Oil spill in Seribu Islands is not from CNOOC and BP-ONWJ: Study

The preliminary result from a study conducted by Institute of Oil and Gas Studies (Lemigas) shows that the oil spill that polluted the waters of Seribu Islands is not from the oil produced by China National Oil Offshore Corporation (CNOOC) and British Petroleum Offshore North West Java (BP-ONWJ), the Investor Daily Indonesia newspaper reported in its Saturday edition.

The Lemigas found that the oil spill has different features from oil produced by CNOOC and BP-ONWJ. Earlier these two companies were suspected of polluting the waters in the Jakarta Bay.

The sample taken from Pramuka and Panggang islands has shown that it is like the oil found in Southeast Asia and different from the sample taken from Krisna oilfield belonging to CNOOC and Zelda oil field of BP-ONWJ, Imam Sostrowidjojo from Lemigas said during a press briefing at the Upstream oil and gas regulating authority BP Migas office in Jakarta on Friday.

The oil sample taken from the spill indicates that it is from a high-growth oxidative area, whereas the oil fields of CNOOC and BP-ONWJ are from a low growth reduxative area.

With this result, Imam made it sure that the oil spill not is not from CNOOC BP-ONWJ oil fields. (*)