The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) on Sunday said nearly 1.3 million liters of oil have been siphoned from motorized tanker (MT) Terranova from August 19 to September 7.
In their latest situational bulletin, the PCG said their contracted salvor Harbor Star reported it has
gathered over 1.2 million liters of spilled oil during their operations.
Harbor Star said that the rate of oil flowing during their latest siphoning operation was 8,690 liters per hour and added that a total of over 52,000 liters of oily waste was collected on Saturday, September 7.
PCG personnel also conducted an aerial surveillance while BRP Sindangan performed operations to remove the oil sheen at ground zero.
MT Terranova carried nearly 1.5 million liters of industrial oil when it sank in Manila Bay off the east coast of Limay, Bataan on July 25, 2024.
The environmental incident was attributed to rough sailing conditions due to heavy rainfall and strong winds caused by the southwest monsoon rains or ‘habagat’ enhanced by Super Typhoon ‘Carina’ in late July.
