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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Huge oil slick near Oman is growing rapidly and threatens a large-scale environmental disaster. The oil spill from the tanker "Carolina Bezengi" near Oman has covered more than 2 thousand square kilometers, threatening an environmental disaster. Due to damage to the vessel, the entire cargo of 800 thousand barrels may enter the water.
Hundreds of square kilometers are polluted after the accident of a tanker from Russia's shadow fleet. Recovery of the ship is delayed due to bad weather.
From the ship "Caroline Bezengi" in front of Oman, crude oil is apparently still running out. Environmental associations warn of one of the biggest environmental disasters in years.
After the accident of a tanker off the coast of Oman, the oil pollution continues to expand. The environmental protection organization Greenpeace reports to Deutschlandfunk about current satellite images. After that 1,000 square kilometers are now polluted.
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