Oman Nature Reserve Threatened by Oil Spill
Satellite monitoring put the slick at about 58 square miles as oil spread onto shorelines and into a protected marine reserve, Greenpeace Germany said.
- On Thursday, Oman dispatched response teams to the Caroline Bezengi, a stranded oil tanker near the Hallaniyat Islands off Dhofar, to limit environmental damage from the leaking vessel.
- The 899-foot Suezmax tanker has been stranded since June following an onboard explosion; the vessel remains on sanctions lists from the United Kingdom, European Union, Canada, and Switzerland for transporting Russian-origin oil.
- Satellite monitoring shows the oil slick has expanded to roughly 58 square miles near Qibliyah Island, prompting Nina Noelle of Greenpeace Germany to call it a "drastic increase."
- Leaking crude threatens the Arabian Sea reserve, a protected marine zone housing rare humpback whales and threatened petrels, while experts warn even thin sheens cause significant ecological damage.
- John Amos, CEO of SkyTruth, noted a lack of active vessel response, describing the situation as "a potential environmental disaster that nobody seems to care about" while highlighting risks tied to Russia's shadow fleet.
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Off the coast of Oman, a tanker has run aground, from which more and more crude oil ejects. The oil carpet threatens a unique underwater world.
A tanker ran aground in front of Oman. Now oil runs out of the tanker and threatens coral reefs, marine mammals, turtles and migratory birds.
A tanker ran aground off the coast of Oman. According to satellite images, more and more oil leaks. Associations warn of a serious environmental disaster.
According to estimates, the oil tanker "Caroline Bezengi" has loaded 110,000 tons of crude oil. Now it lies on the ground in front of an Oman island. The huge oil carpet that grows around the ship is a major concern for environmentalists.
The stranded tanker probably carries 110,000 tons of crude oil, almost three times as much as the "Exxon Valdez" disaster in Alaska in 1989. An oil spill already spreads over 600 square kilometers.
On the coast of Oman, an environmental disaster of enormous proportions threatens because of a grounded oil tanker, which is attributed to Russia's so-called shadow fleet. According to satellite images, more and more quantities of oil emanate from Caroline Bezengi. The oil spill has now grown to an area of around 600 square kilometres, the environmental organisation Greenpeace reported. The EU-sanctioned tanker had probably loaded oil in the Rus…
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