Last of oil removed from decaying tanker stranded off coast of war-torn Yemen
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The offloading of oil from inside a decaying, 47-year-old crude oil tanker moored off the coast of Yemen was completed Friday to the praise of U.S. and international observers.
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The United Nations said Friday it had successfully transferred more than one million barrels of oil from a dilapidated Yemeni tanker, removing the imminent risk of a spill.
The transfer of more than a million barrels of oil from an aging tanker moored off the coast of war-torn Yemen has been completed, avoiding an environmental disaster, the United Nations said Friday.
The offloading of oil from inside a decaying, 47-year-old crude oil tanker moored off the coast of Yemen was completed Friday to the praise of U.S. and international observers.
The UN said over 1 million barrels of oil have been removed from the tanker, off Yemen's Red Sea coast. For years, the UN and other organizations had sounded the alarm over the dangers surrounding the corroding vessel.
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