Kupang – An advocacy team has found that 3,200 fishermen have been affected by the Montara oil spill in Timor Sea.

"We have conducted a survey and it appears 3,200 fishermen are affected by the pollution," team leader Masnellyarti Hilman told reporters after meeting with Governor Frans Leburaya in Kupang on Monday.

She said the survey results would be reported to Montara in a meeting in Singapore on Friday.

"We met the governor and other related institutions to shed light on the social and economic disadvantages caused by the oil spill and our plans to demand compensation for the affected fishermen," she said, adding that next week's meeting with Montara gave them a chance to negotiate compensation.

The Montara oil rig in the Timor Sea was reported to have sprung a leak in August 2009. The two-month spillover reportedly saw up to 500,000 kiloliters per day of crude drifting into Indonesian territory.