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BP: PTT goes on public relations
- Subject: BP: PTT goes on public relations
- From: suriya@xxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 05 Jun 1998 20:34:00
June 3, 1998
PTT goes on
public relations
offensive
Claims impact from Yadana pipeline
eased
The Petroleum Authority of Thailand has done several things to
ease the impact of its Yadana gas pipeline project on the
environment, its public relations chief Songkiart Tansamrit said
yesterday.
The PTT's first priority was to take care of people affected by
the project, said Mr Songkiart. He added the PTT had fully
compensated a total of 1,366 people whose land had been
expropriated for the project.
It had compensated 272 out of a total of 274 families whose
homes became damaged as a result of the project construction.
Settlement of the remaining two cases was under way, he said.
Also, he said, the PTT had arranged to have insurance coverage
for people living near the pipeline route. The insurance offered
US$10 million (about 400 million baht) in maximum
compensation during the construction of the project, and US$30
million (about 1.2 billion baht) during the post-construction
period.
Moreover, the PTT had launched projects to return the
construction sites to their normal pre-construction conditions,
including reforestation of 10,600 rai of land and a 30,000-rai
wildlife and forest preservation project along the pipeline route.
Mr Songkiart said protests by environmentalists had delayed the
pipeline construction temporarily, resulting in an additional cost
of US$40 million (about 1.6 billion baht).
The contractor, Tasco-Mannessmann Co, would bear the
additional cost, he added.
Despite the delay, he said, the Thai section of the pipeline would
be completed for gas delivery on July 1 as scheduled. The
270-km pipeline will supply gas from Burma's Yadana gas field
in the Gulf of Martaban via Thailand's Kanchanaburi province to
a power plant in Ratchaburi province.
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