Damage from oil spill: Central calls for help!

Oil spill disaster in the Central Sea is approaching . disaster, but the ability to remedy is very limited. Central provinces are asking for help!

Oil collection on the shore is difficult

Talking to VietNamNet on February 4, Chairman of Quang Nam Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Hai said: 'We have sent a dispatch to the Government requesting the support of means and measures to overcome oil spills. At the same time, he asked the Government to call for international organizations with oil spill handling experience to help.

Determining the cause of oil spill from offshore is completely beyond the ability of the province. Without timely preventive measures, the waters of Quang Nam as well as many central provinces will be difficult to avoid an environmental disaster, the consequences will be very unpredictable! '.

It can be said that the speech of the Chairman of Quang Nam Provincial People's Committee is also a call for help of many central regions before the unexpected and dangerous disaster that has come from here. After 1 week with many efforts, Quang Nam, Da Nang and many other localities are still very embarrassing. The last remedy is only a timely response and is not really effective, when the oil from the offshore spills ashore, salvage this class to another class.

Oil collection on the shore is facing many difficulties, especially with small oil seeds (Photo: HC).

In Quang Ngai, on the afternoon of February 4, large-sized lumps of oil affected 4 km along the coast from the border with Quang Nam province to the end of Binh Son district and began to spread through Son Tinh district. Through observation, it shows that there are still many oil off the coast of Binh Son and threatening to threaten the marine environment and affect the aquaculture of fishermen.

Facing this situation, in the afternoon of the same day, the Chairman of the provincial People's Committee Nguyen Xuan Hue led an interdisciplinary inspection team to inspect the city to determine the level of influence and find a carving solution. After that, the province held an emergency meeting, instructing Binh Son district (the most severely affected locality) to mobilize the army, the youth, the militia and the local people to focus on gathering all the oil that was lumpy.

At the same time, the provincial People's Committee directed Quang Ngai Sugar Joint Stock Company to research and utilize this fuel to burn sugar production furnace (instead of using bagasse and charcoal). Currently, this company has equipped an incinerator with electrostatic set to process smoke, and cannot produce C02 emission concentration to meet environmental standards. This is a remedy solution to take advantage of energy sources for production and limit the impact of environmental pollution from oil spills.

But not all localities have the conditions to follow the above method. According to Da Nang Department of Natural Resources and Environment, by this time, the amount of oil pouring into the coast of the city is not significant. However, oil spilled into Danang sea stretches from Ngu Hanh Son beach near Son Tra, there are many pieces of oil only with rice grains so it is difficult to collect. At present, Da Nang City People's Committee has instructed the Department of Natural Resources and Environment to coordinate with departments to implement this oil spill response.

Mr. Nguyen Dieu, Director of Da Nang Department of Natural Resources and Environment, said Da Nang Urban Environment Company and coordination forces were ready for collection when oil arrived. However, to spill the oil to the shore will seriously affect one of the most decisive beaches on the planet. Therefore, Da Nang Department of Natural Resources and Environment is taking measures to handle when oil is right from the sea. If the oil is closed into thick layers, it will be used to collect the buoys to the sea, if the oil is thin, it will allow the small boats, the basket boat to swim out to use the coconut, low nets . to collect before the oil ashore.

The damage is getting worse

The heaviest is still in Quang Nam. According to Mr. Nguyen Hien, Head of Hoi An's Environment - Resources Department, in recent days, the town has mobilized over 1,000 public days and spent over 100 million VND to recover coastal oil. By this time, the town had collected nearly 100 tons of oil spilled into the shore. However, manual collection has begun to appear difficult.

Oil-filled beaches are causing heavy damage to the industry
tourism in central provinces and cities (Photo: HC)

With large oil fields, people can salvage them in bags, and the amount of oil that has been beaten by the waves is only as big as marbles and rice grains cannot be collected. Most of this oil has been mixed with soil, and when it is sunny, it will melt, the greater the pollution level.

In particular, information about oil spills has seriously affected Hoi An tourism industry, especially for hotels along the coast. According to Golden Sand hotel leaders, since the spill, many international and domestic tourists have canceled their rooms, with an initial estimate of about $ 64,000. Not only this hotel, but many high-end hotels along the coast like Victoria; Hoi An . also suffered heavy losses due to this situation.

Ms. Vo Thi Thu, Director of Hoi An Town Tourism Center admitted that the oil spill has greatly affected the number of tourists to Hoi An, especially this time is the peak of the tourist season.

Meanwhile, in Da Nang, although not as much influence as Quang Nam, many tourists also hesitate to start visiting Son Tra peninsula and the coast. Sandy Beach leader confirmed, the beach in front of this resort has many oil lumps with fingers and toes, especially speckled oil seeds like a lot of rice.

Only on the first day of discovering the oil-rich beach, this resort collected more than 20kg, but had to give up the small oil scum in the sand. Even in Furama, oil has started to land on the shore and the consequences will be how much with this famous 5-star resort is still not fully predictable .

At this time, it can be affirmed that many coastal areas in the Central region are facing great risks, not only on the environment but also in many aspects of economic, social and people's life. . However, blocking from this original term is beyond the ability of the locality. This is a national issue.

Meanwhile, the intervention and support of the private sector is still very limited and slow. So disaster is still getting closer to . disaster for the provinces and central cities!

Quang Ngai: Scattered oil for burning sugar production kilns

According to the authorities of Quang Ngai province, on February 4, 2007, oil spread on the sea spread to the waters of Quang Ngai.FO oil lumps in size with a hand, which spreads quite a lot along the coast from the area adjacent to Quang Nam province, extending 4 km to the mouth of Tra Bong river, Binh Thanh commune, Binh Son district, threatening the marine environment and affecting the aquaculture of fishermen.

Quang Ngai province organized an interdisciplinary inspection team led by Chairman of the provincial People's Committee Nguyen Xuan Hue to inspect the coastal communes of Dung Quat Economic Zone, Binh Son district on the afternoon of February 4 to determine the level of photos. enjoy and find solutions. On February 5, the province will mobilize the army, youth, militia and local people to concentrate on collecting the amount of lump oil along the 4 km of coastline of Binh Thanh commune.

A ' most dispatching ' option is the Quang Ngai Sugar Joint Stock Company, which will take advantage of this fuel to burn sugar production (instead of using bagasse and charcoal). It is known that the company's incinerator system has an electrostatic set of smoke treatment, controlling CO ₂ emission concentration to meet environmental standards.This is the solution to take advantage of energy sources for production and limit the impact of environmental pollution from oil spills.

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Thanh Hai