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Oil clean-up bodes ill

After news of the undersea oil pipeline leak came to light on Jan 25, the public expected it would be dealt with effectively and cleaned up.

Bangkok Post · Feb 3, 2022

Emergency centre to close as slick dissipates

RAYONG: Authorities will close an emergency centre after oil sludge was cleared from Mae Ramphueng Beach and the sea off the beachfront of this eastern province.

Bangkok Post · Feb 2, 2022

Koh Samet declared 'safe' from oil slick

Beaches on Koh Samet remain free from pollution by the oil slick that spread from a broken pipeline in the sea off Map Ta Phut, in Rayong, last week, Natural Resources and Environment Minister Varawut Silpa-archa said on Tuesday.

Bangkok Post · Feb 1, 2022

Samet SOS: fight to keep oil slick at bay

Authorities are trying to contain an oil slick that has already damaged a stretch of coast in Rayong before it reaches the western shore of famous island Koh Samet.

Bangkok Post · Jan 30, 2022

Blackened beach in Rayong off limits to public

Mae Ramphueng beach in Rayong is now off limits to the public as a major clean-up continues of an oil spill caused by a leak from an undersea pipeline, provincial governor Charnna Iamsaeng said on Saturday.

Bangkok Post · Jan 29, 2022

Thai Beach Declared Disaster Area after Oil Spill

A beach in eastern Thailand was declared a disaster area on Saturday as oil leaking from an underwater pipeline in the Gulf of Thailand continued to wash ashore and blacken the sand. The leak from the pipeline owned by Star Petroleum Refining Public Company Limited (SPRC) started late on Tuesday…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 29, 2022

Oil spill the last straw for Rayong tourism

Oil washing up on Mae Ramphueng beach in Rayong could be the “nail in the coffin” for hotels and restaurants already brought low by the pandemic, local hospitality business operators said on Saturday.

Bangkok Post · Jan 29, 2022

Live stream of oil leak in Rayong

Viewers can watch a live stream of the oil spill that has washed up on Mae Ramphueng beach in Rayong province.

Bangkok Post · Jan 29, 2022

Oil spill reaches shoreline in Rayong

Some of the oil that leaked from an underwater pipeline in the Gulf of Thailand washed up on a beach in Rayong province late on Friday, a senior official said.

Bangkok Post · Jan 29, 2022

Oil slick 'contained' but beaches still at risk

Efforts are being channelled to mitigate the impact of the Rayong oil slick in the event it reaches the coast, despite the risk of that happening assessed to be low as of Friday, officials said.

Bangkok Post · Jan 28, 2022