Being gaslit by a literal oil refinery. What a time and place to be alive 🛢️🔥☠️

#RefineryBlues #refinery #PortDickson #Hengyuan #Malaysia #FossilFuel #AirPollution

@emilydingwrites Thanks Emily! Many peeps suggest contacting media abt our #refineryblues. But I don't think we're at that stage yet. Wonder if this story abt reforesting is a better strategy. At the same time getting ahead of the Offsets conversation, maybe help drive it in a better direction

Crunching refinery data, following #energy #fossilfuel news, buying a sound meter to measure noise, bugging neighbors to join a Whatsapp group, wondering how I got here, living next to Mordor essentially - the beating heart AND arse-end of capitalism - whispering to myself I am a GLAMOROUS ARTIST… singing the #RefineryBlues 🎶🛢️🔥

This linocut is from 2018, when Hengyuan only had 2 flarestacks (now there’s 3)

#Malaysia #SoutheastAsia #printmaking #linocut #refinery #bigoil

This is a list of events, activities and upsets at Hengyuan #Refinery since June 2020, compiled from notices they're required to send to local communities.

Last year, we had *212* days of activity - over half the year living with noise, smoke, toxic smells. It's only March, we've already had 36 total days in 2023.

I compiled this for the community engagement meeting #Hengyuan set up 2mr to explain the fire

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1hEZeXsblEH7jnjR4RMv-LJJ61ynf3yWLdsm9Gx_rhkY/edit?usp=sharing

#bigoil #energy #Malaysia #SoutheastAsia #RefineryBlues

Oil storage tank caught fire on 11 Mar ‘23 at Hengyuan #Refinery in #PortDickson, #Malaysia

2nd fire since 2020. Suspected lightning strike but why would it catch fire unless the tank isn’t properly sealed?

We live 200m from the fence. Since #Hengyuan took over from Shell in 2018 our neighborhood has been hit hard with noise, light, air pollution.

@zedecksiew and I now spend 30% of our time organizing against #bigoil.

We’re singing the #RefineryBlues 🎶🛢️🔥

#energy #SoutheastAsia