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Taken from: The Jakarta Post (July 30,

2013) page 22



Summary

An oil spill in the Gulf of Thailan !ause "y pipe leak at an o#shore

platform has le to !on!ern a"out the impa!ts on the en$ironment% The

platform is run "y a su"siiary of the other &rm% 'ore than 0 tons of

!rue oil spille into the sea% Aroun 20 kilometers o# the !oast of

ayong, southeast of *angkok, at an o#shore platform operate "y PTT

Glo"al +hemi!al% PTT Glo"al +hemi!al is a su"siiary of national

petroleum !ompany PTT%

A!!!oring to Thai na$y, the spill sprea to form the shape o$er

istan!e of 1%- nauti!al miles% Thai na$y also sent out ships an spillheli!opters to help the !ontainment mission% PTT Glo"al sai the oil sli!k

has rea!he Ao Prao "ea!h on .oh /amet islan% .oh /amet islan, knon

for its hite sany "ea!hes, is $isite "y "oth lo!al an foreign tourists%

Also home for se$eral highen an "uget resorts%

A"out -00 soliers ha$e "een eploye to help !lean up the spill%

i!hit +hartpaisit, go$ernor of ayong pro$in!e tol euters that the task

oul take some time although he ga$e no etails of ho mu!h% Pratheep

Aeng!huan, ire!tor of the 'ap Ta Phut nustrial 4state sai that the leak

ha "een plugge an temporary 5oating "arriers ha "een use to

!on!entrateoil in thi!ker surfa!e layers for remo$al% General 6ire!tor of

Pollution +ontrol 6epartment, in!hien Jungrungruang !on!ern that

strong ins an a$es ill allo oil sli!ks to sprea faster an a#e!te

the e!ologi!al system an seasie !ommunities% 47perts sai that the

!rue oil spill !an se$erely amage marine e!osystem, &sheries an

tourism inustries%

PTTG+ has aske the /ingapore"ase 8il /pill esponse 9t% to

isperse sprea of the !rue oil spill% The !ompany has also sent

en$ironmental spe!ialie to !olle!t seaater samples to analye the

impa!t for marine en$ironment% Thon Thamrongnaasaat, an e7pert in

marine te!hnology state oil spill shoul not "e alloe to sprea shores

or the !oastal of tourists estination either it ill "e a#e!te an more



i;!ult to !lean up% 9o!al &sing "oats ha "een aske to lookout an

inform the authorities if they see oil sli!ks near the shores%

Main Problem

The pipe leak that !ause the !rue oil spill at Thailan<s sea harms

many people an many aspe!t% The main amage of !ourse for marine

en$ironment% The spill !an kill many &sh an amage sea reefs% Also many

&shermen !an<t !at!h &sh "e!ause of the oil spill% The oil spill has "een

sprea iely% The go$erment o all they !an o to pre$ent the oil sli!ks

rea!h the shores% f the oil spill rea!h the shores, tourist estination, Ao

Prao "ea!h in .oh /amet islan ill "e in anger% The "ea!h has "een theestination for "oth lo!al an foreign tourist estination% The islan an

"ea!h surely gi$e a lot of foreign e7!hange for Thailan% An if the "ea!h

amage there ill "e a "ig loss for the !ountry "e!ause it !an e!rease

the tourists =uantity% *esie to !lean the oil spill is not as easy as 5ip your

han% t takes a lot of time an e#orts to !ompletely !lean the 0 tons of

!rue oil% Also it !osts a lot of money%

The !ompany hi!h operate the platform, PTT Glo"al +hemi!al ha

the en$ironmental a!ti$ist pushe legal a!tion an !ompensation to them%

They sai the spill !oul harm the marine e!osystem% PTTG+ also must

take responsi"ility an !ompensate for all !leaning up pro!esses, the

en$ironmental impa!t, an amage of tourism inustries also to the lo!al

&sheries as ell% The !ompany ha to "e open a"out hat methos they

use to remo$e the oil spill from the sea surfa!e%



PTTG+ has mae some a!tions in!luing aske some en$ironmental

spe!ialists to analye the seaater an see ho mu!h the impa!t of the

pollution for marine en$ironment% An they has aske /ingapore"ase 8il

/pill to isperse the spill sprea%

>rom this e !an !on!lue that one of mistake hi!h !ause "y

pri$ate !ompany !an amage many pu"li! rights an get the go$ernment

to take a!tion of this a!!ient% ?ot only PTT Glo"al +hemi!al that hol the

responsi"ility "ut also the go$ernment i% n my opinion the one ho

hol the "iggest responsi"ility to remo$e the spill still the !ompany%

*e!ause think the !ompany is the ine ho operate the platform an not

aare of their pipes in the eep seas% Perhaps they o not !he!k the pipes

fre=uently an gi$e the proper maintenan!e for their eep ater pipelines

hi!h !arry the risky !ommoities%

Conclusion

• Pipe leak !an happen "e!ause of "a maintenan!e an less of

routine !he!k

• +rue oil spill from a pipe leak !an harm many aspe!ts "oth

e!onomi! aspe!t an pu"li! ne!essity also for marine e!osystem too• hen this kin of a!!ient happen the one ho hol the

responsi"ility not only the !ompany "ut also nee help from

go$ernment "ut still the !ompany ho operates those pipe hols

"iggest responsi"ility to !ompensate !osts to !lean the oil sli!ks

Suggestion



• The !ompany shoul !ooperate ith go$ernment to e!ie the "est

an the =ui!kest ay to sol$e the pro"lem

• The !ompany shoul gi$e !ompesate to the lo!al &shermen ho

usually !at!h &sh at the lo!ation here the oil spill is

• The sur$eillan!e !enter to monitor marine e!osystem an a=uati!

animals shoul "e realie immeiately

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