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 site and forced the foreigners — three from Singapore, two from the U.S. and one from Canada — and the others spend hours in torrential rain. Watch | All about the Assam oil well fire More than 1,000 families from villages around the Baghjan site were shifted to several relief camps. The locals have also forced OIL to shut down 14 oil and gas wells around the blowout well in the Baghjan oil field on July 7.

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‘There is Fear, Uncertainty About Future’: Victims of 2020 Assam’s Baghjan Fire Rebuilding Lives, Awaiting Justice
2 years, 6 months ago

‘There is Fear, Uncertainty About Future’: Victims of 2020 Assam’s Baghjan Fire Rebuilding Lives, Awaiting Justice

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 …

Assam's Baghjan Oil Well Fire: Supreme Court To Reconstitute Committee To Assess Environmental Damage & Compensation On Thursday
3 years, 4 months ago

Assam's Baghjan Oil Well Fire: Supreme Court To Reconstitute Committee To Assess Environmental Damage & Compensation On Thursday

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, …

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

Firstpost  

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 …

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  

The flame atop the Baghjan Well No 5 in eastern Assam’s Tinsukia district has been tamed, 110 days after the well had a disastrous blowout. The gas was diverted to the flare pits at 8:40 a.m. after closing the blowout preventer — a device vital for killing a crude oil or gas well — that was placed on the well …

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  

September 09, 2020 08:33 pm | Updated 08:39 pm IST - GUWAHATI: Exploration major Oil India Limited lost a 25-year-old engineer in an accident at the Baghjan blowout site on Wednesday evening. OIL officials said Arnab Kishore Bordoloi could have been electrocuted while testing a cable connected to a generator set to supply power for welding fire-fighting gear. Assam oil …

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 …

Battling blowout, OIL incurs loss of ₹248.61 crore
4 years, 4 months ago

Battling blowout, OIL incurs loss of ₹248.61 crore

The Hindu  

Exploration major Oil India Limited, battling a blowout and fire at one of its natural gas wells in eastern Assam’s Baghjan for 88 days now, has incurred a loss of ₹248.61 crore during the first quarter of the 2020-21 fiscal. OIL’s turnover from the sale of crude oil, natural gas and other petroleum products during the first quarter of the …

Operation to ‘kill’ blowout gas well at Assam’s Baghjan suspended
4 years, 4 months ago

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

The Hindu  

The operation to ‘kill’ the blowout gas well at Baghjan in eastern Assam’s Tinsukia district was suspended on Tuesday after a valve in the well casing pipe gave way. Killing is a technical term for injecting a viscous mud-cement mixture at high pressure through an inlet in the blowout preventer at very high pressure to stop the pores at a …

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  

The operation to ‘kill’ the blowout gas well at Baghjan in eastern Assam’s Tinsukia district was suspended on Tuesday after a valve in the well casing pipe gave way. Experts engaged by the exploration major Oil India Limited had begun killing Well No. Killing is a technical term for injecting a viscous mud-cement mixture at high pressure through an inlet …

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  

The second attempt to shut Oil India's damaged well at Baghjan in Assam, which has been spewing gas uncontrollably for 76 days, failed on Monday when the iron cable to lift the lid snapped, the PSU said. Oil India Ltd spokesperson Tridiv Hazarika told PTI that experts were trying to put the blow out preventer at the mouth of the …

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 …

3 Foreign Experts Sustain ‘Minor’ Injuries in Baghjan Well Blowout Accident
4 years, 5 months ago

3 Foreign Experts Sustain ‘Minor’ Injuries in Baghjan Well Blowout Accident

News 18  

Three foreign experts were injured on Wednesday in an accident that occurred near Oil India Limited 's gas well in eastern Assam’s Baghjan. While trying to control the raging inferno at the blowout natural gas well, the experts sustained minor injuries when they were removing a spool. Six experts of the Singapore-based firm Alert Disaster Control have been engaged in …

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