OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA
Microplastic baseline and monitoring study in the Gulf of Thailand
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Description

PTTEP has utilized its offshore operational sites to create microplastic baseline data and its quantity monitoring to define the marine debris situation in the Gulf of Thailand (GOT). In collaboration with Kasetsart University to promote ocean sustainability, the project began collecting microplastic samples in seawater in the GOT in 2020, which is the first time in Thailand and also the world’s first attempt to use an offshore petroleum platform as a sampling location. The project results will benefit ocean scientists and various government agencies in evaluating marine debris challenges and leading to concrete conservation of marine resources.

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Microplastic volume

Plastic types

Microplastic volume

Unit : Pieces / km 2
PTTEP Ocean Data Platform : https://oceandata.pttep.com

Remark : Microplastic monitoring in the Gulf of Thailand is scheduled on a biennial basis.

Plastic types

Net
Clothing fiber
Natural fiber
Plastic bag
Packaging
Other (i.e. Copolymer , Rubber)
Rope
Foam

Offshore

Nearshore

Midshore

Remark :

1. In 2021, the microplastics baseline study and monitoring locations included:

  • Offshore : G2/61 (North), G2/61 (South) and Arthit in the Gulf of Thailand (GOT)
  • Midshore : Koh Tao of Surat Thani Province and Koh Losin of Pattani Province
  • Nearshore : Chao Phraya River Estuary of Samut Prakarn Province and Chumphon Estuary of Chumphon Province

2. Microplastic monitoring in the Gulf of Thailand is scheduled on a biennial basis.

Plastic types

Net
Clothing fiber
Natural fiber
Plastic bag
Packaging
Other (i.e. Copolymer , Rubber)
Rope
Foam

Offshore

Nearshore

Midshore

OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA
Remark : Microplastic monitoring in the Gulf of Thailand is scheduled on a biennial basis.

Remark :

1. In 2021, the microplastics baseline study and monitoring locations included:

• Offshore : G2/61 (North), G2/61 (South) and Arthit in the Gulf of Thailand (GOT)

• Midshore : Koh Tao of Surat Thani Province and Koh Losin of Pattani Province

• Nearshore : Chao Phraya River Estuary of Samut Prakarn Province and Chumphon Estuary of Chumphon Province

2. Microplastic monitoring in the Gulf of Thailand is scheduled on a biennial basis.

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