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Duri Field Expansion, Sumatra
2013-09-09 12:36:00| Hydrocarbons Technology
Duri oil field is approximately 18km long and 18km wide. It is located in the Riau Province, in the South Sumatra Basin on the eastern coast of Sumatra, Indonesia.
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Indonesia: 500 fires rage across Sumatra
2013-08-30 00:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Nearly 500 fires are burning across the Indonesian island of Sumatra, raising fears that choking air pollution could return to Singapore and Malaysia. The fires, set to clear land for agriculture, are concentrated in Riau, Jambi, and South Sumatra provinces. Like the fires that charred the region two months ago, much of the burning is taking place on peat soils, making them difficult to extinguish. However unlike the June fires, which triggered severe air pollution warnings in neighboring Singapore...
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Fires burning again in Sumatra triggering haze alerts in Malaysia
2013-07-23 07:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Deforested areas and degraded peatlands are again burning on the island of Sumatra, triggering haze alerts in nearby Malaysia, despite last week's commitment by regional authorities to address the ongoing fire problem in Indonesia, reports the Agence France-Presse. On Monday, Malaysia's Department of Environment reported three areas were suffering from unhealthy air quality. "Unhealthy" corresponds to an Air Pollutant Index reading of 100-200. Figures assembled by the World Resources Institute...
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Smoke over Sumatra: Why Indonesia's fires are a global concern
2013-06-26 17:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: During the smoky season, or musim kabut as it is called in Indonesia, skeletons of leaves fall from the sky and disintegrate like melting snowflakes in childrens hands. Historically, Indonesias smoky season has peaked at the end of the dry season (September-October), just before the monsoon rains arrive. This year the dry season just began, and yet Singapores PSI (Pollutant Standard Index) record has already been broken reaching a new high of 401 (Hazardous) on June 21, 2013. The air pollution...
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Singapore threatens legal action against local firms blamed for smog from Sumatra
2013-06-23 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Singapore said yesterday that it would pursue local firms found to be involved in starting forest fires in Sumatra, Indonesia, as Greenpeace said the blazes were on palm oil plantations owned by Indonesian, Malaysian and Singaporean companies. Smog has engulfed the city state, with air pollution reaching a record high on Friday, although the level had dropped to "moderate" by yesterday afternoon. Foreign Minister K. Shanmugam said Singapore would investigate possible legal action against domestic...