Conoco gets more orders for cleanup

BEIJING - China's maritime authorities have urged ConocoPhillips China to clean up the oil-polluted seabed in Northeast China's Bohai Bay by Sunday.

The North China Sea Branch of the State Oceanic Administration (SOA) also criticized the company for not acting efficiently enough to deal with the spill, which began June 4 in the bay's Penglai 19-3 oilfield.

In a notice issued on Monday, the branch urged ConocoPhillips China to appropriately dispose of contaminants to avoid further pollution and to submit a report on its cleanup work by next Wednesday.