Leaking tanker off Omani coast is sinking deeper, satellite images show
Satellite images show the spill spreading from 45 square kilometers to nearly 800 square kilometers as the tanker sinks farther into the sea.
- The 247-meter Caroline Bezengi has been grounded off Jazirat Al Qibliyyah Island in southwest Oman for two months, with satellite imagery showing the vessel increasingly submerged and leaking crude oil into the Arabian Sea.
- Believed to be part of Russia's 'shadow fleet,' the tanker has been sanctioned by the British government and the European Union for carrying Russian oil, with owners believed to be Shanghai-based.
- By August 7, the spill covered nearly 800 square kilometers, or 309 square miles, according to environmental expert Wim Zwijnenburg of PAX, a Dutch organization tracking environmental impacts in conflicts.
- Greenpeace German warned on Wednesday of an 'imminent risk of an unprecedented oil disaster from a broken tanker with devastating consequences for the region.' On Thursday, Oman's government said it was responding to the incident.
- The spill threatens the Arabian Sea reserve, a protected marine area hosting endangered petrels and the rare Arabian Sea humpback whale. Authorities have not clarified whether salvage operations are underway to contain the leaking oil.
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The tanker has an estimated at least 800,000 barrels of crude oil on board. After an explosion, the ship ran aground on the rocks.
Oil slick from stranded 'shadow fleet' tanker swells to 232 square miles off Oman
Environmental groups are sounding the alarm as a major oil spill off the coast of Oman is shifting into a serious marine emergency. Satellite images indicate the contamination is spreading from a tanker stuck near a protected island chain home to whales, seabirds, and rare sea turtles. What happened? According to Arab News, the oil sheen from an alleged Russian shadow fleet tanker has swelled from about 20 square kilometers, or 7.7 square miles,…
Leaking tanker off Omani coast is sinking deeper, satellite images
BEIRUT: Satellite images reviewed by The Associated Press show that a sanctioned tanker carrying nearly a million barrels of oil appears to be increasingly submerged in water off the coast of Oman, where it has been grounded for weeks, while leaking ever more oil into the surrounding sea. Crude oil has been leaking and spreading quickly in recent days from the tanker Caroline
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