Clean-up operations to remove the oil slick from the PTT Global Chemical (PTTGC) offshore pipeline that washed ashore on Samet island in Rayong are now in a race against time, as the spill has now reached Ban Phe Beach on the mainland.
PTTGC staff and personnel from the Marine Corps worked all night to clean the beaches at Phrao and Makham bays of Samet, which were tainted with crude oil that leaked from transmission pipe.