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PCG confident it can finish Mindoro oil spill siphoning by June

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Jacque Manabat, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="The Philippine Coast Guard briefs visiting representatives from the Korean Coast Guard Emergency Response Team at the PCG headquarters in Manila on the oil spill in Oriental Mindoro on March 28, 2023. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/news/03/28/20230328-ph-korea-coast-guard-oil-spill-md-5-s.jpg"/><figcaption>The Philippine Coast Guard briefs visiting representatives from the Korean Coast Guard Emergency Response Team at the PCG headquarters in Manila on the oil spill in Oriental Mindoro on March 28, 2023. <em>Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — The Philippine Coast Guard on Monday expressed confidence that it could siphon the remaining oil from the sunken MT Princess Empress in Naujan, Oriental Mindoro within the 4-month deadline. </p><p>The PCG said the oil siphoning operations would take two or more weeks in June.</p><p>&quot;Tingin namin kakayanin itong deadline na four months... Pero syempre depende sa panahon. Depende sa kung gaano kabilis yung operations na magagawa,&quot; PCG Rear Admiral Spokesperson Armand Balilo said. </p><p>(We think we can meet the 4-month deadline. But of course, it will depend on the weather and how quickly we can do the operations.)</p><p>The Dynamic Support Vessel (DSV) &quot;Fire Opal&quot; that will be deployed for the siphoning operations arrived in Oriental Mindoro on Monday after departing Singapore on May 19.</p><p>The Princess Empress was carrying 800,000 liters (210,000 gallons) of industrial fuel oil when it sank on February 28.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/13/23/mindoro-oil-spill-now-stretches-over-6-kms-group">Mindoro oil spill now stretches over 6 kms - Greenpeace</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/27/23/oil-spill-cleanup-in-2-mindoro-towns-around-80-pct-complete-pcg">Oil spill cleanup in 2 Oriental Mindoro towns around 80 percent complete, says PCG</a></li></ul><p>Around 100,000 to 120,000 liters each may still be left in one or two containers of the tanker, the PCG estimated.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8QSPsHwTLcA?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

The Philippine Coast Guard is confident it could siphon the remaining oil onboard the sunken MT Princess Empress in Naujan, Oriental Mindoro. 

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PCG confident it can finish Mindoro oil spill siphoning by June

Jacque Manabat,

ABS-CBN News

Published May 29, 2023 05:20 PM PHT

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