A British firm starts containment of oil spill from stricken tanker off Oman

A British maritime company has been hired to salvage a grounded Russian tanker off Oman and stop a spreading oil spill

A British maritime company has been hired to salvage a grounded Russian tanker off Oman and stop a spreading oil spill

Up to 40km of coastline affected by oil pollution, Omani environmental authority says.

The beaches of Ras Madrakah on mainland Oman, around 200 kilometres north of Qabiliyah Island, have also been contaminated, according to Oman's Environment Authority, which has been keeping an eye on the leak.

BEIRUT (AP) — Oil leaking from a tanker grounded off the coast of Oman is not only endangering a nearby island but has now also reached beaches on the Gulf Arab country's mainland, to the north of the island, Oman’s environment authority said Wednesday. Crude oil has been leaking from the tanker Caroline Bezengi — a sa

Oman says the oil spill from a grounded tanker has reached its coastline  AP News

MIDEAST-GULF-SHIPPING-SPILL:Oman says grounded tanker oil spi

Oman says grounded tanker oil spill covers 400 square km  reuters.com

CAIRO, Aug 10 (Reuters) - Leaking crude oil from a tanker grounded off a nature reserve in Oman has created a slick covering almost 400 square kilometres, the country's government said on Monday. The Caroline Bezengi is loaded with close to one million barrels of Russian oil bound for Asia and first reported difficulti

CAIRO, Aug 10 - Leaking crude oil from a tanker grounded off a nature reserve in Oman has created a slick covering almost 400 square kilometres, the country's government said on Monday.

An oil slick is covering an area of around 390 square kilometres (150 square miles) off the coast of Oman, the country's government said on Monday.