Sunday, January 27, 2013

Indonesia:

Landslides Kills 6 at PT Pertamina Geothermal Energy Site (The News International)

Heavy rain triggered a landslide late Saturday in a drilling field owned by PT Pertamina Geothermal Energy, killing six workers on Sumatra island, company official Adiatma Sardjito said.

“The workers were having dinner when the landslide suddenly occurred,” Sardjito said, adding that five others were injured. He said the company had sent heavy equipment to assist efforts to retrieve the bodies.

The field is the Kerinci B-1 WKP near Sungai Penuh in Jambi province, on the island of Sumatra.

The Geothermal Resources Council offers its condolences to our colleagues in Indonesia.