Problems before the Takeover
A civilian group is suing Chevron Pacific Indonesia and the government for environmental pollution at the Rokan Block in Riau. It is one of many unresolved issues during the transfer of the oil field to Pertamina as the new operator.
Retno Sulistyowati
July 12, 2021
PUDDLES of water and oil can be seen around an oil palm plantation owned by Armi Hasyim, a resident of Menggala Sakti village in Rokan Hilir Regency, Riau. In the area which is not submerged in oil, the soil is black.
Armi took video footages and photos of the condition of his land, located near the Rokan Block oil gathering station, at the end of June. He suspects that oil from the production facilities of Chevron Pacific Indonesia (CPI), opera
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