Dead Fish after Oil Spill in Karawang, West Java

Crude oil spilled from state energy giant Pertamina’s Offshore North West Java (ONWJ) block that has been polluting the sea for more three weeks at Sedari beach, in Karawang, West Java. The oil spill followed the wind to the west, about 84 kilometers and at least 10 villages and seven beaches in West Java have been affected. Halliburton is Pertamina’s subcontractor for the operation of the YY project, one of its three wells or known as the YYA-1 well. It is the source of the oil and gas spill that began on July 12.