Peruvian Army members remove oil washed ashore at the Chacra y Mar beach, close to Huaral, Peru, on January 27, 2022, 65 kilometers north of the site where a spill occurred during the offloading process of the Italian-flagged tanker "Mare Doricum" at La Pampilla refinery, north of Lima on January 15, caused by the abnormal waves recorded after an eruption of the Tonga volcano. AFP PHOTO
LIMA: The oil spill off the coast of Peru sparked by a volcanic eruption thousands of miles away is twice as big as previously reported, the government said Friday (Saturday in Manila).