From around 800,000 liters of industrial fuel oil, there remain 120,000 to 240,000 liters in the sunken motor tanker (MT) Princess Empress, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has revealed. ManilaBulletin
From around 800,000 liters of industrial fuel oil, there remain 120,000 to 240,000 liters in the sunken motor tanker Princess Empress, the Philippine Coast Guard has revealed, as oil siphoning finally began to safely extract the chemical substance deep down the waters of Oriental Mindoro.Dynamic support vessel Fire Opal started oil siphoning operation in Naujan municipality on Monday, May 29, to remove the remaining "black oil" from the sunken tanker, said PCG Spokesperson Rear Adm.
It sailed from Singapore on May 19 and arrived at the Subic Bay Freeport Zone in Zambales on May 26. The vessel then sailed to Calapan Anchorage Area on Monday morning to start the siphoning. “Once the oil removal is completed, we hope that the process will pave the way for the rehabilitation of affected areas and finally transition to the normalcy of lives of affected Mindoreños,” Tuvilla shared.
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