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903K liters of oil siphoned out of sunken tanker in Bataan waters
By J.Lo
“Contracted salvor, Harbor Star, reported over 903,000 liters of collected oily waste from 19 to 29 August 2024,” at least 903,000 liters out of 1.4 million liters of oil have been siphoned out of MTKR Terranova, Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said.
MTKR Terranova sank in Bataan waters on July 25 after onslaught of Super Typhoon “Carina” and southwest monsoon. PCG has been overseeing efforts to remove oil from sunken oil tanker, but actual siphoning is up to contracted salvor.
Here is the volume of oil Harbor Star has been able to siphon per day:
- August 19 – 2,350 liters
- August 20 – 36,100 liters
- August 21 – 42,026 liters
- August 22 – 81,136 liters
- August 23 – 17,103 liters
- August 24 – 121,724 liters
- August 25 – 101,603 liters
- August 26 – 104,202 liters
- August 27 – 67,871 liters
- August 28 – 232,187 liters
- August 29 – 97, 011.58 liters
However, PCG said siphoning operations were temporarily halted to change tanks. It added average rate of oily waste flow is 12,437 liters per hour.
Meanwhile, there are two other vessels that have leaked fuel into Bataan waters: MTKR Jason Bradley and MV Mirola Uno.
Oil from MTRK Terranova is believed to have reached shores of Cavite, Batangas, Metro Manila and more. Several towns have already declared state of calamity and imposed fishing bans due to oil spill.
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