Over 5 months later, Assam’s Baghjan well blowout under control, fire doused: OIL
Five-and-a-half months after it erupted, Oil India Limited’s (OIL) Baghjan well in Assam’s Tinsukia district was brought under control on Sunday, authorities confirmed.
A statement from OIL said that the well was successfully “killed” with brine solution, and the fire doused completely.
On May 27, a blowout or an uncontrollable release of natural gas was reported at well number 5 in the Baghjan oilfield, located close to the Dibru-Saikhowa National Park and the Maguri-Motapung wetland. On June 9, the well erupted in flames, leading to possibly one of the longest and most challenging industrial disasters faced by the PSU and resulting in deaths of three employees — two fire-fighters in June and a 25-year-old electrical engineer in September.
