RAYONG: The Royal Thai Navy has deployed divers to assist Star Petroleum Refining Public Company Limited (SPRC) in clean-up operations and repairing the company’s underwater pipeline that leaked crude oil into the sea.
The operation, expected to take 11 days, was launched following the Marine Department’s approval for SPRC to seal the leaks.
About 12,000 litres of crude oil still remained in the pipeline, a navy source said on Wednesday.
The first leak occurred on Jan 25, releasing some 47,000 litres of crude oil into the sea near Map Ta Phut in Rayong province. Another 5,000 litres were…