ONGC caps Assam gasoline nicely blowout after fortnight-long effort

The Oil and Pure Gasoline Company Restricted (ONGC) on Friday capped a blowout at one in every of its wells in Assam’s Sivasagar district, a fortnight after the doubtless hazardous incident prompted the evacuation of roughly 1,500 residents from close by villages.

The capping operation was accomplished at 11:15 a.m. on June 27 at Effectively No. RDS-147A within the Rudrasagar oilfield. The hassle concerned disaster administration groups from ONGC, officers from the Petroleum and Pure Gasoline Ministry, and consultants from a global company based mostly in the USA.

“This blowout began on twelfth June and has been capped efficiently throughout the shortest attainable time following all one of the best practices,” Petroleum and Pure Gasoline Minister Hardeep Singh Puri posted on X. He additionally thanked Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and State authorities officers “for the wonderful and steady assist to the groups on the bottom.”

The gasoline blowout, which occurred on the morning of June 12, led to the instant mobilisation of technical groups and emergency response models. A breakthrough was achieved on June 26, when groups efficiently eliminated all rig supplies, entangled wires, and structural obstructions, creating clear entry to the wellhead. This facilitated the ultimate capping operation, ONGC stated.

An easing of water ranges within the Dikhow River, which had earlier posed a flood threat, additionally contributed to the well timed completion of the operation.

Earlier, ONGC had said that there was no detectable hint of hydrocarbons past a 30-metre radius from the nicely, indicating that the blowout had been largely contained.