Workers placed boom on the beach to prevent an oil spill from reaching the shore.
On the night of 25 January 2022, about 400,000 litres of crude oil leaked into the sea from the pipeline belonging to Star Petroleum Refining Public Company Limited (SPRC).
Greenpeace Thailand urges the Thai government to form an independent committee to investigate the oil pollution disaster, to urgently review the National Energy Plan in order to break free from fossil fuels, and to halt plans to expand oil and fossil gas industry, which endangers livelihoods, the natural environment, and communities who bear the brunt of environmental impacts and climate crises