This Is The Cause Of The Semburan Of Fire In The Cipali Toll Rest Area

Fire at Rest Area KM 86 B Cipali Toll Road (Photo: Doc. Antara)

JAKARTA - The Geological Agency of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) revealed the cause of the phenomenon of bursts of fire coming out of a bore well in the rest area of KM 86 B of the Cipali Toll Road.

Reporting from the old Instagn Agency of Geology, the Geological Agency Team immediately followed up on reports from the West Java Department of Energy and Mineral Resources by deploying Earth Investigators from the Center for Geological Survey (PSG) and the team's Center for Groundwater and Environmental Management Geology (PATGTL) and finding a number of facts that must be followed up to prevent the same thing from happening.

According to Iwan Sukma, Earth Investigator from PSG, this phenomenon is a geological phenomenon that is common. Because in the northern part of West Java it is a large enough area of oil production. This phenomenon is suspected while the cause is not from pertamina pipelines but because of leaks or gas seepages that come out of the surface in this area.

"The cause of this gas leak itself cannot be ascertained because it must be investigated further because the pressure is reduced," said Iwan, quoted on Thursday, April 27.

In addition, continued Iwan, to ensure the type of gas that sprays at that location, if it is possible, a sample of the gas will be taken to find out whether the gas is biogenic or thermogenic.

"Meanwhile, until this writing was made, the fire fighting process was still being carried out by the local Firefighters," he continued.

Meanwhile, in terms of groundwater and environmental geology, Wahyudin Functional Earth Investigator PATGTL revealed that environmental governance geology sees from the side of the regulation of groundwater extraction through bore wells. The initial information was this is the depth of a 100 meter drilling well that is licensed in 2020.

There are many industries in the northern part of West Java that use ground water. In the future, it will be input for the Geological Agency to localize areas where there may be gas bursts to provide groundwater licensing in the future. So that it is more selective in granting permission for groundwater use," concluded Wahyudin.