Impacts of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Traditional Oil Mining at Wonocolo Village Kedewan Sub-District Bojonegoro Regency East Java
Laily Agustina Rahmawati (1,4*), Norma Afiati (1,2), Thomas Putranto (1,3)

1 Doctorate Programme in Environmental Science, School of Postgraduate, Diponegoro University, Jl. Imam Bardjo SH No. 5 Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia 50273
2 Department of Aquatic Resources Management, Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences, Universitas Diponegoro University, Jl. Prof. H. Soedarto, S.H. - Tembalang, Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia 50275
3 Department of Geology Technique, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Diponegoro University, Jl. Prof. Soeudarto, Tembalang, Kec. Tembalang, Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia 50275
4 Environmental Science, Universitas Bojonegoro University, Jl. Lettu Suyitno No.2 Bojonegoro, East Java, Indonesia 62119

Abstract

Mining in the world consists of modern and traditional mining. Various studies have been discussing on how field workers were very risky at being exposed to Covid-19 in modern mining. As such, many studies discussing ways of modern mines overcoming Covid-19, but discussion of research related to the impacts of Covid-19 on traditional mining has not been carried out. This study discussed the impact of Covid-19 pandemic on traditional oil mining in Wonocolo, Bojonegoro Regency. This work is a descriptive study using observation and in-depth interviews as well as reviewing secondary data related to the traditional mining activities. The results showed that Covid-19 pandemic have an indirect effect on activities of traditional oil mining in Wonocolo. The pandemic caused a decrease in demand, a drop in selling prices, lowering the amount of production and temporary closure of wells in Wonocolo traditional mining. In contrast, Covid-19 did not directly affect the activities of miners, since the miners believed that Covid-19 could not infect them due to the very extreme condition in the mining area that Corona virus would not survive.

Keywords: Traditional oil mining, Covid-19 impacts, Wonocolo

Topic: Environmental Science, Technology, and Education