At least two people died in a fire as Indonesian authorities tried to cleanup an oil spill off Borneo island Saturday, an official said.

A SUBSIDIARY of petroleum giant PTT has allayed fears of a new oil spill in Rayong, saying that what looked like leaked crude was in fact a harmless organism.

HONG KONG - Residents in Hong Kong desperately tried to clear the coastline of greasy lumps of palm oil Tuesday as it continues to wash ashore after a huge spillage at sea.

HONG KONG - A clean-up operation was under way in Hong Kong Monday after a massive palm oil spillage from a ship collision in mainland Chinese waters clogged some of its most popular beaches.

Four years after oil spill, situation has not returned to normal.

The Royal Thai Navy,in collaboration with the private sector, practices an oil-recovery mission in the sea off Chon Buri’s Sattahhip district on Thurseday.

The Phuket Marine Office Chief has negated concerns about ‘oil spills’ on Karon Beach after a video was shared on social media claiming that that was the case.

As expected, the self-appointed Thai government is shooting itself in both feet.

PTT Exploration and Production (PTTEP) and its subsidiary PTTEP Australasia (Ashmor Cartier), or PTTEP AA, are confident in the results of the environmental studies carried out following the 2009 oil spill in the Timor Sea, and stand ready to prove that there has been no damage as claimed by the Indonesian government and reported by the media.

After nearly eight years, the government has finally filed a landmark lawsuit seeking Rp 27.5 trillion (US$2 billion) in compensation against a Thai company accused of being responsible for an oil spill in the Montara oil and gas field in the Timor Sea that destroyed marine resources and livelihoods of Indonesian fishermen in East Nusa Tenggara.

PTT Exploration and Production Plc (PTTEP) reported to the Stock Exchange of Thailand on Monday that it and its subsidiary PTTEP Australasia (Ashmore Cartier) Pty Ltd (PTTEP AA) had not received notification of the “substance or extent of the claim” of compensation being sought by the Indonesian government over legal action linked to the 2009 Montara oil spill.

Thai firm alleges Indonesia refuses to settle after years of dispute and Bt70 billion suit filed in Court

INDONESIA has sued PTT Exploration and Production Plc (PTTEP) and its Australian subsidiary over an oil spill off Australia in 2009 that it claims caused environmental damage in the archipelago’s waters.

KUALA LUMPUR - Almost 300 tonnes of oil spilled into Malaysian and Singaporean waters after two container ships collided in a Malaysian port, officials said Wednesday.    

Marine authorities filed a police complaint yesterday in response to the large amount of oil that has washed ashore since Friday in Nakhon Si Thammarat’s Hua Sai district.