Team News Riveting
Even as oil well in the Baghjan oil fields in upper Assam’s Tinsukia district is blazing for the last three months, two state-run oil companies have locked horns to lead the operation to douse the fire.
Oil India Limited (OIL) and Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) are in a fighting mode.
While there were reports that ONGC would take over the charge to douse the Baghjan fire, OIL swung into action to contest it. Its spokesperson denied stating that both the state-run companies would work together.
The issue flared up after union minister for petroleum and natural gas Dharmendra Pradhan reportedly expressed his dissatisfaction with OIL for failure to control the Baghjan fire. The minister suggested handing over the operation to ONGC.
The ONGC officials would be visiting the site soon. It was reported that the ONGC had asked OIL to stop the operation on its part as it was allegedly going on the wrong track.
On Monday, OIL claimed that they successfully doused the Baghjan fire from its oil well No 5 by diverting the gas to the flare pit and Baghjan EPS but after some hours, an explosion took place due to the major leakage and the OIL had to stop their operation.
Experts claimed the entire exercise of OIL was eyewash as there was no concrete future plan even now regarding the blowout. Diversion can’t be a solution for a blowing out well. In fact nowhere in the world such unsafe practice is followed, they added.
