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Costa Concordia salvage: oil extraction 
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26 January 2012
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More than 2,000 tons of oil have to be extracted from the Costa Concordia before salvage operations begin. 
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Dutch salvage firm Smit will use a process called "hot tapping," in which oil is extracted via a hole drilled through a valve attached to the side of the boat. 



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