NewsOil slick in the Gulf of Thailand - danger...

Oil slick in the Gulf of Thailand – danger for vacation island

Around 160,000 liters of crude oil spilled into the sea from a leak in an underwater pipeline off the coast of Thailand. what will be done now

BANGKOK – Concerns about a possible oil spill are increasing in eastern Thailand. On Tuesday, around 160,000 liters of crude oil spilled into the sea from a leak in an underwater pipeline belonging to the Star Petroleum Refining Company in Rayong province, which is popular with tourists.

The Navy is trying feverishly to contain the oil slick in the Gulf of Thailand, the authorities said. If that doesn’t succeed, he is expected to reach the coast of a marine national park in the Samet archipelago by Friday afternoon, the Bangkok Post newspaper quoted the director-general of the department for pollution control, Atthapol Charoenchansa, as saying on Thursday.

Use of dispersants

According to the information, the outflow of oil was stopped shortly after midnight on Wednesday after a few hours. Chemical dispersants were used to mitigate the damage, it said. The Samet Archipelago with the Khao Laem Ya – Mu Ko Samet National Park is located about 200 kilometers southeast of Bangkok and is also a popular weekend destination for capital city dwellers.

“We don’t want the terrible oil spill in Ao Phrao Bay to happen again,” said Sarinthip Tupmongkholsup, president of Ko Samet Tourism Association, referring to an environmental disaster in the same region in 2013, when a pipeline leak resulted in an oil spill caused, which reached the island within a short time and could not be stopped despite immediate cleaning work. “Locals have worked for years to clean up the oil,” Tupmongkholsup said. dpa

Vietnam and Thailand will raise rice prices… Mexico and local tacos depend on imports

The country imports more than 80% of the rice it consumes, but climate change and inflation in inputs caused an alliance between two of the largest producers to raise prices.

Thailand strange: cable salad and Fanta on the tree

Giant lizards crawling through Bangkok's most famous park, no alcohol sales in the afternoon and a tangle of cables wherever you look: There are many curiosities in Thailand. The numbers 2565 and 555 also play a role.

Oil slick pollutes sandy beach in Gulf of Thailand

Tens of thousands of liters of crude oil flow from an underwater pipeline in the Gulf of Thailand - and pollute a sandy beach. In the oil spill in Peru two weeks ago, almost twice as much oil escaped as previously known.

Oil slick pollutes sandy beach in Gulf of Thailand

Tens of thousands of liters of crude oil flow from an underwater pipeline in the Gulf of Thailand - and pollute a sandy beach. In the oil spill in Peru two weeks ago, almost twice as much oil escaped as previously known.

Oil slick pollutes beach in Gulf of Thailand

A leak in an underwater pipeline led to an oil slick in the Gulf of Thailand. It is expected to take months to clean up the polluted stretches of coastline.

More