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Supreme Court Stays Green Court Order On Fire Incident At Assam Oil Well
The Supreme Court Thursday stayed a National Green Tribunal order constituting a fresh six-member committee to fix responsibility for the failures of the concerned individuals in the fire incident in Assam's Baghjan oil well.
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Assam Oil Well Fire Put Out After Herculean Effort Over 5 Months
More than five months after the Baghjan gas well in Assam's Tinsukia district burst into flames after a blowout that killed three people and is believed to have caused great damage to the region's rich ecology, the fire has been finally doused.
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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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Equipment Brought From Canada Being Readied To TackleFor Assam Oil Well Fire
Equipment and accessories required for the snubbing operation at OIL's Baghjan well site, which has been spewing oil for the last 162 days, have been brought from Canada and are being put in place, sources in the oil major said on Thursday.
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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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Fire At Assam's Baghjan Gas Well May Continue For 2 More Months: Minister
The Assam government has said two more months are likely to be taken by the experts to douse the fire at Oil India's damaged gas well at Baghjan, where the gas is flowing uncontrollably for the past 99 days.
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Oil India To Start Production At Assam Blowout Site, Protest Continues
Public sector giant Oil India Ltd has decided to restart production using "modern technology" at the site of an oil blowout in Assam's Baghjan. "Our experts and engineers are working to carry out production from the blowout Baghjan oil well using modern technology and within four days they will start the work. It will solve the sound problem as wel...
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Well-Killing Operation To Douse Fire At Assam's Baghjan Gas Well Fails
The final operation of well-killing to douse the fire at the damaged gas well of Oil India Limited (OIL) at Baghjan in Assam failed today due to "technical reasons, 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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Assam Well Fire: Oil India Objects To Experts' Report In Green Tribunal
Oil India Ltd has objected before the National Green Tribunal to a preliminary report filed by a committee of experts on the fire incident in Assam's Baghjan oil well saying it is based on desk research and review of secondary data.
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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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New Blaze At Assam Oil Well On Fire For A Month, 3 Foreign Experts Hurt
A new fire broke out on Wednesday at Assam's Oil India Limited well, which has been on fire for over a month, injuring three foreign experts working at the site to put off the blaze. The entire area has been cordoned off.
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Debris Cleared At Assam Oil Blowout Site, Work On Controlling Fire Next
About 45 days since a damaged gas well blew out in Assam's Baghjan area, the state-owned Oil India Limited (OIL) said it was confident of beginning the "main works" for controlling the fire in the next few days.
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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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Assam Fire: Oil India To Pay Interim Fine Of Rs 25 Crore To Green Court
The National Green Tribunal has imposed an interim penalty of Rs 25 crore on PSU major Oil India over its failure to stop fire in Assam's Baghjan oil well resulting in damage to the environment.
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Supreme Court Stays Green Court Order On Fire Incident At Assam Oil Well
The Supreme Court Thursday stayed a National Green Tribunal order constituting a fresh six-member committee to fix responsibility for the failures of the concerned individuals in the fire incident in Assam's Baghjan oil well.
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Assam Oil Well Fire Put Out After Herculean Effort Over 5 Months
More than five months after the Baghjan gas well in Assam's Tinsukia district burst into flames after a blowout that killed three people and is believed to have caused great damage to the region's rich ecology, the fire has been finally doused.
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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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Equipment Brought From Canada Being Readied To TackleFor Assam Oil Well Fire
Equipment and accessories required for the snubbing operation at OIL's Baghjan well site, which has been spewing oil for the last 162 days, have been brought from Canada and are being put in place, sources in the oil major said on Thursday.
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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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Fire At Assam's Baghjan Gas Well May Continue For 2 More Months: Minister
The Assam government has said two more months are likely to be taken by the experts to douse the fire at Oil India's damaged gas well at Baghjan, where the gas is flowing uncontrollably for the past 99 days.
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Oil India To Start Production At Assam Blowout Site, Protest Continues
Public sector giant Oil India Ltd has decided to restart production using "modern technology" at the site of an oil blowout in Assam's Baghjan. "Our experts and engineers are working to carry out production from the blowout Baghjan oil well using modern technology and within four days they will start the work. It will solve the sound problem as wel...
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Well-Killing Operation To Douse Fire At Assam's Baghjan Gas Well Fails
The final operation of well-killing to douse the fire at the damaged gas well of Oil India Limited (OIL) at Baghjan in Assam failed today due to "technical reasons, 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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Assam Well Fire: Oil India Objects To Experts' Report In Green Tribunal
Oil India Ltd has objected before the National Green Tribunal to a preliminary report filed by a committee of experts on the fire incident in Assam's Baghjan oil well saying it is based on desk research and review of secondary data.
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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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New Blaze At Assam Oil Well On Fire For A Month, 3 Foreign Experts Hurt
A new fire broke out on Wednesday at Assam's Oil India Limited well, which has been on fire for over a month, injuring three foreign experts working at the site to put off the blaze. The entire area has been cordoned off.
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Debris Cleared At Assam Oil Blowout Site, Work On Controlling Fire Next
About 45 days since a damaged gas well blew out in Assam's Baghjan area, the state-owned Oil India Limited (OIL) said it was confident of beginning the "main works" for controlling the fire in the next few days.
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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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Assam Fire: Oil India To Pay Interim Fine Of Rs 25 Crore To Green Court
The National Green Tribunal has imposed an interim penalty of Rs 25 crore on PSU major Oil India over its failure to stop fire in Assam's Baghjan oil well resulting in damage to the environment.
