BAGHJAN (TINSUKIA) / DULIAJAN / NOIDA / MUMBAI / RAJKOT - In a regulatory filing as submitted to the Indian Stock Exchanges, by the Noida headquartered Oil & Gas arm of Government of India and one of the leading public sector undertaking company Oil India Ltd, it said of having handed over cheque of 3 million (~30 lakh) rupees each to the wives of the deceased fire-fighters Late Tikheswar Gohain and Late Durlov Gogoi of the company, under the company's social security scheme.
Blowout at Baghjan site of Oil India Ltd's gas well was reported on 9th June, 2020 - where 2 lives were lost, 4 injured, impact on oil & gas production in tune of 509 metric tons of oil production and 0.65 MMSCM (million metric standard cubic meters), tremors reported from nearby surrounding village areas and incidents of public protests and blockades from nearby areas, following the accident, on the 6th day of incident top notch battery comprising of Ministers and Officials from Central Government, State Government, accompanied by top company officials, had taken the toll of the situation from ground zero.
In a press-release titled, "Blowout in Gas Well of Oil India Limited at Baghjan, Tinsukia District, Assam", as attached and enclosed with the regulatory filing as submitted by the company to the Indian Bourses, it further read that, Sushil Chandra Mishra, CMD, OIL handed over cheque of Rs 30.00 lakh each to the wives of the deceased firefighters, Late Tikheswar Gohain and Late Durlov Gogoi of OIL under the Company’s social security scheme on 15th June, 2020 at their residences in Duliajan and Namrup respectively in the presence of Chandra Mohan Patowary, Transport, Industries and Commerce Minister, Govt. of Assam, Rameshwar Teli, Union Minister of State of Food Processing, Sanjay Kishan, Minister of Tea Tribes Welfare (Independent), local MLAs, Deputy Commissioners and SPs of Dibrugarh and Tinsukia Districts.
Meanwhile, the company release also depicted the activities undertaken at the site to further control the situation and damange, including the repairing tasks at the site.
Preparation for capping the Well
- Testing job is completed for one of the two OIL CMT high-discharge water pumps of capacity 2500 GPM, to be used for well control operation. Testing of the other pump is in progress.
- Civil work of digging/extension of the second CMT water reservoir (Capacity 12000 KL) near kill pump area to accommodate more volume of water is in progress.
- Civil work for development of debris lay down, Bunk house placement and kill pump area is in progress.
- Laying of delivery lines from river bank station to second CMT water reservoir of capacity 12000 KL is planned to be started from today.
- Placement of additional water pump at water pump station at Dangori river bank is completed and testing of the same is in progress.
- Fabrication job of Heat Shields required for reducing heat hazards to working personnel at site is in progress at OIL’s Engineering Workshop at Duliajan.
- In view of the urgency of the operation to control the well, Shri Bhaskar Pegu, Deputy Commissioner, Tinsukia District requested the service of the Army (2 Mountain division) to construct a bridge of around 150 metre length over a water body adjacent to the blowout well under provisions of “Aid to Civil Authorities 1970 under para 35 - assistance under natural calamities – fire.” Mobilization of materials & personnel from 3 Corps Indian Army, required for logistics and construction of a bridge at Baghjan site, is underway from Misamari and Tezu to Baghjan.
- Joint inspection of equipment, mobilised from ONGC- Sibsagar, by M/s Alert and ONGC CMT team at OIL CMT Yard in Duliajan is in progress.
- Vehicles carrying equipment from ONGC-Rajahmundry are in transit.
Relief and Rehabilitation
- Sanitization of all relief camps is in progress.
- 14, Assam Regiment of Indian Army is operating a medical camp for the people of Bandarkhati Relief Camp.
Impact on Oil Production
- Due to agitation programs, there was production loss of 487 MT of Crude Oil and 0.45 MMSCM of Natural Gas as reported on 14-06- 2020. Cumulative production loss since 27th May, 2020 due to bandhs and blockades: 5386 MT Crude oil, 7.04 MMSCM of natural gas.
Any other Issues
- On receipt of report on tremor in and around Baghjan area, OIL requested North East Institute of Science and Technology (NEIST), Jorhat for measuring seismicity, if any, because of the blow out incident. A joint visit was carried out by a team from NEIST and OIL on 14.06.2020 to identify the location for installing broadband Seismographs at various radial distances from the well. Five Broadband Seismographs will be deployed by CSIR-NEIST, Jorhat at five recording sites for data to be recorded tentatively for 7-10 days. Locations have been identified and preliminary civil work for deployment of the instruments is in progress.
- A team from TERI, Delhi is likely to arrive tomorrow to measure and monitor noise and air quality, including LEL levels.
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