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The fire from an ONGC gas blowout in Konaseema was extinguished Saturday morning
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Joint Collector T Nisanthi confirmed the blowout is fully controlled and flames are gone
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Capping and mudding operations on the Mori-5 gas well are currently underway
The fire triggered by a major gas blowout at an ONGC-owned well in Dr BR Ambedkar Konaseema district was extinguished on Saturday morning.
Konaseema District Joint Collector T Nisanthi said the blowout has been fully controlled.
“The fire is extinguished. Almost no flames now. Blowout (was) fully controlled this (Saturday) morning only,” she told PTI.
Further, she said operations pertaining to capping of the gas well, Mori-5, and some mudding, a technical process, are underway now.
A massive fireball reaching up to a height of 20 metres and a width of 25 metres erupted on January 5 near Mori and Irusumanda villages, following a gas leak at Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC)-owned well Mori-5.
The gas well located in the lush green and amply irrigated Konaseema district was being operated by ONGC's Production Enhancement Contractor (PEC) Deep Industries Ltd, an Ahmedabad-based listed company.
Following the disaster, ONGC senior management took direct operational control.
The ONGC Crisis Management Team has toiled for nearly five days to douse the fire and succeeded in extinguishing the blaze.
Fortunately, there was no loss of life or injury in the disaster. PTI STH ROH
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