oil

Could Iran hit an oil tanker near Dubai and cause an environmental disaster?

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Could Iran hit an oil tanker near Dubai and cause an environmental disaster?

A Kuwaiti oil tanker carrying millions of barrels of crude was hit near Dubai. The ship, Al Salmi, was damaged and caught fire after what Kuwaiti authorities described as an Iranian airstrike, sparking fears of an oil spill in the strategic region. What exactly happened to the Al Salmi ship? The Al Salmi, a Kuwait-flagged … Read more

A Pemex pipeline repair ship was grounded for more than eight days at the site of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

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Map of the Pemex spill

During the first half of January, Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex), the Mexican oil company, repaired a pipeline containing crude oil that was thought to contain more than 19 square kilometers (50 km2), which runs from one of the oil platforms in the Cantarell field to the Dos Bocas facilities. The location of the spill is one … Read more