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Assam gas well 'killed', fire fully doused after over 5 months: OIL on Baghjan

The well no 5 at Baghjan in the Tinsukia district was spewing gas uncontrollably since May 27 and it caught fire on June 9, killing two of OIL's firefighters at the site

1 min read15 Nov 2020
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Massive blast near Oil India well in Assam, three injured

The incident occurred when operations to douse the fire at Baghjan oil field was going onThe well no. 5 has been spewing gas uncontrollably for the last 27 days and it caught fire on June 9, killing two of OIL's firefighters at the site

1 min read22 Jul 2020
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Air Force on standby as massive fire rages at Assam's Baghjan oil well

A firefighter of the state-owned ONGC suffered minor injuries during efforts to control the blazeAssam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal spoke to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and urged them to take urgent steps to douse the fire

4 min read10 Jun 2020
Industry

ONGC to invest ₹6,000 crore in drilling wells in Assam

The investment will take place Sivasagar and Charaideo districts of Upper Assam, besides planning to hire over 300 persons in the state

1 min read6 Jan 2019
Industry

$100 billion clean-up bill awaits Asia’s old offshore oil wells

The tens of thousands of oil and gas wells sprinkled across offshore Asia-Pacific left over from the drilling boom of the 1970s and 1980s will soon need to be decommissioned

2 min read1 Feb 2018
Industry

Essar Oilfields bags Rs32 crore drilling order from ONGC

Essar Oilfields Services India has won a Rs32 crore drilling contract from ONGC to bore 30 wells at a coal bed methane block in Bokaro, Jharkhand

1 min read24 Jan 2018
Industry

ONGC caps uneven flow of gas from its well in East Godavari

The flow of gas from the ONGC well in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh has was 'uneven' since 4pm on Friday

1 min read10 Sep 2016
Industry

ONGC to drill 17 exploratory wells for shale gas

This is the first time that the oil and gas company has taken up shale gas exploration in such a big scale

1 min read24 Apr 2016
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Mafia-like Islamic State taxes and extorts like a drug cartel

The group has seized an estimated $675 million from banks, $145 million in oil sales and ransom payments and tens of millions more from looting and extortion

5 min read10 Jun 2015
Industry

Cairn makes second oil find offshore Senegal

The firm, which currently has no producing assets, says it had found oil at its SNE-1 well around 100km off the coast of the west African country

1 min read10 Nov 2014
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