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Sunken tanker could leak oil for years: Oil could leak from the sunken tanker Prestige until 2006, says the Spanish government's team of scientific advisors.
Using the data and images gathered by a mini-submarine, the team estimate that 125 tonnes are escaping each day from at least nine holes in the wreck. At that rate, "it would take between a minimum of five and a maximum of 39 months to empty the tanks," Emilio Lora-Tamayo, head of the scientific committee, told Reuters.