A Thai-owned oil firm has rejected Indonesia's US$2.4bn compensation claim over a major oil spill off Australia's north which campaigners say hit the livelihoods of thousands of poor fishermen.
World Wildlife Fund-issued photo shows a man looking at a residue left by the Montara oil rig leak in the pristine Timor Sea. The Thai-owned firm Friday rejected Indonesia's 2.4 billion US dollar compensation claim over the major oil spill off Australia's north which campaigners say hit the livelihoods of thousands of poor fishermen.
PTTEP Australasia, a unit of Thailand's PTT Exploration and Production PCL, said on Friday it "has not accepted any claim" by Indonesia over the months-long Montara spill, Australia's worst offshore drilling accident.
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