Caltex allots U$33 million for environmental protection<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The country's largest oil producer PT Caltex
\nPacific Indonesia (CPI) has budgeted US$33 million this year for
\nenvironmental protection, an increase of 37 percent over last
\nyear's spending.<\/p>\n
State-run oil enterprise Pertamina said in a statement here
\nTuesday that CPI last year spent $24 million for environmental
\nprograms, including the reforestation of over 675 hectares of
\nland and the planting of more than 175,000 trees.<\/p>\n
Pertamina gave no details on the projected use of the funds
\nallocated for this year but said that CPI will regreen another
\n1,000 hectares of land and plant 325,000 trees this year.<\/p>\n
CPI, one of Pertamina's production-sharing contractors, last
\nyear pumped up an average of 720,000 barrels of oil per day,
\nabout half of the country's total oil output.<\/p>\n
CPI, Pertamina said, has also submitted a second environmental
\nimpact analysis on its operations in Riau province to the
\nEnvironmental Impact Management Agency (Bapedal).<\/p>\n
The analysis, commonly known in the industry as an
\nenvironmental audit, was conducted in the first two weeks of last
\nAugust under the supervision of a U.S.-based auditing firm,
\nInternational Loss Control Institute, a subsidiary of Net Sorske
\nVeritas.<\/p>\n
The first third-party audit was conducted in 1991 under the
\ndirection of the U.S.-based environmental consulting company
\nArthur D. Little Inc., Pertamina said.<\/p>\n
However, Pertamina did not mention anything on last year's
\nenvironmental dispute between CPI and Sungai Limau villagers, who
\naccused the company of polluting Siak River tributaries in Riau.
\nPertamina did confirm that CPI's regreening programs will cover
\nSungai Limau, which, it said, was once a flooded area.<\/p>\n
CPI acknowledged in a statement made available here yesterday
\nthat the Sungai Limau and Rantau Bais projects are part of the
\ncompany's programs to make up for tree-covered areas that have
\nsuffered from the discharge of water flowing from the company's
\noil fields.<\/p>\n
\"With increased environmental awareness, especially among our
\nemployees in the field, and with increased communication with the
\ncommunity... CPI is now in a position to respond instantly and to
\nprevent similar cases from occurring in the future,\" said CPI's
\npresident, Baihaki H. Hakim. (rid)<\/p>",
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