JAKARTA (REUTERS) - Indonesia's state energy firm Pertamina said on Thursday (July 25) that it will take weeks to plug an oil spill at its Offshore North West Java (ONWJ) facility, which has reached the northern coast of Java island.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
JAKARTA - Indonesia's state energy firm Pertamina said on Thursday that it will take weeks to plug an oil spill at its Offshore North West Java facility, which has reached the northern coast of Java island.
The oil spill has reached villages on the coast of the Karawang area, West Java, 2km away from the facility, he said. Twenty-nine ships have been deployed to patrol the area, which are also on standby for firefighting, he said, adding that the firm has put up a 3.5km containment boom at sea and another 3km boom and 700m of fish nets along the shoreline.
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