Satellite images have shown the increasingly deteriorating condition of the oil tanker “Caroline Bizengi” aground off the coast of the Sultanate of Oman, amid the expanding crude oil spill reaching coastal areas and marine protected zones.
Follow-ups – Al-Khabar Al-Yemeni:
The 247-meter tanker, carrying about one million barrels of oil, ran aground off Al-Qibliya Island southwest of the Sultanate of Oman about two months ago, following media reports of an explosion on board on June 8.
Recent satellite images showed that the tanker has become more submerged in water compared to earlier images, an indicator of its worsening condition, coinciding with the continued leakage of crude oil into the sea.
According to the Associated Press, the tanker appeared in satellite images as if it had sunk deeper into the water off the Omani coast, while other images showed the expansion of the surrounding oil slick towards the northeast.
Images captured by satellites on August 5 show the spread of the oil slick towards the northeast of the tanker, which remained stuck near the rocky coast.
A comparison of images also revealed that part of the tanker’s hull has become more submerged in water than it was in images taken on July 31, coinciding with the peak of the monsoon season in the region during July and August.
This comes as satellite images indicate accelerated changes in the ship’s condition since late July, with the oil slick expanding from tens of square kilometers to hundreds of square kilometers within a short period.
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