Working round the clock: Workers cleaning up oil spills caused by the leak from the undersea pipeline at Mae Ram Phueng Beach in Rayong province. — Reuters
Oil washing up on a beach on Thailand’s east coast could be the “nail in the coffin” for pandemic-hit hotels and restaurants, local hospitality businesses said.
The Thai navy and pollution experts are scrambling to clean up Tuesday night’s spill in the Gulf of Thailand where at least 60 tonnes of crude leaked about 20km off the coast of Rayong province.
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