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Simplicissimus 20/04/2018

État d’urgence à #Balikpapan - Déversement de mazout dans la baie | lepetitjournal.com (4/04/18)
▻https://lepetitjournal.com/jakarta/etat-durgence-balikpapan-deversement-de-mazout-dans-la-baie-227326

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*Suite à un déversement de pétrole dans la baie de Balikpapan ce samedi, l’administration de la ville située à Kalimantan a déclaré l’état d’urgence.
Deux personnes ont trouvé la mort dans un incendie alors qu’elles étaient entrain d’effectuer des travaux pour nettoyer la nappe de pétrole. Une autre est grièvement blessée et une portée disparue.
« Le feu était assez grand, environ deux kilomètres de haut, on pouvait le voir de Balikpapan et l’odeur était partout » explique Octavianto responsable de l’agence de recherche et sauvetage de l’est de #Bornéo.
La municipalité exhorte la population qui mène des activités autour de la baie à faire de la sécurité une priorité. Il est recommandé aux fumeurs de s’abstenir de fumer. « La baie est comme une station service » explique un responsable de la ville.
Des masques ont été distribués à la population car l’odeur est écrasante.
Le déversement s’est propagé jusqu’au détroit de Makassar dans le sud de la Sulawesi. Les zones résidentielles sur la côte ont été touchées.
L’autorité portuaire de Semayang coordonne avec la compagnie privée PT Chevron Indonésie et la compagnie nationale #Pertamina le nettoyage de la baie.

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Anchor May Have Caused Balikpapan Pipeline Breach (18/04/18)
▻https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/anchor-may-have-caused-balikpapan-pipeline-breach#gs.6Xj9MmI

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Indonesia’s environment ministry has ordered the oil company Pertamina to clean up a 40,000-barrel spill at the port of Balikpapan, East Kalimantan. A forensic investigation determined that the crude came from a ruptured Pertamina oil pipeline under Balikpapan Bay. Separately, an analysis by the Indonesian Navy’s hydrography division indicates that a merchant vessel may have caused the spill by catching the pipeline with its anchor.
Shortly after the leak began, the oil on the surface of the bay caught fire, killing five fishermen. The cause of the fire has not been established, but the owner of the Ever Judger, a bulker that was present at the time of the incident, alleges that it was intentionally set by port workers in an attempt to contain the spill.
The spill is believed to be the worst environmental incident in Indonesia in a decade, with 600 acres of mangrove forests and 18,000 acres of the bay affected. The cause of the leak has not been determined, and investigations continue. However, the harbormaster for Balikpapan, Sanggam Marihot, asserted Monday that the Ever Judger may have dropped anchor in the pipeline area, dragging the pipe and bursting it. After the spill, the pipeline was found about 300 feet from its original position.
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Regardless of the proximate cause of the spill, Indonesia’s Environment and Forestry Ministry determined that Pertamina’s infrastructure inspection regimen and spill-prevention programs were inadequate. In addition, it asserted that Pertamina’s refinery at Balikpapan did not have an automated monitoring system for the pipeline, which could have detected the spill earlier and helped to reduce the amount of oil released into the environment. In addition to other administrative sanctions, the ministry ordered Pertamina to take responsibility for the cleanup.

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