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A satellite image shows the damaged vessel Caroline Bezengi and an oil slick off the Hallaniyat Islands, off the coast of Dhofar Governorate, Oman, August 5, 2026. Photo: Pléiades © CNES 2026, Distribution Airbus DS/Handout via REUTERS

Oman says grounded tanker oil spill covers 400 square km

The Caroline Bezengi is loaded with close to one million barrels of Russian oil bound for Asia and first reported difficulties on 8 June off Yemen, with two maritime security sources saying initial...

A satellite image shows likely oil spill covering dozens of square kilometers near Iran's Kharg Island, May 6, 2026. Photo: EUROPEAN UNION/COPERNICUS SENTINEL-2/Handout via REUTERS

Suspected oil spill seen on satellite images near Iran's Kharg Island export hub

A Liberian-flagged container vessel MSC ELSA 3 sinks off Kerala Coast, India, May 24, 2025. Photo: India's Press Information Bureau/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

India rushes to contain oil spill as vessel sinks off Kerala coast

In this photo taken from video released by the Russian Emergency Ministry Press Service on Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025, booms are visible on the sea around the damaged Volgoneft-239 tanker near the port of Taman where Russian rescuers work to clean up tons of fuel oil that spilled out of two storm-stricken tankers more then three weeks ago in Russia's southern Krasnodar region. Photo: Russian Emergency Ministry Press Service via AP

Russia forms an emergency task force over oil spill

A volunteer works to clear spilled oil on the coastline following an incident involving two tankers damaged in a storm in the Kerch Strait, in the settlement of Blagoveshchenskaya near the Black Sea resort of Anapa in the Krasnodar region, Russia December 21, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Sergey Pivovarov/File Photo

Russia clears beaches after Black Sea oil spill, declares emergency in Crimea

The headquarters of Petroleos del Peru (Petroperu), a state company dedicated to the refining, distribution and marketing of fuels, is seen at the district of San Isidro in Lima, Peru, May 4, 2017. Photo: REUTERS

Peru declares environmental emergency after oil spill

Flames and smoke rise from the Greek-flagged oil tanker Sounion, which has been on fire since August 23, on the Red Sea, August 25, 2024. Yemen's Houthis said they attacked the Sounion in the Red Sea. Photo: EUNAVFOR ASPIDES/Handout via REUTERS

Greek-flagged oil tanker appears to be leaking oil: Pentagon

Workers clean the beach after an oil spill, in Boca de Aroa, Venezuela August 16, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Juan Carlos Hernandez

Oil spill reported off Venezuela's Caribbean coast

A handout photo released by the Philippine Coast Guard shows the tip of MT Terra Nova protruding in Manila Bay, Philippines, July 25, 2024. Photo: Philippine Coast Guard/Handout via REUTERS

Tanker capsizes off Philippines, one crew missing, battle to contain oil spill

Workers clean up the oil slick at Tanjong Beach in Sentosa, Singapore June 16, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Edgar Su

Singapore intensifies oil spill clean up after it spreads along coast

A satellite image shows a close-up view of a capsized barge and an oil spill, off the shore of Tobago Island, Trinidad and Tobago, 14 February 2024. Photo: Maxar Technologies/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

Trinidad government hires two firms to recover sunken oil barge

Oil tanker explosions in Jhalakathi: Exposing a fatal repetitive pattern

Oil tanker explosions in Jhalakathi: Exposing a fatal repetitive pattern

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60,000 litres of oil spilled as train derailed in Chattogram