Suspected Oil Slick Spotted Near Iran's Kharg Island
Satellite images have revealed a large, suspected oil slick near Iran's Kharg Island, a major oil export hub, with its cause currently unknown. The Pentagon has declined to comment on speculation regarding a potential US strike.
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Suspected oil spill seen on satellite images near Iran's Kharg Island export hub
The cause of the oil spill, which appears to cover the waters west of the 8-kilometer island, is still unknown.
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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...
By Tyler Durden
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