Indian-American Samir Banerjee with roots in Assam wins Wimbledon 2021 Junior Men’s title

In a proud moment for the northeast, Indian-American Samir Banerjee with roots in Assam has won the Wimbledon Junior Men’s title on Sunday defeating United States’ Victor Lilov. Banerjee defeated Lilov 7-5, 6-3 in the final. The 17-year-old dropped just three sets in the six matches at the All England Club. Earlier, Banerjee stormed into […]

Oil India-led consortium to bid for acquiring BPCL’s stake in Numaligarh Refinery

Oil India Ltd (OIL) in consortium with Engineers India Ltd (EIL) has decided to bid for acquiring 61.65 per cent stake of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) in Numaligarh Refinery Ltd (NRL). The bid is to be submitted through a formal process. The exact percentage of the stake of OIL and ElL will depend on […]

Snubbing to ‘kill the well’ on Assam’s Baghjan blowout site soon: OIL

Oil India Limited (OIL) on Friday said that snubbing operation at Assam’s Baghjan oil well blowout to ‘kill the well’ will be conducted soon. “Snubbing operation to ‘kill the well’ will be done soon. The equipment has been flown from Canada and has reached Kolkata. It’ll be brought here once Customs’ inspection is over. We […]

OIL diverts gas from blown out well in Assam’s Baghjan

In order to reduce the surface level well head pressure of the blowout well number 5 at Assam’s Baghjan, the process of restoration of diversion of the flow of gas from the well head to Baghjan EPS and two flare pits successfully implemented on Sunday, Oil India Limited said. “Today’s operation was carried out after […]

Attempt to kill blowout in Baghjan oil well aborted by OIL

Oil India Limited (OIL) on Wednesday said that an attempt was made to kill the fire in Baghjan oil well by injecting killing fluids but the operation had to be suspended due to rupture of a casing valve. “After successful capping, an attempt was made to kill the well by injecting killing fluids into the […]

Assam: Baghjan OIL well capped successfully in third attempt

In a big development, the capping operations at Well No.5 of Baghjan oilfields in Eastern Assam’s Tinsukia district has been successful with experts on ground managing to place the Blowout Preventer (BoP) stack on the well head in its third attempt on Monday, after 83 days since a major blowout took place on May 27. […]

Assam: Move to cap Baghjan oil well fails after vehicle used in operation overturns

Oil India Limited’s efforts to cap the Baghjan oil well failed today after a crane-fitted vehicle used in the process toppled and fell crashing near the well that has been on fire since June 9 this year. Experts from OIL and Singapore-based firm Alert Disaster Control had expressed optimism about plugging the well number 5 […]

Assam CM orders high-level probe into OIL’s Baghjan well tragedy

Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Thursday ordered a high-level inquiry into the circumstances that led to a blowout at a gas well of Oil India Limited (OIL) in Tinsukia district and a subsequent fire that killed two persons. The probe will be conducted by Additional Chief Secretary Maninder Singh and the report will be […]

Assam: Two firefighters killed in Baghjan oil well tragedy, fire continues to rage on

The crisis continues at Baghjan in Assam’s Tinsukia district with the massive fire continuing to rage on for the second straight day after it broke out at the site of Oil India Limited’s oilfield yesterday. In the latest move to tackle the situation at hand, army has been deployed at Baghjan. The army has been […]