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Home / News / India News / Assam's Baghjan oil well catches fire after leaking for weeks
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Assam's Baghjan oil well catches fire after leaking for weeks

Assam's Baghjan oil well catches fire after leaking for weeks
Written by Siddhant Pandey
Jun 09, 2020, 05:55 pm 3 min read
Assam's Baghjan oil well catches fire after leaking for weeks

On Tuesday, a massive fire erupted at a natural gas well of Oil India Limited (OIL) in Assam's Tinsukia district. The Baghjan 5 well has been spewing gas and oil for about two weeks after a blowout on May 27. Eyewitnesses told PTI that flames were visible from a distance of over two kilometers. The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained.

Details
Well caught fire Tuesday afternoon; OIL claims no injuries

According to PTI, three experts from the Singaporean firm Alert Disaster Control had been working at the site and some equipment was being removed when the fire broke out Tuesday afternoon. An OIL spokesperson said the cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained. They said no casualty or injury has been reported yet. Firefighters have reached the spot to douse the flames.

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#WATCH Massive fire at the gas well of Oil India Ltd at Baghjan in Tinsukia district, Assam. A team of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) is present at the spot pic.twitter.com/Tw2G92aPXy

— ANI (@ANI) June 9, 2020
CM's response
Chief Minister appealed to locals not to panic

The official Twitter handle of the Assam Chief Minister's Office said CM Sarabananda Sonowal has spoken to Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan regarding the incident. Sonowal has directed fire and emergency services, along with army and police officials, to control the situation, the CMO said. The district administration has also been directed to ensure people's safety. Sonowal has appealed to the locals to not panic.

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The CM has already directed to deploy fire emergency services, army and police officials at the site to control the situation.

The CM also directed district admin to ensure safety of people and appealed to local people to not panic.

— Chief Minister Assam (@CMOfficeAssam) June 9, 2020
Recent developments
Thousands of locals were evacuated after blowout on May 27

The Baghjan well had been leaking oil and gas ever since a blowout on May 27 morning. Locals told The Indian Express that condensate (gas that has come in contact with water) could be found up to 5 km from the site. Thousands of people had reportedly been evacuated from surrounding villages. A variety of fish and an endangered Gangetic dolphin had died.

Information
Baghjan oil well drilled in 2006

The well had been drilled by OIL in 2006. It produces 80,000 standard cubic meters per day (SCMD) of gas. Officials told TIE on Monday that the current discharge was at 90,000 SCMD at a pressure of 4,200 PSI, higher than the normal 2,700 PSI.

Blowout
What is a blowout?

When pressure balance in a well is disturbed, it can lead to 'kicks' or changes in pressure. If left unattended, these kicks can cause blowouts. Geologist Siddhartha Kumar told TIE, "The force with which a pressure cooker releases steam is understandable. Imagine a situation where one million pressure cookers do the same in an uncontrolled manner." A blowout preventer is hence installed in wells.

What happened
Blowout occurred at Baghjan well when it was being serviced

OIL spokesperson Tridiv Hazarika told TIE that the well was being serviced and a new sand was being tested at another depth in the same well. They were also repairing an existing well-head, for which, the producing zone was temporarily shut and the blowout preventer was removed. Hazarika said the gas then started leaking and broke through the cement barrier. An inquiry is underway.

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Siddhant Pandey covers national and health news at NewsBytes. He has over five years of experience working as a multimedia journalist covering hard news in New Delhi. He was previously employed with The Indian Express and News World India and has juggled roles as a correspondent, copy editor, and video producer. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Biotechnology from the Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, Noida.
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