83 days after it started, OIL caps Assam gas well blow out in third attemptindiaUpdated: Aug 17, 2020 22:57 ISTThe blowout --- an uncontrolled release of gas or oil -- at an Oil India Limited (OIL) natural gas well in Upper Assam’s Baghjan was capped on Monday after 83 days. The natural gas well in Assam’s Tinsukia district had a blowout during a workover or maintenance operation to locate a new reservoir on May 27. “The well-capping operation was initiated on Monday morning and the capping blowout preventer (BOP) stack was successfully placed over the wellhead. The BOP is a specialised valve or a similar device, which is used to seal control and monitor oil and natural gas wells to prevent blowouts. The well at Baghjan is around 3.5 kilometres deep and the killing operation that will douse the fire is expected to take up to 36 hours.

Source: Hindustan Times August 17, 2020 13:40 UTC