200 Tons of Crude Oil Leak Into Red Sea Over Fuel Spill at Jordanian Port

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Approximately 200 tons of crude oil leaked into the Red Sea's Gulf of Aqaba from Jordan's Aqaba port, local media reported.

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MOSCOW (Sputnik) — According to Haaretz newspaper, the oil slick, which appeared on Tuesday, is moving southward, towards the beaches of Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Israel, with the latter being particularly concerned with possible contamination of beaches in Israeli's coastal city of Eilat and harm to its coral reef.

Israel's Ministry of Environmental Protection began preparations to provide aid to Jordan in cleanup and in the prevention of oil from further drifting, while Jordanian officials claimed that they would be to cope with the incident themselves, the newspaper said.

The causes of the oil leak, which has been stopped, are officially yet unknown, but there are reports about a leak from pipe, according to the newspaper

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