping the blowout — uncontrolled escape of crude oil or gas from a well — would take four weeks after the fire …

Baghjan oil field fire: Two firefighters found dead at site of blaze; PM has assured help to victims, says Assam CM
4 years, 6 months ago

Baghjan oil field fire: Two firefighters found dead at site of blaze; PM has assured help to victims, says Assam CM

Firstpost  

PSU major Oil India on Wednesday said two of its firefighters died at the site of a major blaze at its Baghjan well, which has been spewing gas uncontrollably for the last 15 days in Assam’s Tinsukia district. Guwahati: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday assured Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal of all possible assistance to the victims of a …

Assam: 2 firefighters killed in OIL well fire
4 years, 6 months ago

Assam: 2 firefighters killed in OIL well fire

The Hindu  

Two infernos that engulfed a natural gas well of Oil India Limited in eastern Assam’s Tinsukia district on June 9 afternoon claimed the lives of two firefighters, who were among four reportedly missing after the disaster struck. PM offers help Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal grieved the death of the two OIL employees “out of the four missing personnel working …

Baghjan oil field fire leaves 2 dead, 4 injured, efforts to douse flames continue
4 years, 6 months ago

Baghjan oil field fire leaves 2 dead, 4 injured, efforts to douse flames continue

India Today  

Two people have been killed and four others have sustained injured due to the massive fire that erupted at leaking natural gas well in Baghjan oil field in Assam’s Tinsukia district on Tuesday. Meanwhile, four persons including two from Oil India Limited, one from ONGC and one contractor sustained injuries in the fire incident and were rushed to the hospital. …

13 days after blowout, Oil India Limited well in Assam catches fire
4 years, 6 months ago

13 days after blowout, Oil India Limited well in Assam catches fire

The Hindu  

The natural gas well of Oil India Limited in eastern Assam’s Tinsukia district that had a blowout on May 27 caught fire on Tuesday afternoon. The “accidental fire” happened 13 days after the well started spewing gas and associated elements and a day after three disaster control experts reached the spot — Baghjan near the Dibru-Saikhowa National Park — to …

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