OIL’s gas well in Assam’s Baghjan capped after 83 days, but fire still on
The disaster management experts hired by Oil India Limited (OIL) on Monday successfully placed the Blowout Preventer (BOP) on the well head of the natural gas well at Baghjan in Assam’s Tinsukia district, which blew out on May 27 and caught fire two weeks later.
The fire in the gas well, however, was still on with OIL officials hoping that the blaze would be doused in the next 24 hours.
Two similar attempts to cap the gas well in order to douse the fire on July 31 and August 10 failed, and the third attempt was successful after 83 days of the mishap.
“The well capping operation was initiated this morning and the capping BOP stack was successfully placed over the well head. The 16 studs have also been tightened. The preparations for killing operations are on.
