Aceh - Drilling of oil wells in Rantoe Peureulak sub-district, East Aceh district began in 1837 by Dutch colonizers. Refinery, over the government of Indonesia's independence. However, the refinery stopped operating in the 80s and subsequently citizens began illegally mining oil.
This illegal oil well is one of many mines in the District Rantoe Peureulak. In this location also equipped place for the processing of crude oil into ready-to-consumption oil. After doing the distillation process, kerosene, diesel, and ters. Ters kerapur to paint a house or a boat.
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If landowners do not have the capital, they work together with the cukong to drill an oil well.
Police never tire of oil drilling. But ignored.
"We have repeatedly told the community not to do the development even on their own home page.
Wednesday April 23, 2018 in the early morning, the oil well in Pasir Putih Village, Rantoe Peureulak Sub-District, exploded and burned. The reason, the mining process is not eligible and standard operating. Recorded four times the incident that always claimed casualties.
Friday 27 April 2018 afternoon, the victim was killed. Effendi Hamid, who was taken care of at Zainoel Abidin General Hospital Hospital Banda Aceh, breathed his last breath, due to the burning conditions on his body.
Friday evening, all the victims died from the explosion 22 people. Meanwhile, there are still some hospitals.