Baghjaan OIL well accident, three experts electrocuted

Three persons were injured were injured in Baghjaan oil well after being electrocuted on Wednesday. Three engineers including an foreign expert were hospitalized after getting electrocuted. Two injured have been admitted to the Tinsukia Civil Hospital while one critically injured has been shifted to Assam Medical College Hospital, Dibrugarh.

One of the injured has been identified as Arnab Bordoloi who is an junior engineer with the Oil India limited (OIL). Condition of Bordoloi has been stated to be critical.

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It may be mentioned that the natural gas well of OIL in Upper Assam’s Tinsukia district that had been spewing gas and condensate, caught fire on May 27 this year, 13 days after it had a blowout.

The Baghjan well had reported the blowout while work was underway to produce gas from a new oil and gas-bearing reservoir at a depth of 3,729 metres.

A blow out is an uncontrolled release of crude oil or gas from a well, when pressure control systems fail. Around 2,000 people living near the well have been shifted to four relief camps after the May 27 incident.

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