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A unit of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), the state-owned oil company of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), said on Wednesday that bunker fuel has leaked from one of its tankers that was the victim of an Iranian drone attack last week. This leakage has occurred near the coast of Oman and the oil company says that its quantity is small. Amidst the Iran war, such incidents are having a very bad effect on the health of the ocean.
On February 28, the US and Israel launched attacks against Iran, in response to which the Islamic country effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz, an important sea route for global oil and gas supplies. Since then, crossing the Strait of Hormuz has become extremely risky for ships. Hundreds of ships are still stranded in the Gulf region due to the closure of Hormuz.
ADNOC Logistics and Services (ADNOCLS.AD) said that the name of the ship from which the oil leaked was M.V. It’s Barakah. The company said it is monitoring the situation on the ship and is working closely with relevant authorities and specialist relief teams.
A company spokesperson said, ‘ADNOC Logistics and Services’ ship Barakah was attacked by two Iranian drones on May 4. After this the ship still oman Standing anchored near the coast. Due to this incident, unfortunately a small amount of bunker fuel spilled into the sea.
However, the spokesperson did not say how much fuel has leaked. The fuel used to run ships is called bunker fuel. This is very thick and heavy oil, even a small amount of which can cause great harm to the ocean.
At the time of the attack, ADNOC Logistics and Services had said that no crew members of the ship were injured and the tanker was not carrying any cargo.
Oil leak seen in satellite photos
Images taken from the Copernicus Sentinel satellite on May 7 and 9 showed a white trail behind the ship Barakah near the Musandam Peninsula in Oman. It was identified by tankertrackers.
Louis Goddard, co-founder of Data Desk, a consultancy that works on climate and commodity issues, told news agency Reuters, ‘This white mark definitely looks like oil and is clearly visible coming from the tanker.’ However, no oil spill was visible in recent photographs.
Meanwhile, last week, a suspected oil leak spread over several square kilometers in the sea near Kharg Island, Iran’s main oil center, was also seen in satellite images. Iran’s top environment official said on Tuesday that perhaps a tanker had released the dirty water and not that there was any leakage from oil fields.
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