Assam: Final capping ops to control Baghjan blowout fail for the second time

For the second time in ten days, the final operations to cap well number 5 at Oil India Limited (OIL)’s Baghjan oilfield in Assam’s Tinsukia district failed on Monday morning.

The operations at the well, which has been the site of a blowout and a fire for more than two months now, suffered a setback on July 31 when the Athey wagon toppled while placing the Blowout Preventer (BOP) — the device essential to plug the leak — on the well head.

This time, however, the PSU made progress and was able to place the BOP on the well head on Monday morning, before the experts decided to remove it because one of the cables of the Athey wagon, a 90-foot-long vehicle used to lift the BOP, snapped.