Rama 3 oil leak probe finds underground cavity

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Investigators examining oil contamination near Bangkok’s Rama 3 Road have discovered an underground cavity extending more than five metres below ground, but have not yet found oil leaking directly from a fuel pipeline.

Thitipat Chotidechachainan, secretary to the energy minister and chair of the committee conducting intensive inspections for energy reform, said further inspections had instead identified oil seeping intermittently from the cavity.

Officials have pumped out oil-contaminated water and used sandbags to block the cavity, helping reduce the contamination.
Probe reveals cavity deeper than expected

As part of the investigation, teams temporarily removed the sandbags and inserted an approximately two-metre pipe into the cavity where oil had been seeping out. ... LINK

 

still no pointing, so not finished yet....

 

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What!!!! No pointing