NIA files chargesheet against 7 ULFA cadres in Assam cop’s killing case

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a chargesheet in a special NIA court in Guwahati against seven cadres of the United Liberation Front of Assam for the killing of an Assam Police officer. According to the NIA, the accused have been identified as Bijit Gogoi, Kanto Bora, Santosh Gogoi Sadiya, Jushinta Moran, Bubul Moran, […]

Assam: Baghjan blowout well fire doused after 104 days

After multiple failures in capping and killing of Well No. 5 at Baghjan oilfields in eastern Assam’s Tinsukia district, public sector giant Oil India Limited (OIL) has finally managed to douse the blowout well fire on Monday, 104 days after it erupted by diverting the flow of gas from well number 5 to the Early […]

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: Army, police apprehends two NSCN (IM) cadres in Tinsukia district

Troops of Indian Army in a joint operation with Assam Police have apprehended two cadres of NSCN (IM) near Ledo in Tinsukia District of Assam on Jun 14. The apprehended cadres have been identified as SS Lt Col Rampong Hakhun Johny and SS Sgt Kochung Sangkey. They have been handed over to Ledo Police Station […]

Petroleum Ministry constitutes high-level committee to inquire Baghjan fire

The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MoPNG) on Thursday constituted a three-member high-level committee to inquire about the circumstances that led to the blowout incident at Baghjan in Assam. The committee has been asked to submit its report within a month. The three-member committee comprising SCL Das, DG of Directorate General of Hydrocarbons, BC […]

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 […]