A carcass of Iirrawaddy dolphin is examined by the officers after dying during the oil spill in Balikpapan bay, East Kalimantan. An oil spill off Borneo island that led to five deaths and the declaration of a state of emergency, was caused by a burst undersea pipe belonging to Indonesia's state oil company Pertamina.

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Unique identifier: GP0STRPFH

Type: Image

Shoot date: 02/04/2018

Locations: Balikpapan, Borneo, East Kalimantan, Indonesia, Java Sea, Makassar Strait, Southeast Asia

Size: 5472px × 3648px 5MB

Ranking: ★★★★★★★ (A)

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Oil Spill in Balikpapan (Anggi Praditha)

An oil spill off Balikpapan bay, East Kalimantan on 31 March 2018, that led to five deaths and the declaration of a state of emergency, was caused by a burst undersea pipe belonging to Indonesia's state oil company Pertamina.
The leakage, which started in waters near Balikpapan city early Saturday, has spread at least 26 kilometres (16 miles) and coated large areas of the coast in thick black sludge.

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