Indonesia May Plug Java Oil Spill Early as Crude Leak Eases
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Crude oil spilling from an undersea well in Indonesia has steeply declined, raising prospects of an early shutdown of the leak that threatens to damage marine life and beaches around the heavily populated island of Java.
The leak rate has fallen to about 300 barrels per day, or 10% of the spill when it was first noticed more than two weeks ago, Nicke Widyawati, president director of PT Pertamina, the operator, told reporters in Jakarta on Thursday.