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B.Grimm hails first private import of LNG

B.Grimm Power Plc (BGRIM) has become the first private company to procure liquefied natural gas (LNG) for Thailand, following an agreement with national oil and gas conglomerate PTT Plc to use its LNG receiving and regasification facility in Rayong.

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WHA Rayong 36 ready to support investors in EEC

SET-listed WHA Corporation, Thailand's largest developer of built-to-suit logistics facilities, has launched a new smart and eco-friendly industrial estate in Rayong to serve investments under the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) scheme.

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CFR set to double investment allocation

Central Food Retail Co (CFR), the operator of Tops Market, Central Food Hall and Tops Superstore, looks set to double its investment budget this year to accelerate its store expansion after seeing clearer signs of recovery.

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Governor, SPRC to discuss local payout

The Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment has instructed the governor of Rayong to sit down with representatives from Star Petroleum Refining Plc (SPRC) to thrash out appropriate compensation for local fishermen affected by the oil leaks from its underwater pipeline, it was announced on Monday.

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Slick clean-up sorely absent

One month after a series of leaks from an undersea delivery pipeline, the oil spill in the waters off Rayong still ranks as a pressing concern.

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Navy divers to help seal SPRC leaks

RAYONG: The Royal Thai Navy has deployed divers to assist Star Petroleum Refining Public Company Limited (SPRC) in clean-up operations and repairing the company's underwater pipeline that leaked crude oil into the sea.

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Rayong beach 'still unsafe' after oil spill

Despite efforts to clean up the oil spill from Star Petroleum Refining Public Co's (SPRC) pipeline, the concentration of heavy metals and petroleum hydrocarbons on Mae Ramphueng beach still exceed levels considered safe, the Rayong Pollution Control Centre said on Tuesday.

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Star gets approval to seal crude oil leak

The Marine Department has given a green light to Star Petroleum Refining Plc (SPRC) sealing a second spot on its underwater pipeline that leaked crude oil into the sea in Rayong province.

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SPRC pipeline leaks again

More crude oil has spilled from the same underwater pipeline owned by Star Petroleum Refining Plc (SPRC) off the Rayong coast.

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Rayong leak payments going at full speed: SPRC

Almost 8,000 have signed up for compensation from Star Petroleum Refining Public Co Ltd (SPRC), owner of the underwater pipeline that leaked crude oil into the sea in Rayong province.

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Rayong beach billed unsafe

The seawater around Mae Ramphueng beach in Rayong has been contaminated by two recent oil spills and is unsafe for recreational activities, according to the Rayong Pollution Control Centre.

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Second oil spill 'doubles' damage to Rayong coast

A second oil spill from a pipeline owned by Star Petroleum Refining Public Co Ltd (SPRC) has at least doubled the damage to the marine environment off the coast of Rayong, an expert said on Sunday.

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SPRC takes flak over second oil slick

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has criticised Star Petroleum Refining Public Company Limited (SPRC) for ignoring a command to halt work and causing a second leakage of crude oil in Rayong province within two weeks of the first spill on Jan 25.

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Navy sent to deal with second oil spill off Rayong

A fresh oil spill was found in the Gulf of Thailand off the coast of Rayong on Thursday and was being cleaned up, according to local authorities.

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Navy sent to deal with second SPRC oil spill off Rayong

Another oil spill was detected in the Gulf of Thailand off the coast of Rayong province on Thursday and was being cleaned up, according to local authorities.

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2,660 fishermen to seek aid after leak

Over 2,600 fishermen in Rayong have been affected by the oil spill from the underwater pipeline owned by Star Petroleum Refining PCL (SPRC), which leaked over 50,000 litres of crude oil into the Gulf of Thailand, the province's Fisheries Office said on Thursday.

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Oil clean-up bodes ill

After news of the undersea oil pipeline leak came to light on Jan 25, the public expected it would be dealt with effectively and cleaned up.

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Emergency centre to close as slick dissipates

RAYONG: Authorities will close an emergency centre after oil sludge was cleared from Mae Ramphueng Beach and the sea off the beachfront of this eastern province.

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Koh Samet declared 'safe' from oil slick

Beaches on Koh Samet remain free from pollution by the oil slick that spread from a broken pipeline in the sea off Map Ta Phut, in Rayong, last week, Natural Resources and Environment Minister Varawut Silpa-archa said on Tuesday.

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Star Petroleum to pay for oil clean-up

The Pollution Control Department (PCD) will evaluate environmental damage caused by last week's oil spill off the coast of Rayong province.

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Star Petroleum to pay for clean-up

The Pollution Control Department (PCD) will establish a committee to evaluate environmental damage caused by a marine oil spill some 20 kilometres off the coast of Rayong province that occurred last week.

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Fishing crews fear 5-year recovery after oil spill

The nightly armada of bobbing green lights from squid boats has all but disappeared near the site of an oil spill in the Gulf of Thailand, as devastated local crews brace for lost income and damaged fish stocks.

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Samet SOS: fight to keep oil slick at bay

Authorities are trying to contain an oil slick that has already damaged a stretch of coast in Rayong before it reaches the western shore of famous island Koh Samet.

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Blackened beach in Rayong off limits to public

Mae Ramphueng beach in Rayong is now off limits to the public as a major clean-up continues of an oil spill caused by a leak from an undersea pipeline, provincial governor Charnna Iamsaeng said on Saturday.

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