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Ep 673: Disaster averted: defusing the ‘time bomb’ tanker
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Ep 673: Disaster averted: defusing the ‘time bomb’ tanker

When Yemen’s civil war broke out in 2014 a tanker that held the crude oil from its oil fields was abandoned in the Red Sea. Now the UN has had to step in to stop one of the largest spills in history.

Sensemaker · The Observer

August 31, 20236m 31s

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When Yemen’s civil war broke out in 2014 a tanker that held the crude oil from its oil fields was abandoned in the Red Sea. Now the UN has had to step in to stop one of the largest spills in history.


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