Tangguh unaffected by quake
Sunday, January 4 2009 - 11:49 PM WIB
Upstream oil, gas authority BPMIGAS said on Monday that BP-operated Tangguh LNG project is unaffected by a quake that hit West Papua capital city of Manokwari Sunday morning.
?The project is located some 200-km from Manokwari,? BPMIGAS deputy Chairman Eddy Purwanto said.
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said a magnitude 7.6 quake occurred some 150 km northeast of Manokwari in the Indonesian half of the island of New Guinea, at a depth of 35 km.
Reports said the earth quake killed four and left hundreds of buildings collapsed.
"There is no significant impact, only a crack in the office building. The work continues," BP spokesman Nico Kanter said as quoted by Reuters. (godang)