Efforts to clean up the massive oil spill in Mindoro are now on its final phase with the arrival of a special vessel designed to siphon off the remaining industrial fuel from a sunken tanker off Naujan and Pola towns in Oriental Mindoro, the National Task Force on Oil Spill Management said on Thursday. The task force said the dynamic support vessel “Fire Opal” arrived in Oriental Mindoro from Singapore on May 28. It said the vessel will be used for oil extraction operations, transferring the remaining fuel to another tanker preparatory to final disposition.

Dantes, C. (2023, June 2). Oil spill cleanup enters final stage. Manila Standard, p. A3.