Is oil from MT Solar 1 cursed?

[omad]

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tough luck !!

from here:
Guimaras oil spill a national disaster

to here:
Barge full of oil debris sinks off Misamis Occidental

seems like that oil wants to settle down at the bottom of the ocean after all..

[slakker]

adding insult to injury... damn you petron!

[godCode]

tanga lang gyud nang petron ug ang captain sa ship ug barge...

[grabehbebe]

Probe ordered on oil barge sinking
By Aurea Calica
The Philippine Star 11/23/2006

President Arroyo ordered yesterday a full investigation into the sinking of a barge carrying debris from the oil spill off Guimaras island.

"The President has expressed concern about this unfortunate incident and has tasked the agencies concerned led by Task Force Guimaras to get to the bottom of it," Press Secretary Ignacio Bunye said.

He said Mrs. Arroyo also asked authorities to map out strategies to minimize any adverse impact on the environment and the communities affected by the sinking of the barge Ras.

Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita said the debris was not expected to cause as much damage as the oil spill, but added that authorities would look into the incident.

The Ras was being towed by the tugboat Vega when huge waves reportedly sank the vessel off the town of Plaridel in Misamis Occidental late Monday.

The barge was carrying 630 tons of rock and sand in 59,000 sacks, the oil firm Petron Corp. said in a statement released to media yesterday.

Petron had contracted the barge to ship debris from cleanup operations in Guimaras after the chemical tanker Solar I sank off the Guimaras coast on Aug. 11. The tanker was carrying 500,000 gallons of industrial fuel oil.

Petron owned the fuel that was spilled in August and had contracted Harbor Star, operator of the Ras, to ship oil-contaminated debris from Guimaras.

The barge Ras was contracted to ship the oil-contaminated debris from Guimaras to a Misamis Occidental port for transport to the Holcim Cement plant in Lugait, Misamis Oriental, where it was to be used as fuel, plant manager Bobby Sajonia said.

In a separate statement, Harbor Star said it was "collectively contracted" by the P&I Club, International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation Ltd. and the International Oil Spill Compensation fund.

"Regardless of who owns the barge or who chartered it, Petron personnel are already in the field to do what is needed and minimize any impact that may arise from the incident," Petron health, safety and environment manager Carlos Tan said in Petron’s statement.

"We wish to assure the local populace that the used sorbent booms are designed to keep the absorbent oil in," Tan added. "In fact, not even traces of oily sheen were detected as the sorbent booms were recovered."

He also said Petron personnel are conducting surveys along the eastern Misamis Occidental shoreline to assess if there is any potential damage. Tan added that the trace amount of oil contained in the cargo has been "weathering for three months and is highly unlikely to pose a danger to communities, shorelines or marine life."

Petron Corp. said it has already mobilized Waterborne Industry Spill Response (WISE) equipment to the area where the Ras sank to "prepare for any contingency."

The oil firm also said it is closely coordinating with provincial and local officials in connection with the incident.

Tens of thousands of gallons of oil spilled into the sea after the M/T Solar I sank, destroying a marine reserve, local fishing grounds and coating stretches of coastline with black sludge.

Two of the Ras’ crew members are still missing and are presumed dead.

"The composition of the debris carried by the barge is mostly sand and rocks with some traces of oil," Petron said in its statement.

A maritime inquiry blamed the accident last August on overloading and inadequate training of the ship’s captain, Norberto Aguro.

--Story

[lestat1116]

malasa jud sa petron

[Col Center Trooper]

DAh!!! Gi gabaan ang PETRON!!!

Ngano bitaw wala ko gi dawat as an OIL DEPOT ENGINEER... daH! Gabaan!!!

[aditti]

halos tanan facilities sa philippines daoton man jd... no surprise ngano na lunod balik.