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Santos Stuck in Mudflow Controversy
SIDOARJO, INDONESIA– Santos is facing a blowout in the clean-up bill from the world’s largest mud volcano in East Java, as a new report funded by the Australian government concludes the disaster cannot be contained. The study, which was conducted by the United Nations Environment Program and AusAid and is yet to be made public, says…
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Mudflow Threatens Renokenongo Residents
The remaining residents of Renokenongo village, partly devastated by the mudflow two years ago, were knocking down their homes and salvaging their belongings as hot mud and water began inundating the village after a section of the giant encircling dike collapsed recently. Around 300 families stayed on in the submerging village because they had yet…
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Santos Denies Poor Attitude Over Mud Mountain
Australian oil and gas giant Santos has denied playing down the seriousness of a mud mountain, which it allegedly helped to create. The company, responding to a report on the unstoppable mudflow that was caused by a gas drilling incident in Indonesia in 2006, said it rejected suggestions that it has understated the severity of…
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Santos Denies Playing Down Indonesia Mud Volcano Disaster
SYDNEY (AFP) — Australian oil and gas giant Santos on Monday denied downplaying the seriousness of the disaster caused by the world’s largest “mud volcano” in Indonesia. The company was responding to a report that said it faced a ten-fold blowout of the clean-up bill from the unstoppable mudflow that was caused by a gas…
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Santos Responds to Sidoarjo Mudflow Incident Report
Santos has been supporting the efforts of the Agency and Lapindo and continues to believe that a resolution may ultimately be reached between all relevant parties.
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Santos Defends $US79M For Indonesian Clean-up
Santos’ share of the clean-up costs for the disaster could run as high as $830 million.
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Institute Offers to Plug Mud Leaks
The current handling by the Sidoarjo Mudflow Handling Agency (BPLS) is not effective enough since the mudflow is partly dumped into a giant pond and partly diverted into the Porong River.
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Santos says has provisions for clean-up bill
Santos: The only way to mitigate the disaster was to transport the mud 14 kilometres to the ocean.
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Lapindo Mudflow Problem Badly Managed
Lapindo: The company had disbursed Rp 4,4 trillion in managing the mudflow.
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NGOs slam govt over mudflow
The President must also be brave and ask all relevant parties, including his minister responsible for this matter, to complete payment of compensation.
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Lapindo mudflow threatens Japanese investment
The congested Porong artery and toll roads are the only links connecting Pasuruan with the port and the provincial capital.
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Mudflow victims urge govt to complete payment
Victim: We don’t know how long we will stay here, but we really expect to meet the President.
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Mudflow submerges Renokenongo
BPLS called on Lapindo to pay compensation to the Renokenongo residents.
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Living on the Poisonous Stream
Since the company has been using the river to deposit the excess mud from the disaster zone, the fishermen have noticed that their fish harvests are getting smaller and less frequent.
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New report says Indonesia mud disaster man-made
The report found the effect of the earthquake was minimal, with only a “tiny” resulting change to underground pressure. It said scientists were 99 per cent certain drilling operations were to blame.
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A Wound in The Earth
Lapindo: The drilling plan was approved by the government and complied with mandatory regulations.
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Indonesian Firms Denied Drilling Caused Mud Volcano
Richard Davies told Reuters on Thursday that the well was being drilled next to a mud volcano at the same time it erupted.
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Jakarta puts own interests first in tale of two disasters
If Bakrie hadn’t been involved, the situation would not have been like it is now.
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Slimy business; Java’s unstoppable mudflow
Mr Yudhoyono may be influenced by Lapindo’s majority shareholder, the diversified family-owned Bakrie Group. At the time of the disaster, its patriarch, Aburizal Bakrie, was the economics supremo in Mr Yudhoyono’s cabinet, having backed his presidential campaign in 2004.
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Two Years On, a Mud Volcano Still Rages and Bewilders
Lapindo brought in a consultant from Houston, Texas, who directed the drilling of two relief wells. This effort was abandoned because Lapindo ran out of money.