Salvage complete of tanker at center of oil spill scare after being hit by Houthi rebels in Red Sea
An oil tanker that burned for weeks in the Red Sea after being attacked by Yemen's Houthi rebels and threatening a massive oil spill has been salvaged, a security firm said Friday. The MV Sounion tanker had been a disaster-in-waiting in the waterway,
VOA60 World - Tanker hit by Houthi rebels that threatened a Red Sea oil spill has been salvaged
An oil tanker that burned for weeks in the Red Sea after being attacked by Houthi rebels and threatening a massive oil spill has been salvaged, a security firm said Friday, after months of work.
New oil spill detected in Black Sea from stricken Russian tanker
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Putin says more needs to be done to clean up Black Sea oil spill
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Tanker hit by Yemen rebels that threatened Red Sea spill has been salvaged
The Sounion had been a disaster in waiting in the waterway, with 1 million barrels of crude oil aboard that had been struck and later sabotaged with explosives by Yemen's Iranian-backed Houthi rebels.
Salvage of oil tanker damaged in Houthi attack completed
The recovery of the oil tanker Sounion, which was attacked and badly damaged by the Yemeni Houthi militia in the Red Sea last year, has been successfully completed, according to a security service provider.
Alert: Oil tanker struck by Yemen's Houthi rebels that threatened massive Red Sea spill 'successfully' salvaged, firm says
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Government agency investigates another major oil spill at Shell facility in Nigeria: 'Would be unconscionable for Shell to pack up ... without cleaning up its mess'
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