Star Petroleum Refining (SPRC) is still struggling to seal two leaks in its undersea pipeline off Rayong, 49 days after it spewed more than 40,000 litres of oil into the Gulf of Thailand on January 25.

With the oil spill having reached Rayong’s Mae Ram Phueng beach, Natural Resources and Environment Minister Varawut Silpa-archa has come up with plans to prevent a repeat of the disaster.