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2. Philippines plans to siphon off oil cargo from sunken tanker ...

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   There is no indication that a big cargo of industrial fuel oil stored in a tanker that sank in stormy weather in Manila Bay has started to leak, the Philippine coast guard said Friday, and plans ...

3. UN says operation to siphon oil out of rusting tanker moored ...

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   An international team began siphoning oil out of a decrepit oil tanker off the coast of Yemen on Tuesday, the United Nations chief said, a crucial step in a complex salvage operation aiming to ...

4. Video captures massive oil fire started by thieves trying to ...

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   A massive fire broke out on an oil pipeline in India after thieves accidentally ignited the oil floating on the river surface. Video captures massive oil fire started by thieves trying to siphon ...

5. List of oil spills - Wikipedia

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   This is a reverse-chronological list of oil spills that have occurred throughout the world and spill(s) that are currently ongoing. Quantities are measured in tonnes of crude oil with one tonne roughly equal to 308 US gallons, 256 Imperial gallons, 7.33 barrels, or 1165 litres.

6. MT Princess Empress oil spill - Wikipedia

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   MT Princess Empress, the oil tanker that caused the oil spill, is owned by RDC Reield Marine Services. [8] [9] Before it sank, the oil tanker was crewed by 20 people and en route to Iloilo to transport 900,000 liters (240,000 U.S. gal) [c] of industrial fuel oil from SL Gas Harbor Terminal in Limay, Bataan.

7. Deepwater Horizon oil spill response - Wikipedia

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   They worked toward removing oil and tar from beaches and offshore surrounding areas, creating boarders around the spill to keep the surface oil from spreading, using sorbents to absorb the oil, and burning the oil away. One study estimated that 5 to 6 percent of the oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill was burned into the atmosphere.

8. Efforts to stem the Deepwater Horizon oil spill - Wikipedia

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   The Deepwater Horizon spill has surpassed in volume the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill as the largest ever to originate in U.S.-controlled waters; it is comparable to the 1979 Ixtoc I oil spill in total volume released (Ixtoc discharged 140 million US gallons (530,000 m 3) to 148 million US gallons (560,000 m 3); as of mid-July 2010, Deepwater ...

9. Siphon - Wikipedia

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   A siphon (from Ancient Greek ... An archaic use of the term is a cup of oil in which the oil is transported out of the cup via a cotton wick or tube to a surface to ...