Bangkok — Authorities are dashing to stop an oil spill in eastern Thailand from damaging fragile corals, after officers mentioned on January 30 that the leak that started final week was drifting in direction of more coastal areas.
Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment Varawut Silpa-archa mentioned it was essential to strive to stop the principle mass of oil from reaching the shore at Ao Prao, a small bay on Koh Samet, which is a well-liked resort island."If the oil reached inside this area it could impact the beach and cause heavy damage to the shallow water corals," Varawut mentioned.The oil started leaking from a pipeline owned by Star Petroleum Refining Public Company Limited (SPRC) late on Tuesday.Before it was introduced beneath management, an estimated 50,000 liters (13,209 gallons) of oil escaped into the ocean 20 km (12 miles) from the shoreline of eastern Thailand. Mae Ramphueng Beach in Rayong province was declared a catastrophe space after some oil got here ashore there late on Friday. The newest satellite tv for pc picture from the federal government's Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (GISTDA) confirmed the oil spill has unfold to cowl 67 sq km (25.87 sq miles) space of the ocean.Most of the oil had fashioned a skinny movie quite than a thick oil slick, navy spokesman Vice Admiral Pokkrong Monthatphalin informed reporters, citing aerial pictures.Top picture: Workers clear up crude oil on Mae Ram Phueng seashore following a spill brought on by a leak in an undersea pipeline owned by Star Petroleum Refining Public Company Limited (SPRC) in Rayong on January 29, 2023. 
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