Konaseema: ONGC Mori-5 Well Fire Extinguished After Five Days
ONGC’s Crisis Management Team (CMT) successfully capped Well Mori-5 in a record time of just 5 days.
By : PTI
Update: 2026-01-10 07:42 GMT
Dr BR Ambedkar Konaseema: The fire triggered by a major gas blowout at an ONGC-owned well in Dr BR Ambedkar Konaseema district of Andhra Pradesh was finally extinguished on Saturday morning.
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, in Malikipuram Mandal, following a gas leak at Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC)-owned well Mori-5.
Konaseema District Joint Collector T Nisanthi said the blowout was fully controlled on Saturday morning. The fire is extinguished, and there are almost no flames now. The operations pertaining to capping of the gas well, Mori-5, and some mudding, a technical process, are currently underway.
The gas well located in the 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.
The ONGC disaster management team has completely removed the debris and has prepared a blowout preventer to be installed at the well. A continuous water blanket was maintained to facilitate safe operations in the vicinity of the wellhead.