Bunyu is an oil-rich
Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guinea. In ...
n island situated to the north of
Tarakan City, in the eastern
Celebes Sea
The Celebes Sea, (; ms, Laut Sulawesi, id, Laut Sulawesi, fil, Dagat Selebes) or Sulawesi Sea, of the western Pacific Ocean is bordered on the north by the Sulu Archipelago and Sulu Sea and Mindanao Island of the Philippines, on the east by ...
off the north-eastern coast of
Borneo
Borneo (; id, Kalimantan) is the third-largest island in the world and the largest in Asia. At the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia, in relation to major Indonesian islands, it is located north of Java, west of Sulawesi, and ea ...
in
North Kalimantan
North Kalimantan ( id, Kalimantan Utara) is a province of Indonesia. It is located on the northernmost of Kalimantan, the Indonesian part of the island of Borneo. North Kalimantan borders the Malaysian states of Sabah to the north and Sarawak t ...
province. The administrative area comprising Bunyu District is composed of eleven islands - Pulau Baru, Pulau Batok, Pulau Bunyu, Pulau Burung, Pulau Papa, Pulau Tibi Barat, Pulau Tibi Lumot, Pulau Tibi Selatan, Pulau Tibi Timur, Pulau Tibi Utara and Pulau Titus - all sharing the postal code of 77281. It lies just off the northern side of the delta of the
, with the southern side of the delta having
Tarakan Island
Tarakan is an island and the largest city of the Indonesian province of North Kalimantan. The island city is located in northern Borneo, midway along the coast of the province. The city boundaries are co-extensive with the island (including a co ...
, and the north Mandul Island.
Bunyu is of economic importance as a producer of
petroleum
Petroleum, also known as crude oil, or simply oil, is a naturally occurring yellowish-black liquid mixture of mainly hydrocarbons, and is found in geological formations. The name ''petroleum'' covers both naturally occurring unprocessed crude ...
, and
coal
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Coal is formed when dead ...
. The
Mundra Thermal Power Station
Mundra Thermal Power Station is located at Mundra in Kutch district in the Indian state of Gujarat. The power plant is one of the coal-based power plants of Adani Power. The coal for the power plant is imported primarily from Bunyu, Indonesia. So ...
in Gujarat,
India
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uses coal imported from a mine in Bunyu Island, under a 15-year fuel supply agreement signed with
Adani Enterprises
Adani Enterprises Limited is an Indian multinational publicly listed holding company and a part of Adani Group. It is headquartered in Ahmedabad and primarily involved in mining and trading of coal and iron ore. Through its various subsidiari ...
/
Adani Power
Adani Power is an Indian power and energy company. A subsidiary of Indian conglomerate Adani Group with head office at Khodiyar in Ahmedabad, it is a private thermal power producer, with a capacity of 12,450 MW that operates a mega solar plant ...
.
Traffic
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Bunyu Airport
Bunyu Airport is an airport located in Bunyu, Tarakan, North Kalimantan, Indonesia.
Airlines and destinations
The following airline
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References
Tarakan
Islands of Kalimantan
Landforms of North Kalimantan
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