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    barya lang ang expenses for repairing the pipe. that is compared to the value of fuel they convey. the question is bakit walang bunker oil nakikita.

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    Finished product ang dumadayo sa pipeline. Now there is a looming fuel crises in Manila again because of the shutdown ordered by the Makati govement. Shell and Chevron/Caltex stations will be affected.

    http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquire...ered-shut-down

    Major fuel pipeline ordered shut down
    By Tina Santos
    Philippine Daily Inquirer
    First Posted 00:39:00 10/29/2010

    MANILA, Philippines—The Makati government on Thursday ordered the First Philippine Industrial Corporation (FPIC) to shut down its pipeline as experts continue to determine the source of the oil leak that has been seeping into the basement of the West Tower condominium in Barangay (village) Bangkal for the past three months now.

    FPIC is the operator of the country’s largest commercial pipeline, which transports fuel products from Batangas province to Pandacan oil depots in Manila. Part of the pipeline is located along Osmena Highway, just a few meters away from the condominium.

    “We have already directed the FPIC to close their pipeline indefinitely,” said Mayor Jejomar Erwin Binay Jr. during a press briefing.

    A substance with a “high concentration” of petrochemicals spilled from one of the exploratory wells dug by geologists and hydrologists from the University of the Philippines, part of the task force that has been conducting a probe to determine the source of the leak.

    The well is located at the southbound lane of the Osmeña Highway near the condominium, about five meters away from the FPIC pipeline.

    “We will continue to excavate where the petroleum came out, so without physically seeing that there is a leak on the pipeline, then we have to wait. But all fingers and all indications now point to the pipeline as the source of the leak. That’s why for the safety of everyone and the people working on the site, we are already directing the FPIC to shut down the pipe,” Binay said.

    Apart from the pipeline, experts earlier were looking at two other possible sources of the leak—the West Tower condominium itself and the buried fuel tank or metallic object as suggested by a ground-penetrating radar (GPR) survey commissioned by the FPIC.

    “But both the West Tower and the fuel tanks have already been ruled out. Now with the discovery of petroleum coming out from a portion near the pipeline, there’s reason for us to believe that the leak is coming from their pipe,” Binay stressed.

    “And I think it’s not a question of whether or not they’re willing to shut it down. We’re talking here of the danger that the situation poses to the lives and property in the community,” he said, adding that they have earlier warned the company of such possibility.

    “We’ve already discussed it with them that there may be a possibility that they will be asked to shut down the pipeline. And we told them they should already have a contingency plan on how to haul gasoline supply for Metro Manila once it happens,” the mayor explained. “They cannot put the blame on the city government because they have been forewarned.

    Sought for comment, Efren Impreso, FPIC’s pipeline right-of-way division manager, said they had not yet received the official communication from Makati City Hall directing them to shut down their pipeline.

    “But we have voluntarily shut it down since last night,” he told Inquirer over the phone on Thrusday. “We’ve also been conducting excavation works to determine the source of the leak. As of this time, the petroleum leak was apparently spilling from the holes that the authorities have dug up, not from the pipeline itself. We cannot make any conclusion unless we see the leak actually coming from the pipeline.”

    The FPIC official said he was not in authority to say whether it’s possible to shut down the pipeline indefinitely.

    “It has to be discussed by the Department of Energy and the oil companies. But it will definitely affect the oil supply since the pipeline transports about 60 percent of Metro Manila’s petroleum needs 24 hours a day,” Impreso said.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Monseratto View Post
    Finished product ang dumadayo sa pipeline. Now there is a looming fuel crises in Manila again because of the shutdown ordered by the Makati govement. Shell and Chevron/Caltex stations will be affected.
    Walandyo, gumagaya naman tayo ngayon sa France.....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Monseratto View Post
    Finished product ang dumadayo sa pipeline. Now there is a looming fuel crises in Manila again because of the shutdown ordered by the Makati govement. Shell and Chevron/Caltex stations will be affected.

    http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquire...ered-shut-down
    I doubt it if it will be seen as a "fuel crisis". The area affected is not that large. It would just be an inconvenience to some motorists in the immediate area. And it's totally possible for the affected stations to request fuel supply via tanker during the repair period.

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    http://www.gmanews.tv/story/206014/f...ted-since-1983

    [SIZE="4"]FPIC admits pipeline problem existed since 1983[/SIZE]
    KIM TAN, GMANews.TV
    11/15/2010 | 05:21 PM

    The First Philippine Industrial Corporation (FPIC) on Monday admitted that their 40-year-old pipeline has been having problems as far back as 1983, when they had to put a "patch" on the oil pipe.

    FPIC officer-in-charge Anthony Mabasa, however, clarified during Monday's Senate hearing that the patch on the pipeline was not a repair but a "preventive measure" installed by their company in 1983.

    He likewise said that the vibrations from the vehicles passing through the Magallanes flyover are the most probable cause for the holes in one part of the pipeline.

    The holes caused a petroleum leak at the basement of the West Tower Condominium in Makati City.

    "It would appear that it has deteriorated with stresses," he said.

    Mabasa said that they completed the repairs on the pipeline last week and that the welds have passed testing by a third-party specialist.

    Carlos Arcilla, director of the University of the Philippines National Institute of Geological Sciences, admitted that there is a possible "spatial correlation" between the holes and the stress caused by the Magallaness flyover on the pipelines.

    "There are no leaks yet found (in the pipeline found) outside the flyover and Bangkal areas," he said during the hearing.

    The 117-kilometer pipeline transports 60 percent of Metro Manila’s crude and refined petroleum needs from refineries in Batangas.

    Among the oil companies that use it to transport oil products are Royal Dutch Shell and Chevron Corp.’s Caltex unit.

    Not possible?

    However, West Tower Condominium Corporation vice president Manuel Chua Unsu refused to believe that vibrations caused the leaks.

    He likewise questioned why the FPIC allegedly did not monitor the condition of the patch.

    "How often have they checked that patch? Maybe they would have seen the leak sooner," he said after the hearing.

    Arcilla said that fuel continues to leak under the West Tower condominium because the sand below the soil and concrete where the building is standing has become a reservoir of oil.

    "(It) became the collection point. This is the danger we cannot overemphasize," he said, adding that maybe the Makati government should commission capture wells to determine the extent of the leak to other areas.

    Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri, chairman of the Senate committee on environment and natural resources, said they will not allow the opening of the pipeline until all the necessary tests have finished.

    He likewise said that they will conduct an ocular inspection of the area this week to make sure that everything is in order.

    He said they will prepare the committee report after the inspection.

    Apology not accepted

    Earlier in the day, the FPIC issued an apology to all those who were affected by the oil leak.

    However, residents of West Tower who were present during the Senate hearing did not accept the company's apology.

    "It's all superficial, plastik talaga. Lahat ng sinabi nila dun siguro 20 percent lang ang totoo (they were not sincere at all. Probably only 20 percent of what they said was true)," said Ruby Chua Unsu, who has been living in the condominium for 12 years.

    She likewise said that the FPIC seems to be "dividing and conquering" the West Tower residents by offering them P100,000 each for the damages caused by the oil leak.

    "Ano yan limos? Bigay nila yan sa squatter matutuwa. Pero hindi naman kami mga taga-squatter. (What's that, charity? If they give that to squatter residents, maybe they would be happy. But we're not like them)," she said.

    For Cris Ricafort, who has children living in the condominium, the FPIC's apology is all talk.

    "(Maybe) they're sincere... but there's nothing concrete I feel, it's just all words right now," she said.

    Earlier, the West Tower residents filed a petition for writ of kalikasan (nature) before the Supreme Court against 45 officials of the FPIC, asking for the permanent shut down and replacement of the damaged pipeline. - VVP, GMANews.TV

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    Meron ba mga "insider" dito na alam kung saan yung buong dinadaanan ng pipeline at ano yung area mismo?

    Hirap kasi bumili ng lupa sa south area ngayon. Kasi paranaque, makati dinadaanan nung pipeline. Kakatakot kung yung ilallim nyo biglang nagleak.

    Kung bagsak presyo dahil sa ondoy mas worst kung bahay nyo dinadaanan pala pipeline.

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