Teams manage to divert gas from Oil India Limited's blown out gas well in BaghjanThe company said all safety precautions are in place and the wellhead, BOP stack, choke manifold and ground x-mas tree are being continuous...
13 Sep, 2020, 05.22 PM IST
Have urged petroleum ministry to engage specialists for dousing Baghjan fire: Sarbananda SonowalChief Minister Sonowal on Thursday said, "State government has already urged the Union Petroleum Ministry to engaged specialists for dousin...
11 Sep, 2020, 12.22 AM IST
Baghjan gas well inferno: An engineer died at the site of gas well in Tinsukia districtOil India Limited tweeted, “Arnab Kishore Bordoloi, a dynamic young electrical engineer of OIL while working with some equipment at Baghjan...
09 Sep, 2020, 10.31 PM IST
Dousing Baghjan gas well fire may take at least six to eight weeks more, says Assam MinisterHe said diversion of gas to the Early Production Systems is being undertaken and this will take at least 10 days. “Earlier attempt to douse...
02 Sep, 2020, 09.47 PM IST
Oil India successfully places blow out preventer over Baghjan gas well head“The well Capping operation was initiated this morning and the Capping BOP Stack was successfully placed over the Well Head. The 16 studs h...
17 Aug, 2020, 10.07 PM IST
Baghjan gas well inferno: Blowout preventer placed over the wellThe gas producing well blew out on May 27. It exploded into a massive inferno on June 9. Oil stated that total number of families surveyed ...
10 Aug, 2020, 04.06 PM IST
Move to cap Baghjan gas well unsuccessful after Athey Wagon topples over during operationOIL India Limited (OIL) stated all operational crew reached site early for carrying out the planned capping operation. BOP stack was hooked...
31 Jul, 2020, 09.22 PM IST
Assam: Fire at OIL well during capping operations; final preparations underwayOIL stated that the capping stack was ready and wrapped with ceramic blanket and ceramic cloths. The team from IIT Guwahati completed data ...
23 Jul, 2020, 07.50 PM IST
OIL expects to complete capping operation of gas bearing well in Baghjan, TinsukiaThe gas producing well blew out on May 27 and it more than a month that that the well is still in inferno. It exploded into a massive infer...
13 Jul, 2020, 08.15 PM IST
Dharmendra Pradhan reviews progress of capping activities of inferno at gas producing well in BaghjanOil stated that air quality monitoring was conducted in Baghjan and Guijan side and noise monitoring was conducted in Guijan Side. Sample o...
08 Jul, 2020, 09.40 PM IST
Baghjan gas well inferno: Flood continues to affect the operationOil India Limited (OIL) said, due to heavy rainfall, the area has been inundated with flood water. All River levels are rising constantly. ...
28 Jun, 2020, 08.24 PM IST
Assam oil well blow out: District administration starts survey for assessment of damage for compensationOil India Limited (OIL) stated that environment Impact Assessment study is in progress by M/s ERM India Pvt. Limited, a NABET accredited co...
18 Jun, 2020, 04.04 PM IST
Won't spare the guilty behind Assam oil well blow out: Dharmendra PradhanPradhan said that he made the visit to Baghjan following the direction of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his ministry had been monitoring...
14 Jun, 2020, 11.44 PM IST
OIL suffers 500 MT oil, 0.46 mmscmd gas loss post Assam incidentThe fire led to agitation by locals at OIL assets, leading to shutting down of 66 oil wells and 13 gas wells at some areas in Assam, the co...
13 Jun, 2020, 06.53 PM IST
Baghjan Oilwell Inferno: North East Institute of Science and Technology to study if there is any induced seismicityTwo people have died and around 7000 people are affected due to the inferno. OIL stated that there were some reports of tremors in nearby v...
12 Jun, 2020, 07.53 PM IST
Inquiry ordered into the Baghjan oil well infernoInquiry ordered into the Baghjan oil well inferno, army is pressed to assist the civil administration and maintenance of law and order in t...
11 Jun, 2020, 10.21 PM IST
Experts from US firm arrive at ONGC fire site in GujaratThe experts from a oil and gas blow out control firm would be preparing an action plan to douse the blaze in which 12 persons were injured.
21 Apr, 2015, 10.53 PM IST