Iran Blames Non-Iranian Tanker for Kharg Spill as Slick Spread Near 5-Mile Oil Hub
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Updated · NBC News · May 13
Iran Blames Non-Iranian Tanker for Kharg Spill as Slick Spread Near 5-Mile Oil Hub
5 articles · Updated · NBC News · May 13
Iran said the suspected spill west of Kharg Island was caused by contaminated ballast water discharged from a non-Iranian tanker, not by leaks from its pipelines or oil facilities.
Satellite images from Copernicus Sentinel-1, -2 and -3 on May 6-8 showed a grey-and-white slick covering many square miles near the island, Iran’s main oil export hub.
Shina Ansari, Iran’s vice president for environmental affairs, said monitoring found no oil leak from domestic infrastructure, reinforcing inspections reported Sunday by Iran’s Oil Terminals Company.
Louis Goddard of Data Desk had said the imagery likely showed an oil slick and potentially the largest such incident since the U.S.-Israel war against Iran began 70 days ago.
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