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Continuous heavy rains, massive flooding and landslides across the Philippines killed at least 13 people and displaced more than 600,000, and an oil tanker capsized off the country’s coast ...
On July 26, the PCG assessed that the oil slick had reached two kilometers in length. [16] The mayor of Limay said that 400 to 500 liters of oil from the ship's fuel tank had leaked out. [17] By July 30, the PSA estimated that the oil spill covered an area of around 93.74 square kilometers in Manila Bay. [18]
A Philippine oil tanker sank in Manila Bay early Thursday after encountering huge waves, leaving a crewman dead and 16 others rescued in a late-night operation by the coast guard. The force was ...
Location: Tablas Strait, Philippines [a]: Coordinates: 1]: Date: February 28, 2023; 23 months ago (): Cause; Cause: Sinking of MT Princess Empress: Casualties: 203 non-fatal injuries [2]: Operator: RDC Reield Marine Services [3]: Spill characteristics; Volume: <1 million L (260,000 US gal) [b]: Area: 162.6 km 2 (62.8 sq mi) [6]: Shoreline impacted: 74.7 km (46.4 mi) [7]: On the morning of ...
The platform commenced drilling in February 2010 at a water depth of approximately 5,000 feet (1,500 m). [12] At the time of the explosion the rig was drilling an exploratory well. [13] The planned well was to be drilled to 18,360 feet (5,600 m) below sea level, and was to be plugged and suspended for subsequent completion as a subsea producer ...
Pages in category "Oil platform disasters" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
Deepwater Horizon was an ultra-deepwater, dynamically positioned, semi-submersible offshore drilling rig [7] owned by Transocean and operated by the BP company. On 20 April 2010, while drilling in the Gulf of Mexico at the Macondo Prospect, a blowout caused an explosion on the rig that killed 11 crewmen and ignited a fireball visible from 40 miles (64 km) away. [8]
The oil slick also posed a threat to the blue crab industry in the municipality of Enrique B. Magalona in Negros Occidental. [7] Dr. Jose Ingles, eco-region coordinator of the World Wide Fund for Nature in the Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia, said that the damage may be felt by at least two generations. He warned that the disaster may have ...