The United Nations begins transferring one million barrels of oil from a rusting supertanker off war-torn Yemen, in a bid to avert a catastrophic spill
The UN hopes the $143 million operation will eliminate the risk of an environmental disaster that it estimates would cost $20 billion to clean up. / Photo: AFP
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a statement that the operation to defuse what might be the world's largest ticking time bomb began at 10:45 am Yemen time on Tuesday. The transfer of 1.14 million barrels of Marib light crude from the 47-year-old FSO Safer to the new vessel is expected to take"less than three weeks," David Gressly, the UN's resident coordinator for Yemen, said on social media.
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