Unocal gets green award

Unocal gets green award

JAKARTA (JP): Oil and gas company Unocal Corporation said its
subsidiary Unocal Indonesia had been awarded the government's
KALPATARU environmental prize for its reforestation and
rehabilitation project in Balikpapan, East Kalimantan.

Unocal and state oil and gas company Pertamina received the
award for the Green Belt Rehabilitation Project, the company
said in a press release over the week end.

The Green Belt project, it said, aimed at preventing hillside
erosion drainage and beautifying several areas in and around
Balikpapan.

"We are very honored to receive the award as a recognition of
that commitment," Unocal vice president Robert Hinkel said of the
company's commitment to improve people's live in the areas it was
working.

The Green Belt project has contributed to the improvement of
over 100,000 square meters of land in areas near the company's
facilities in Balikpapan, the statement said.(bkm)