Pertamina Boosts Efforts to Clean Up Java Sea After Oil Spill
- Indonesian firm installs high-speed water skimmers to suck oil
- Pertamina has said it may need 8 weeks to shut down the well
PT Pertamina employees set up fish nets to prevent oil spilled from an offshore in Karawang, West Java.
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Indonesia’s PT Pertamina has intensified efforts to clean up the Java Sea after an oil spill that was first detected about two weeks ago, seeking to avoid environmental damage to marine life and coastal areas.
The state-run oil company has installed five high-speed water skimmers to suck the fuel from the sea surface, according to a statement on its website Sunday. It has also put up a static oil boom stretching 2,000 meters (1.24 miles) around the YY platform off Karawang, West Java to contain the spill.