Efforts were underway to contain about 400,000 litres of crude oil which leaked from an undersea pipeline near Map Ta Phut in Rayong province on Tuesday, Marine and Coastal Resources Department director-general Sopon Thongdee said on Wednesday.
The pipeline belongs to Star Petroleum Refining Public Company Limited (SPRC).
Mr Sopon said the company informed the department of the oil leak on Tuesday night.
It was necessary to stop the spilled oil flowing north towards beaches in Rayong, he said.
Atthapol Charoenchansa, director-general of the Pollution Control Department, said a slick 180,000-200,000 litres in size was heading to the shoreline between Mae Ramphueng beach and the Khao Laem Ya–Mu…
