Philippines begins siphoning fuel oil from sunken tanker
4 months, 1 week ago

Philippines begins siphoning fuel oil from sunken tanker

China Daily  

MANILA - The Philippine Coast Guard on Wednesday said that Philippine divers have started siphoning industrial fuel oil from an oil tanker that sank off Bataan province, west of Manila, on July 25. The tanker, MTKR Terranova, carrying 1.4 million liters of IFO, sank before dawn on July 25 in the waters off Limay town in Bataan. Bataan Coast Guard Station Chief Lieutenant Commander Michael John Encina said that divers started siphoning one of the eight tanks on Wednesday. Aside from MTKR Terranova, the PCG said divers also began siphoning 5,500 liters of oil from another sunken tanker, MTKR Bradley, which sank off Bataan province around the same time MTKR Terranova sank.

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