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2013-08-13 23:51:51| PortlandOnline

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Thai Oil Spill Spreads, Cleanup Continues

2013-08-01 20:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Environment News Service: Crude oil that spilled from a pipeline in the Gulf of Thailand on Saturday has blackened the majority of coral reefs near Koh Samet island`s Ao Phrao Beach and has spread to smaller islands nearby, according to local officials. Around 50,000 liters (420 barrels) of crude oil spilled into the sea from a pipeline unloading an oil tanker around 20 kilometers (12 miles) off the coast of Rayong province and 230 km (140 miles) southeast of the Thai capital, Bangkok. Ao Phrao Beach, famous for its...

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Thai Oil Spill Having "Extreme" Impact on Tourism

2013-07-31 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: An oil spill that has blackened beaches at a Thai holiday island was having an extreme impact on tourism and could spread to the coast of the mainland and affect the fishing industry, officials and an environmental group said on Tuesday. Tourists were pouring off the island of Koh Samet, 230 km (142 miles) southeast of Bangkok, while soldiers and volunteers in white bio-hazard suits struggled to clear black oily sludge off the white sand. "We're working to move visitors to other locations if they...

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Waves of Oil Spread to Another Bay on Popular Thai Resort Island After Pipeline Leak

2013-07-30 07:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Associated Press: Workers in white suits used buckets to scoop up globs of crude oil blackening the once white sands and emerald waters of a tourist island in Thailands eastern sea on Tuesday, as the oil slick continued to spread three days after leaking from a nearby pipeline. Progress was being made on cleaning the oil that washed into Prao Bay on the west coast of Samet Island on Sunday night, though not fast enough, and rough seas and strong winds spread thin films of dispersed oil to a rocky bay farther north,...

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