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Rowegie Abanto

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<div><span data-teams="true" id="isPasted"><span dir="ltr"></span></span></div><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:900px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1724294178368456277612_967859905379362_4773381326531174788_n.jpg" style="width:900px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" spellcheck="false" style="text-align:left"><em>Photo from the Philippine Coast Guard/Facebook</em></span></span></span></div><div><br/></div><p>MANILA — Thousands of liters of oil were extracted from the sunken MTKR Terranova during Wednesday&#x27;s operation, as authorities prepared other foundered ships off <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/regions/2024/8/6/bataan-inilagay-sa-state-of-calamity-dahil-sa-oil-spill-1932">Bataan</a> for refloating, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said Thursday.<span></span></p><p><span>The contracted salvor of the </span><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/regions/2024/8/18/minimal-oil-sheens-observed-as-salvage-efforts-continue-for-ill-fated-ships-off-bataan-1045"></a><span><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/regions/2024/8/18/minimal-oil-sheens-observed-as-salvage-efforts-continue-for-ill-fated-ships-off-bataan-1045">Terranova</a></span><span> </span>installed another booster pump to improve the siphoning efficiency and collected some 42,000 liters of oil, the PCG said in an update, as of Wednesday night.</p><p>The Terranova was carrying <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/7/25/tanker-carrying-1-4-million-liters-of-oil-capsizes-in-manila-bay-1011">1.4 million liters of industrial fuel</a> when it sank off Bataan, still part of Manila Bay, amid bad weather last month.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/8/14/those-affected-by-bataan-oil-spill-may-claim-up-to-6m-from-insurance-says-counsel-1840" id="isPasted">READ: Those affected by Bataan oil spill may claim up to $6M from insurance, says counsel</a></div><p>The salvage firm tapped by the owners of MTKR Jason Bradley continued pumping seawater and prepared the ship&#x27;s steering room for refloating, the PCG said.</p><p>MV Mirola 1&#x27;s salvor was patching and repairing the vessel’s hull, as well as extracting seawater in preparation for the refloating operations, it said.</p><p>The PCG said there was no oil sheen observed in coastal communities near MTKR Jason Bradley and MV Mirola 1.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/regions/2024/8/6/bataan-inilagay-sa-state-of-calamity-dahil-sa-oil-spill-1932" id="isPasted">Bataan inilagay sa state of calamity dahil sa oil spill</a></div><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DldZzqm9QKo?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>Thousands of liters of oil were extracted from the sunken MTKR Terranova during Wednesday's operation, as authorities prepared other foundered ships off Bataan for refloating, the Philippine Coast Guard said.</p>

Thousands of liters of oil were extracted from the sunken MTKR Terranova during Wednesday's operation, as authorities prepared other foundered ships off Bataan for refloating, the Philippine Coast Guard said.

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Over 42,000 liters of oil collected from MTKR Terranova

Over 42,000 liters of oil collected from MTKR Terranova

Rowegie Abanto,

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Published Aug 22, 2024 11:22 AM PHT

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