Browsing Aquatic News Index by Subject "Oil removal"
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AC Energy doing its best to address oil spill
(Panay News,July 17, 2020 , on page 7)There's a big difference between the July 3, 2020 oil spill in this city and the August 2006 oil spill in Guimaras. This time, there is fast action. Thus after two weeks, the city oil spill has been contained. -
AC Energy doing okay on clean-up, EMB head says
(DailyGuardian,July 17, 2020 , on page 1-15)AC Energy Philippines, the owner of the barge which spilled bunker fuel into the coast of Iloilo City and Guimaras following an explosion on July 3, 2020, is doing okay in its clean-up activity, according to the regional ... -
Barge owner pressed to pay for oil spill
(Panay News,July 8, 2020 , on page 1-14)AC Energy Corp., owner of the power barge that discharged bunker oil into this city’s waters following an explosion Friday last week, is being pressed to compensate those adversely affected. “There is no skirting the issue. ... -
Boracay ready for oil spill
(Panay News,July 6, 2010 , on page 3)Fear oil spill no more. The Philippine Coast Guard, rescue groups and volunteers here are prepared should an oil spill hit the island. -
Brazil oil spill reaches other regions
(The Manila Times,November 25, 2019 , on page B6)Oil from a spill that has contaminated a stretch of Brazil’s coast was detected in Rio de Janeiro state, the navy said Saturday (Sunday in Manila), as President Jair Bolsonaro warned the country was preparing for the worst. ... -
City drops oil spill suit
(DailyGuardian,July 23, 2020 , on page 4)Early this week, Iloilo City Mayor Jerry P. Treñas announced that “I am satisfied” with the AC Energy Philippines (ACEPh) response to the oil spill that occurred off the shores of Bo. Obrero following an explosion that ... -
Clean-up Result
(Manila Bulletin,August 15, 2013 , on page 13)The waters of this coastal town, also called Salinas, is now 95 percent oil spill free, and that the slick-struck fishing villages are getting back on their feet with the development, the municipal government said Wednesday. ... -
Coast Guard to finish oil spill recovery process by July 12
(DailyGuardian,July 8, 2020 , on page 1-11)Barring any unforeseen circumstances, the Philippine Coast Guard-Iloilo Station has set July 10, or at most July 12, 2020, to finish the recovery process of the oil spill that leaked out of Power Barge 102. Lieutenant ... -
Compensation for those affected by oil spill
(Panay News,July 7, 2020 , on page 7)The owner and operator of the power barge that blew up and spilled fuel oil off the coast of Iloilo City must pay compensation to coastal communities that suffered economic losses. AC Energy should also pay for the cleanup ... -
Compensation sought for oil spill victims
(The Philippine Star,July 7, 2020 , on page 9)The owner of a power barge that spilled oil in the waters off Iloilo City is expected to compensate communities that suffered economic losses due to the incident, a lawmaker said yesterday. “We are counting on the operator ... -
Containment and retrieval are a must - oil spill expert
(DailyGuardian,July 6, 2020 , on page 1-10)The images of the oil spill caused by an explosion in a power barge stationed in Lapuz, Iloilo City on July 3, 2020 brought back images of similar incidents in Guimaras, Estancia, Iloilo and Semirara, Antique. For UP-Visayas ... -
EMB awaits barge owner's reply to violation notice
(DailyGuardian,July 15, 2020 , on page 1-11)The owner of the power barge which triggered an oil spill in lloilo Strait last July 3, 2020 has until tomorrow, July 16, 2020, to file its position paper on the notice of violation issued by the Department of Environment ... -
Firm assures no oil debris will be left in Guimaras
(DailyGuardian,July 21, 2020 , on page 1-11)The owner of the power barge stationed in Iloilo City that triggered an oil spill earlier this month assured local officials of Guimaras that it will never leave the island until it has cleaned up the spill. In a meeting ... -
Firm in oil spill ordered to do thorough job
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,February 12, 2014 , on page A20)A multiagency task force monitoring the oil spill in Estancia, Iloilo province, has directed a firm that got an P87-million contract to clean up the spill site to do a thorough job. “In our inspection of the contaminated ... -
Governor raises alarm over spread of oil spill to Guimaras
(Manila Bulletin,July 9, 2020 , on page 5)Governor Samuel Gumarin urged the owner of a damaged power barge located offshore in Iloilo City to also address the oil spill that has spread to Guimaras and also affected more than 20 coastal communities in the small ... -
Guimaras folk stop fishing as oil spill reaches their shores
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,July 7, 2020 , on page A5)Fourteen years after Guimaras was devastated by the worst oil spill in the country when the MT Solar I tanker sank, residents of the island-province are again trying to contain the spread of bunker fuel that leaked on ... -
Gulf Coast oil spill spreading out of control
(Manila Bulletin,May 1, 2010 , on page 14)An oil spill that threatened to eclipse even the Exxon Valdez disaster spread out of control with a faint sheen washing ashore along the Gulf Coast Thursday night as fishermen rushed to scoop up shrimp and crews spread ... -
Iloilo City Oil Spill: Families return home safely | Relief ops, cleanup full speed ahead
(Panay News,July 21, 2020 , on page 1-14)All 308 families that were displaced by the recent oil spill have returned home safely, with AC Energy Philippines keeping its promise to do everything it could to mitigate the societal and environmental impacts of the ... -
Iloilo oil spill clean-up almost done - Coast Guard
(BusinessWorld,July 10, 2020 , on page S1/10)Clean-up operations on the oil spill from a power barge off Iloilo City is almost done, according to the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) on Thursday. In a statement in Filipino, the PCG said they are now clearing the last ... -
Methods on how to clean up oil spill
(Panay News,August 1, 2020 , on page 4)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 ...