Journal of Subsea and Offshore June 30, 2018 -Science and Engineering-, Vol.14 Subsea Pipeline Damaged in Balikpapan Bay Caused by Anchor Load J.Koto,a,b,*, M. Putrawidjaja,c a)Ocean and Aerospace Research Institute, Indonesia b)Mechanical Engineering, University Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia c)Komuniti Minyak and Gas Indonesia, Indonesia *Corresponding author:
[email protected] Paper History BPSD Barrels Per Stream Day BSW Basic Sediment and Water Received: 20-April - 2018 Pushidrosal Pusat Hidrografi dan Oseanografi TNI Received in revised form: 20-June-2018 Angkatan Laut Accepted: 30-June-2108 1.0 INTRODUCTION ABSTRACT Marine pollution caused by the shipping and oil industries is enormous. It was estimated 3.6 million tons of oil spilt into the Balikpapan Bay is an important and dangerous due to f ive oil sea annually, mainly as a result of shipping accidents involving subsea pipelines divide the waters of Balikpapan-Penajam Paser oil tankers and deliberate flushing of tanks and engines as well as Utara to supplied crude oil to Refinery Unit V Balikpapan. In the offshore and onshore oil well blowouts. The issue of marine end of April 2018, one of the subsea pipelines was damaged pollution has taken an international dimension [1]. The most caused more than 40,000-barrel spill at the Balikpapan bay. It was important pollution in the marine environment and coastal waters suspected due to anchor load of a ship. This paper discusses the therefore is petroleum and its products. effect of anchor load on a damaged subsea pipeline in the bay of In memorable cases of large scale pollution of the marine and Balikpapan.