FSO Safer transfer beginning off Yemen
Greenpeace has attributed the fact that disaster has not occurred to “the heroic efforts of a small skeleton crew and a great deal of luck”.
FSO Safer
Boskalis signs on to tackle FSO Safer disaster
The work should take about two months, it said. Once the FSO Safer is clean and empty, it will be towed to a green shipping yard.
UN signs up Euronav to take crude from ailing Yemeni disaster
The UN has raised $95 million for the work, of which it has received $75mn. Work in the emergency phase is budgeted at $129mn.
Greenpeace names and shames oil companies for FSO Safer involvement
Greenpeace International has named ExxonMobil, OMV and TotalEnergies as companies involved in storing crude on the FSO Safer, the ailing ship offshore Yemen.
Yemen oil appeal inches closer to $80mn target
The appeal to raise $80 million to prevent an oil slick disaster off Yemen has come a little closer following a $1.2mn donation from HSA Group.
UK stumps up another £2mn for Yemen’s floating oil threat
The UK will provide another £2 million to help the FSO Safer, a deteriorating vessel holding around 1 million barrels of oil offshore Yemen.
Cash needed to defuse Yemen’s floating oil bomb
The United Nations has begun securing funding commitments to tackle the dangers posed by the FSO Safer, offshore Yemen.
Greenpeace floats boom as short-term FSO Safer response
Greenpeace has called for the FSO Safer to be isolated with a boom as a short-term measure to prevent an ecological disaster.
“Global catastrophe” looms at Yemeni offshore oil storage site
The FSO Safer poses both a local environmental threat but also a major pitfall for shipping through the critical Red Sea and Suez Canal.
Tanker attacked in Saudi harbour as UN approved for FSO Safer inspection
Yemeni authorities have agreed to allow a United Nations expert mission to the FSO Safer, with the expectation that this will take place early in 2021.
Saudi calls for UN to tackle Yemeni tanker problem
Saudi Arabia has written to the United Nations Security Council warning of an “oil spot” has been detected offshore Yemen.
UN to discuss “floating oil bomb” offshore Yemen
The United Nations Security Council will discuss the outlook for the Safer tanker, a floating oil storage vessel off Yemen in a state of disrepair.