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Assam Gas Well "Killed", Fire Doused Completely After Over 5 Months: Official
The damaged gas well at Baghjan in Assam was successfully "killed" and the blaze was fully doused on Sunday after over five months of a blowout, Oil India said.
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Locals Block Road To Assam's Oil Well Blowout Site Over Compensation Delay
Locals in Baghjan in Assam's Tinsukia district today blocked the road leading to the gas well of Oil India Limited which had suffered a blowout on May 27 and subsequently caught fire on June 9.
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Engineer Dies Of Electrocution At Assam's Baghjan Gas Well Site
An engineer of PSU major Oil India lost his life due to high voltage electric shock on Wednesday when he was working at the company's damaged gas well in Baghjan in Assam's Tinsukia district, officials said.
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Assam's Baghjan Gas Well Capped 81 Days After Blow Out; Well-Killing Op On
After two failed attempts to shut Oil India's damaged gas well No.5 at Baghjan, the Blow Out Preventive (BOP) valve has been installed, successfully ending the capping operation. The well-killing work - a risky operation that involves placing a column of very dense fluid(s) into a wellbore to prevent the flow of gas - will begin today.
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Fire At Assam Oil Well Not Spreading, Says District Administration
The district administration of Tinsukia in Assam on Sunday denied reports that the blaze in Baghjan gas well has spread to other areas, and said that a fire in a farmland, about two km away from the Oil India Limited's site, was caused by burning of bushes.
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Operations Suspended At Assam's Baghjan Gas Well Fire Site Due To Flood
All ongoing works to douse a blaze at a damaged gas well in Assam's Baghjan have been suspended with floodwaters inundating the site and submerging the pumps installed to put out the fire, PSU major Oil India Limited (OIL) said on Saturday.
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No Oil Flow From Assam's Baghjan Gas Well Site To Water Bodies: Oil India
PSU major Oil India Limited on Friday said that no oil is flowing into water bodies from a gas well in Assam's Baghjan following a blowout last month, as claimed in a video clip which has gone viral on social media.
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Top Army Officials Visits Assam Gas Well Fire Site, Review Situation
General Officer Commanding of 3 Corps Lt Gen Rana Pratap Kalita along with other senior officers of the Army visited the site of the gas well fire tragedy at Baghjan in Assam on Friday to monitor the progress of the work to cap the well.
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Assam Chief Minister Asks Scientists To Study Tremors Near Burning Oil Well
Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal met with senior scientists today to ask for a study of tremors reported from the Baghjan region, where last week a leaking gas well caught fire and killed two people
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Government, Oil India To Compensate All Affected In Assam Gas Well Tragedy
Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Sunday said people affected in Oil India's Baghjan gas well tragedy will be "adequately" compensated.
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Experts Submit Plan To Control Assam Gas Well Fire To Centre
Experts including those from Singapore have submitted a detailed draft plan to control the fire in a gas well in Assam's Tinsukia district has been submitted to the Union Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gases, Public sector undertakings (PSU) major Oil India Limited (OIL) said in a statement.
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6 Days Later, Gas Leak in Rajasthan Well Still Not Plugged
Officials in Rajasthan are still trying to contain a major gas leak from an Oil India Limited Well in Rajasthan's Dandewala region, from which highly inflammable gas has been gushing out for the last over six days, flinging desert sand high in the air.
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Assam Gas Well "Killed", Fire Doused Completely After Over 5 Months: Official
The damaged gas well at Baghjan in Assam was successfully "killed" and the blaze was fully doused on Sunday after over five months of a blowout, Oil India said.
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Locals Block Road To Assam's Oil Well Blowout Site Over Compensation Delay
Locals in Baghjan in Assam's Tinsukia district today blocked the road leading to the gas well of Oil India Limited which had suffered a blowout on May 27 and subsequently caught fire on June 9.
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Engineer Dies Of Electrocution At Assam's Baghjan Gas Well Site
An engineer of PSU major Oil India lost his life due to high voltage electric shock on Wednesday when he was working at the company's damaged gas well in Baghjan in Assam's Tinsukia district, officials said.
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Assam's Baghjan Gas Well Capped 81 Days After Blow Out; Well-Killing Op On
After two failed attempts to shut Oil India's damaged gas well No.5 at Baghjan, the Blow Out Preventive (BOP) valve has been installed, successfully ending the capping operation. The well-killing work - a risky operation that involves placing a column of very dense fluid(s) into a wellbore to prevent the flow of gas - will begin today.
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Fire At Assam Oil Well Not Spreading, Says District Administration
The district administration of Tinsukia in Assam on Sunday denied reports that the blaze in Baghjan gas well has spread to other areas, and said that a fire in a farmland, about two km away from the Oil India Limited's site, was caused by burning of bushes.
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Operations Suspended At Assam's Baghjan Gas Well Fire Site Due To Flood
All ongoing works to douse a blaze at a damaged gas well in Assam's Baghjan have been suspended with floodwaters inundating the site and submerging the pumps installed to put out the fire, PSU major Oil India Limited (OIL) said on Saturday.
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No Oil Flow From Assam's Baghjan Gas Well Site To Water Bodies: Oil India
PSU major Oil India Limited on Friday said that no oil is flowing into water bodies from a gas well in Assam's Baghjan following a blowout last month, as claimed in a video clip which has gone viral on social media.
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Top Army Officials Visits Assam Gas Well Fire Site, Review Situation
General Officer Commanding of 3 Corps Lt Gen Rana Pratap Kalita along with other senior officers of the Army visited the site of the gas well fire tragedy at Baghjan in Assam on Friday to monitor the progress of the work to cap the well.
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Assam Chief Minister Asks Scientists To Study Tremors Near Burning Oil Well
Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal met with senior scientists today to ask for a study of tremors reported from the Baghjan region, where last week a leaking gas well caught fire and killed two people
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Government, Oil India To Compensate All Affected In Assam Gas Well Tragedy
Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Sunday said people affected in Oil India's Baghjan gas well tragedy will be "adequately" compensated.
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Experts Submit Plan To Control Assam Gas Well Fire To Centre
Experts including those from Singapore have submitted a detailed draft plan to control the fire in a gas well in Assam's Tinsukia district has been submitted to the Union Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gases, Public sector undertakings (PSU) major Oil India Limited (OIL) said in a statement.
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6 Days Later, Gas Leak in Rajasthan Well Still Not Plugged
Officials in Rajasthan are still trying to contain a major gas leak from an Oil India Limited Well in Rajasthan's Dandewala region, from which highly inflammable gas has been gushing out for the last over six days, flinging desert sand high in the air.
