UN Initiates Complex 19-Day Operation to Extract Oil from Decaying Tanker ‘Safer’ in Yemen’s Red Sea
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In a race against disaster, the UN launches a complex 19-day operation to prevent a catastrophic oil spill from the decaying “Safer” tanker, stranded near Yemen’s Red Sea coast for eight years due to civil war. With 1.1 million barrels of oil at risk, potential damages could reach $20 billion, severely impacting Yemen’s environment and coastal regions. The transfer of oil to a replacement vessel aims to avert one of history’s worst oil spills and protect marine life and shipping routes through the Suez Canal.
UN has started complex operation to transfer 1M+ barrels of crude oil from dilapidated #FSOSafer tanker, stranded off the coast of Yemen.
— United Nations (@UN) July 25, 2023
This is a major step to avoid what would be the worst oil spill of our era, @antonioguterres said. https://t.co/xB25AXzU7l
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