{"id":368371,"date":"2020-08-18T11:06:39","date_gmt":"2020-08-18T05:36:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/?p=368371"},"modified":"2020-08-18T11:32:50","modified_gmt":"2020-08-18T06:02:50","slug":"baghjan-blowout-first-phase-of-final-ops-to-cap-oilfield-successful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/baghjan-blowout-first-phase-of-final-ops-to-cap-oilfield-successful\/","title":{"rendered":"Baghjan blowout: First phase of final ops to cap oilfield successful"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first phase of the final operation to plug well number 5 at Oil India Limited (OIL)\u2019s Baghjan oilfield in Assam\u2019s Tinsukia district \u2014 where a blowout occurred in May \u2014 was successful on Monday after two failed attempts earlier.<\/p>\n<p>OIL said in a statement that the Blowout Preventer (BOP) \u2014 a device essential to plug the leak \u2014 was successfully placed over the well head. \u201cThe 16 studs have also been tightened. The preparations for killing operations are on. The BOP and the lines connected to it are being kept cool through continuous spraying of water,\u201d OIL said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>OIL officials confirm that the next stage of operations \u2014 which is \u201ckilling the well\u201d or shutting it down completely \u2014 will follow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first phase of the final operation to plug well number 5 at Oil India Limited (OIL)\u2019s Baghjan oilfield in Assam\u2019s Tinsukia district \u2014 where a blowout occurred in May \u2014 was successful on Monday after two failed attempts earlier. OIL said in a statement that the Blowout Preventer (BOP) \u2014 a device essential to plug the leak \u2014 was successfully placed over the well head. \u201cThe 16 studs have also been tightened. The preparations for killing operations are on. The BOP and the lines connected to it are being kept cool through continuous spraying of water,\u201d OIL said in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[130],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-368371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newspapers"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=368371"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368371\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=368371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=368371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=368371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}