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Lapindo Lost at International Arbitration
According to a prosecution report, Medco Brantas had warned Lapindo to be careful when drilling.
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Experts set for Cape Town, Vexing Mud Flow Cause Disputed
The forums purpose is to draw a line under the scientific controversy as to whether the mud volcano was caused by PT Lapindo Brantas or whether it was caused by natural forces, like an earthquake.
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Mining company ‘likely to blame’ for deadly volcano
The Lusi eruption that began more than two years ago was most likely caused by the mining company failing to properly reinforce a problematic gas well.
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Lapindo praised despite mudflow
Unbelievable. The government has hailed gas exploration company PT Lapindo Brantas and several other mining giants for complying with environmental standards set by the government.
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Scientists blame drilling for Indonesia mudflow
“We are more certain than ever that the Lusi mud volcano is an unnatural disaster and was triggered by drilling the Banjar-Panji-1 well,” Richard Davies.
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Drilling likely cause of volcano
The amount of mud produced so far was enough to fill the Perth central business district to a height of 20m, or seven storeys.
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Lapindo Nominated for 2008 Housing Rights Violator Award
Lapindo and its controlling entity Bakrie Groups have been nominated for causing the destruction of 11 villages and over 13,000 houses in Sidoarjo, destroying the homes of 50,000 people. Lapindo has been charged with a breach of Article 11 (1) of the ICESCR (International Covenant of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights) which provides for the…
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Indonesian mud volcano ’caused by gas drilling’
In December 2006, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono ordered Lapindo to pay 3.8 trillion rupiah ($421 million) in compensation and costs related to the mud flow.
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Five ways to trigger a natural disaster
“We suggest that a blowout in the Banjar Panji-1 well was the most likely mechanism for triggering the Lusi eruption,” writes Mark Tingay of the University of Adelaide, Australia.
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Indonesia’s Ground Zero Expanding
Tuesday, July 29, 2008 – A giant stinking lake of volcanic mud has made 50,000 people homeless and swallowed up villages and factories, writes David McNeill and Andre Vltchek INDONESIANS CALL it Pompeii, or their own Ground Zero, a giant stinking lake of volcanic mud that has made 50,000 people homeless and relentlessly swallowed up villages, factories, schools, mosques…