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Viewing cable 09SURABAYA105, PRESS RAISE FEARS OF A SECOND MUD DISASTER; CNPC SUBSIDIARY

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
09SURABAYA105 2009-10-30 05:55 2011-08-24 01:00 UNCLASSIFIED Consulate Surabaya
VZCZCXRO4238
RR RUEHCHI RUEHCN RUEHDT RUEHHM
DE RUEHJS #0105 3030555
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 300555Z OCT 09
FM AMCONSUL SURABAYA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 0487
RUEHJA/AMEMBASSY JAKARTA 0476
INFO RUEHBY/AMEMBASSY CANBERRA 0219
RUEHWL/AMEMBASSY WELLINGTON 0186
RUEHZS/ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS
RHHMUNA/HQ USPACOM HONOLULU HI
RUEHBJ/AMEMBASSY BEIJING 0013
RUEHJS/AMCONSUL SURABAYA 0499
UNCLAS SURABAYA 000105 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEP FOR EAP/MTS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: EPET ENRG SENV ECON ID
SUBJECT: PRESS RAISE FEARS OF A SECOND MUD DISASTER; CNPC SUBSIDIARY 
INSISTS THERE IS NO CAUSE FOR CONCERN 
 
1. (U) Press sources report that on Wednesday, 28 October a 
mishap at an oil field on Madura Island, East Java Province 
caused a well to begin spurting water, mud, and gas, raising the 
specter of a repeat of the Lapindo mud disaster in Sidoarjo. 
The well is operated by oil company SPE Petroleum, a subsidiary 
of the China National Petroleum Corporation.  According to press 
reports, the leak has begun to inundate rice fields adjacent to 
the well. 
 
2. (U) In an official statement to the press, SPE operational 
manager Akhmadi Sabidi claimed that the mud spraying from the 
well is "not dangerous" and is "a common incident in Madura." 
He emphasized that source of the mud is 20 meters below the 
surface, and as such is easily contained.  Amin Widodo, a 
geologist at the Surabaya Institute of Technology (ITS), 
confirmed that the oil reservoirs under northern east Java and 
Madura have high mud content and that it is not uncommon for an 
oil well to spurt mud.  Amin also confirmed that mud coming from 
a 20-meter depth is easily contained.  ConGen Surabaya will 
closely monitor the situation. 
 
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