Assam’s blowout well successfully killed, fire fully doused: OIL

Guwahati, Nov 15 : After nearly six months, state-owned Oil India Ltd’s (OIL) blowout well in Assam’s Tinsukia district has been successfully “killed” and the 160-day-long fire there was doused completely on Sunday, officials said.
“The well has been killed with a brine solution and under control now. Fire has been doused completely. There is no pressure in the well now and it will be observed for 24 hours to check if there is any amount of gas migration and pressure build up,” OIL spokesman and Deputy General Manager Tridiv Hazarika told IANS over phone.
“Further operation to abandon the well is in progress.” Hazarika said that OIL’s Director, Exploration and Development P. Chandrasekaran, Director, Operations, P. K. Goswami, and Resident Chief Executive D. K. Das visited the Baghjan well site in Tinsukia and had detailed discussions with the foreign and Indian experts besides the OIL team.
Natural gas and oil condensate had started leaking from the oil well in late May and caught fire on June 9.
After several unsuccessful attempts, OIL had earlier successfully diverted the gas and condensate to Baghjan EPS (Early Production Setup) at Baghjan, around 550 km east of Guwahati.