Crisis Averted: ONGC’s Relentless Effort to Control Gas Well Blaze

Andhra Pradesh: ONGC Successfully Caps Gas Well Fire After 5-Day Operation

A gas well blowout at an ONGC-owned well in Andhra Pradesh's Konaseema district, which ignited a large fire on January 5th, was successfully extinguished and capped on Saturday morning.

ONGC gas well fire extinguished after five-day battle

“Operations pertaining to capping of the gas well, Mori-5, and some mudding, a technical process, are underway now,” Konaseem District Joint Collector said

Crisis Averted: ONGC’s Relentless Effort to Control Gas Well Blaze

Crisis Averted: ONGC’s Relentless Effort to Control Gas Well Blaze Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) reported significant progress in its efforts to rein in a raging fire at the Mori-5 gas well, following a blowout near Mori and Irusumanda villages in Andhra Pradesh. The crisis management team has cleared most of the debris, paving the way for capping operations.Despite the fire slightly diminishing, it continues to burn, marking the fifth …

ONGC caps Mori-5 well in five days, brings blowout under control

New Delhi, Jan 10 (PTI) State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has successfully established well control at its Mori-5 well in Andhra Pradesh, completing the capping operation in a record five days, the company said on Saturday. The Mori-5 well, located in ONGC's onshore asset in Andhra Pradesh, experienced a blowout on January 5, 2026, during routine service operations being carried out by contractor Deep Industries Ltd. The inciden…

Andhra CM Chandrababu Naidu conducts aerial survey of ONGC well blowout

Amaravati, Jan 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Friday conducted aerial survey of the ONGC well at Irusumanda village in Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Konaseema district where the blowout continued to rage for the fifth day. The Chief Minister later held a review meeting on the blowout with the officials of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), Konaseema District Collector Mahesh Kumar, MP Harish Balayogi, and MLA V…