The continued operation of the oil depot in a densely populated major city was a subject of various concerns, including its environmental and health impact to the residents of Manila.

Eleven years later, its Pandacan warehouse depot was converted into a key distribution terminal to bring products to nearby provinces.

In the same year, a health survey proved that the air surrounding the oil depot contains high levels of benzene, a chemical compound known to increase risks of cancer.

In July 2010, the leak of the underground pipeline of the First Philippine Industrial Corporation (FPIC), which carries oil from the oil refineries in the province of Batangas to Pandacan, caused the contamination of water bed table at the basement of West Tower Condominium in Bangkal in Makati.

[6] Thru the efforts of community activists who are members of the Advocates for Environmental and Social Justice (AESJ) coalition of Manila, City Ordinance No.

8283 re-classified the area as a high-intensity commercial zone in 2012, thus giving the oil depot until 2016 to relocate, but was vetoed by then Mayor Alfredo Lim.

In January 2017, Petron announced that it plans to establish a public market in a property within the site of the former oil depot.