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Pertamina to Evaluate Balikpapan Pipeline

The Environment and Forestry Ministry has deemed that the Pertamina Refinery Unit V --a subsidiary of state-run energy giant Pertamina in Balikpapan-- miscalculated the risks of the submarine pipeline in its environmental permit.

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The president director of state-owned oil and gas company PT Pertamina, Elia Massa Manik, attends a working meeting with Commission VII of the House of Representatives in Senayan, Central Jakarta, on Monday (4/16/2018). The meeting, called to follow up on the oil spill in Balikpapan Bay, was also attended by Environment and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya Bakar and Deputy Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Arcandra Tahar.
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The president director of state-owned oil and gas company PT Pertamina, Elia Massa Manik, attends a working meeting with Commission VII of the House of Representatives in Senayan, Central Jakarta, on Monday (4/16/2018). The meeting, called to follow up on the oil spill in Balikpapan Bay, was also attended by Environment and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya Bakar and Deputy Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Arcandra Tahar.

JAKARTA, KOMPAS – The Environment and Forestry Ministry has deemed that the Pertamina Refinery Unit V – a subsidiary of state-run energy giant Pertamina in Balikpapan, East Kalimantan –miscalculated the risks of the submarine pipeline in its environmental permit. In response to the recent pipeline leak that caused the oil spill in Balikpapan Bay, PT Pertamina is to install a new submarine pipeline system to prevent similar accide——nts in the future.

In a working meeting with House of Representatives Commission VII on Monday (16/4/2018) in Jakarta, Environment and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya Bakar highlighted her ministry’s findings, including the lack of details on pipeline maintenance in environmental reports, inadequate pipeline inspections and the lack of an automated pipeline monitoring and early warning system. Siti called on Pertamina to check all submarine pipelines installed in its areas of operation.

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