Favourable wind and sea conditions kept an oil slick away from beaches in eastern Thailand on Sunday, according to authorities, but concerns remain that the spillage may yet strike a popular resort island.
Emergency workers in protective gear removed contaminated sand from the Mae Ramphueng beach in Rayong province, south-east of Bangkok, which was shut on Saturday.
Workers carry out a clean-up operation on Mae Ramphueng beach after a pipeline oil spill off the coast of Rayong province in eastern Thailand (Sakchai Lalit/AP)
Between 20 and 50 tons of oil are estimated to have leaked into the Gulf of Thailand on Tuesday night from an undersea hose used to load tankers at an offshore mooring point owned by the Star Petroleum Refining Co.
The leak was stopped within hours, the company said.
Most of the oil slick was being pushed toward Koh Samet, a popular tourist island which, along with…
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