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The Philippine Space Agency released a map on Friday showing the potential size of the oil spill from the sunken tanker off the coast of Bataan.It includes the tanker's location as well as a satellite image of the oil leak that was taken at 5:40 a.m., PhilSA said, adding that the slick covers an area of 14.4 square kilometers.
On Friday, the PCG said it started collecting oil to counter the spread of the spill.''There are oil spill booms in the area, there are dispersants, and there are environmental protection personnel,'' PCG spokesperson Rear Admiral Armand Balilo told reporters.Balilo said that the oil spill was coming from the working fuel of the motor tanker and not from the 1.4 million liters of stored industrial oil.In a worst-case scenario in which the cargo of 1.
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