Lapindo Mud, Our New Trip Destination in Sidoarjo by Nasywa

The Sidoarjo mud volcano, also known as the Lapindo Mud or Sidoarjo Mud, is an incident of hot mud eruption at the Lapindo Brantas Inc. drilling site.  in Balongnongo Hamlet, Renokenongo Village, Porong District, Sidoarjo Regency, East Java, Indonesia, since May 29, 2006. Wikipedia

Location: Porong, Sidoarjo, East Java

Date: May 29, 2006;  13 years ago until now

• Why does Lapindo mud happen?

 The view that the Lapindo disaster was caused by an earthquake stated that seismic waves spread to the drilling location in Sidoarjo, causing the melting of clay formations below the Kalibeng area, triggering an overflow.  Pressure that causes mudflow triggers the release of gas.  The release of gas itself does occur when mud overflows.

 Lapindo mud overflowed because of PT Lapindo's activities near that location.  Lapindo Brantas drilled the Banjar Panji-1 well in early March 2006 using the drilling contractor PT Medici Citra Nusantara.  The contract was obtained by Medici on behalf of Alton International Indonesia, in January 2006, after winning a drilling tender from Lapindo worth US $ 24 million.