Yemen oil tanker: ‘Pivotal chapter’ concludes but important work remains

The specialist team that safely stabilized and transferred over one million barrels of crude oil from a decaying supertanker off the cost of Yemen, left the site on Monday, marking the end of a pivotal chapter in the UN-led operation to prevent a potentially disastrous oil spill in the Red Sea.

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Yemen oil tanker: ‘Pivotal chapter’ concludes but important work remains

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