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Gasfield fire may die down anytime: Experts

By Mizan Ali and Iqbal Siddiqui
The height of the flame at the Magurchhara drilling site reduced further yesterday and came to a level of around ten feet, according to official sources.
The fire is now located around the crater, created by the explosion, they added.
Talking to The Daily Star over telephone, experts at the site said that the fire will die down naturally as the pressure of the gas was reducing.
The gas which was coming out of the pocket at the drilling site was almost exhausted and it will be totally burnt out within the next three to four days, they noted.
Measures would be taken to "kill the well" after the salvage work is completed, the experts said, adding that "killing" of the well is necessary to prevent any future blow-out from the same hole.
Steps have already been taken to mobilise another rig for cement squeezing and plugging the holes and the rig is expected to reach the site within a month.
Our Staff Corresponded Iqbal Siddiqui from Sylhet
quoted an official at Magurchhara as saying that the fire may die down anytime as the upward pressure of gas fell abruptly. Heat in the surrounding areas also fell and people can now reach within 50 metres of the site.
Steps to cap the mouth of the gas well will be started soon, said an official of Occidental on condition of anonymity.
The officials working at Magurchhara said, now the main task would be to start digging of the 'deviation well'.
Local administration officials In consultation with the experts of Occidental have already finalised the proposed site for the deviation well at a nearby area. Initial work like land development would be started within a day or two, the source added.
The Divisional Engineer of
Railway hoped that rail communication would be restored within 2 to 3 days after the fire is extinguished. "Before we start rehabilitation work on the damaged rail track, we should get clearance about the soil condition from the Petrobangla or Occidental authority," ne said.
For the purpose, stones, sleepers and other materials had reached Saistaganj, Sri-mangal and Kulaura stations, he added. He also informed that, till today the Railway had incurred a total loss of Tk 10 crore.
Meanwhile, installation of the by-pass line to supply gas to the 12 tea gardens was going on and it is expected to be completed by Friday, an official of Jalalabad Gas said.
Manager of the Fulbari Tea Estate Ali Ahmed said today that the authorities began assessment of the loss incurred by the 12 tea gardens in the area. The loss incurred by the Fulbari Tea Estate only would be between Tk 25 crore and Tk 30 crore, he said.