Baghjan oil blowout: NGT holds M/s John Energy responsible for lapses In its order on oil blowout and other consequential events at Baghjan issued on Thursday, the National Green Tribunal By : Sentinel Digital Desk The 2020 Assam gas and oil leak, also referred as Tinsukia gas leak or Baghjan gas leak, is a petroleum gas and oil leak that happened in Oil India Limited's Baghjan Oilfield operated by John Energy Pvt Ltd in Tinsukia district, Assam, India on 27 May 2020. FIR lodged against Oil India, John Energy in Assam gas well blowout case An FIR has been registered against Oil India Limited and its outsourced private well operator John Energy for the Baghjan gas well blowout, which has allegedly polluted the environment in surrounding villages. Thousands of people and several villages were evacuated. The Assam State Legal Services Authority will oversee the process, the Bench observed while accepting the recommendation for interim compensation to the families who have moved out of the relief camps after the blowout of 27.05.2020 and to the families who have shifted to the relief camps after explosion on 09.06.2020.© 2019-20. Police have registered an FIR against Oil India Limited (OIL) and its outsourced private well operator John Energy for the Baghjan gas well blow out in upper Assam’s Tinsukia district.According to reports, police registered the FIR under relevant sections of IPC and the Disaster Management Act on the basis of a complaint filed by journalist Apurba Ballav Goswami.Goswami filed the complaint at the Baghjan Police Station on June 8 against senior officials of the two companies, including the Chairman and MD of OIL.Citing media reports, Goswami alleged that dolphins, fish and turtles have died due to the uncontrollable blowing of the gas from the well, which also affected the biodiversity of the adjacent Dibru-Saikhowa National Park.It also pointed out that people lodged in the relief camps are not able to maintain social distancing norms amid the COVID-19 pandemic.Besides, Goswami mentioned reports of five persons dying in the area due to the leakage of gas from the well.The Tinsukia district administration had on Sunday ordered a magisterial inquiry into the reported death of five persons due to gas leakage from the oil well in Baghjan.The inquiry aimed at ascertaining the exact cause of the deaths, an official statement had said on June 7.Northeast Now is a multi-app based hyper-regional bilingual news portal. In the objections filed in an affidavit on August 5, the OIL blamed contractor John Energy Limited for the blowout, saying it “grossly violated” the laid-down procedures during repair operations at the well which led to the incident. Consent to Establish (CTE) and Consent to Operate (CTO) were taken by OIL in composite application as per practice, including procurement of Environment Clearance (EC).In respect of interim compensation, the Bench maintained that it was not justified to award additional compensation of Rs 5 lakh in addition to Rs 20 lakh already paid to those whose houses were completely gutted and also to be excluded from the interim compensation recommended by the Committee. It is the first of its kind new media initiative in the northeast, and is based in Guwahati. All rights reserved under Omega Printers & Publishers Pvt. The Bench headed by Adarsh Kumar Goel, Chairperson, SP Wangdi, Judicial Member, and Dr. Nagin Nanda, expert member, in continuation of earlier orders dated June 24, 2020 and July 2, 2020, maintained that no site visit was undertaken and the statement of Niranta Gohain was not credible. The site near the oil and gas blowout and fire at Baghjan in Assam’s Tinsukia district | Photo: Bidyut Kalita.

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