Balikpapan

The Jakarta Post - The Journal of Indonesia Today: Residents in Balikpapan and other parts of East Kalimantan may be familiar with the Borneo Crocodile Recreational Park on Jl. Mulawarman in the city, managed by CV Surya Raya Crocodile Farm.

Archive 2007-06-24 Bill Crider 2007

Joint-venture companies controlled by BHP and Indonesia's PT Adaro Energy will start building the Haju mine in the jungle around 220 kilometers northwest of Balikpapan port by the end of the year, BHP said.

BHP Billiton to Begin Work on Indonesia Coal Project David Fickling 2011

Then there is the 14-year-old who left poverty and political instability in China during the early 20th century for Indonesia and founded his own small taxi enterprise in Balikpapan.

Finding China, in Far-Flung Lands 2009

This nearby city of Balikpapan has a big problem with water, it's 80 percent surrounded by seawater, and we have now a lot of intrusion there.

Willie Smits restores a rainforest Willie Smits 2009

This nearby city of Balikpapan has a big problem with water, it's 80 percent surrounded by seawater, and we have now a lot of intrusion there.

Willie Smits restores a rainforest Willie Smits 2009

This nearby city of Balikpapan has a big problem with water, it's 80 percent surrounded by seawater, and we have now a lot of intrusion there.

Willie Smits restores a rainforest Willie Smits 2009

Preemptive destruction of oil facilities, similar to that at Balikpapan, was carried out elsewhere in the East Indies.

The Prize Daniel Yergin 2008

In what became known as the Battle of Balikpapan, the Americans sank four of the transports, plus a patrol boat.

The Prize Daniel Yergin 2008

Meanwhile, the first steps toward demolishing the Balikpapan refinery complex were underway.

The Prize Daniel Yergin 2008

Later, Jansen and the others received a message to go back to the bay at Balikpapan, and they set off downstream again.

The Prize Daniel Yergin 2008