BANGKOK, Jan 28 (TNA) – A satellite photo supplied by the Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (GISTDA) showed oil slicks in the Map Ta Phut bay covered 47 square kilometers, nine times bigger than Ko Samet.

 

GISTDA released the picture taken by the TerraSAR-X satellite at 6.23pm on Jan 27 as it followed the crude oil leaked from an undersea pipe at a loading buoy in the bay about 20 kilometers southeast of the Map Ta Phut port at the night of Jan. 25.

 

The picture showed that the oil slicks expanded to an area of 47 square kilometers, equivalent to nine times the size of Ko Samet, about 6.5 kilometers from Muang district of Rayong and about 12 kilometers from Ko Samet.

 

 

Full story: https://tna.mcot.net/english-news-871453

 

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This must be false news as we have been assured this is all under control and the oil will not reach the shore ............

Good news!  They’ve finally struck oil in the Gulf of Thailand.

That’s bad! 

18 minutes ago, Isaan sailor said:

Good news!  They’ve finally struck oil in the Gulf of Thailand.

Trouble is getting onto barrels though.

So it happened again. Just a few years ago a similar thing destroyed beaches, reefs and fishing around koh Samet. Map Ta Phut is an ill managed cesspool of pollution of all kinds.

 

Time to bring out the seaside buckets and spades???

 

not the first time and probably not the last.

The massive petrol-chemical industries around Rayong/Ban Chang and inland are causing serious concerns amongst residents, farmers and fishermen. The pollution extends for sea, land to air in this region,

This kind of thing causes long-term, even permanent damage to the environment. Fish stocks are down and coral depleted.

 

 

Oil Slicks 9 Times Bigger than Ko Samet

 

Sounds like a winning lottery opportunity? 

On 1/28/2022 at 5:38 PM, pattjock said:

So it happened again. Just a few years ago a similar thing destroyed beaches, reefs and fishing around koh Samet. Map Ta Phut is an ill managed cesspool of pollution of all kinds.

 

Indeed, and with the ongoing nationalisation of the Thai oil and gas industry expect these incidents to become more and more commonplace. 

 

As an oil and gas professional, what passes for quality, safety and environmental management systems here is nothing but a joke. 

I wonder if the people controlling this emergency response are trained, experienced and qualified in major emergency management? ????

Seen hundreds

1 hour ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

I wonder if the people controlling this emergency response are trained, experienced and qualified in major emergency management? ????

Seen hundreds of people in uniforms pointing at there so it seems they are.