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- Methods on how to clean up oil spill(Panay News, Inc., 2020-07-31)An explosion in Power Barge 102 triggered an oil spill in Iloilo Strait last July 3, 2020. It affected coastal areas in Bo. Obrero, Lapuz where it is located and has reached other communities and even Guimaras Island Province. Reports verified by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) had shown that 268,948.61 liters of bunker oil got spilled and about 95 percent of the oil had been recovered by the clean-up conducted by AC Energy Corporation. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) – Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) in Region 6 discussed with AC Energy the different mitigating measures and actions for efficient and fast clean-up operations.
- All set for oil recovery: Guimaras oil recovery operation second in historyGarcia, Erly C. (TNT Publishing, Inc., 2007-03-12)Recovery operations for the remaining oil inside the compartments of sunken tanker MT Solar 1 off the waters of Guimaras will already start as scheduled this Wednesday, March 14. Allied Shield, the recovery vessel of Italy-based Sonsub Limited, has already arrived in Bacolod City last Saturday. Sonsub was contracted by the Protection and Indemnity (P&I) Club, an insurer of the Solar 1 to retrieve any remaining oil on the ill-fated vessel presently lying under 640 meters of water.