Suspected Oil Spill Detected Near Iran's Kharg Island
Satellite images have revealed a suspected large oil slick near Iran's Kharg Island, a major oil export terminal, with its cause remaining unknown. This incident comes amid heightened tensions in the Persian Gulf, with some reports also mentioning US actions against Iranian tankers.
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Massive Oil Slick Spotted Off Iran's Kharg Island, Cause Unknown An apparent large oil spill spanning dozens of square miles of sea has been spotted off of Iran's main oil hub of Kharg Island, according to open source satellite imagery and reporting in both the NY Times and Reuters on Friday. The reports cite images from Copernicus's Sentinel-1, Sentinel-2, and Sentinel-3 satellites taken from monitoring May 6 through 8 which show a huge grey-and-white slick extending out to th...
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