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The Jiyeh Power Station oil spill is an environmental disaster caused by the release of heavy fuel oil into the eastern Mediterranean after storage tanks at the thermal power station in Jiyeh, Lebanon, 30 km (19 mi) south of Beirut, were bombed by the Israeli Air force on July 14 and July 15, 2006 during the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict. [1]
The Jiyeh power station oil spill is an environmental disaster that occurred July 13 - July 16 during the 2006 Lebanon war after Israeli raids on the Jiyeh thermal power plant in Beirut, Lebanon. [3] The oil slick covered around 150km of the Lebanese coastline and released up 10,000 - 15,000 tons of crude oil into the sea. [3]
The 2021 Mediterranean oil spill was an ecological disaster which occurred in February 2021 along the Mediterranean coast of Israel and Lebanon. Starting on 16 February 2021, dozens to hundreds of tons of tar washed up on the beaches along a 160-kilometre (99 mi) stretch of Israel's coast from Rosh Hanikra to Ashkelon , following a heavy storm ...
Lebanon's president Thursday inaugurated the Mediterranean country's first offshore exploratory drilling for oil and gas, calling it a “historic day” for the cash-strapped country. Michel Aoun ...
This is a reverse-chronological list of oil spills that have occurred throughout the world and spill(s) that are currently ongoing. Quantities are measured in tonnes of crude oil with one tonne roughly equal to 308 US gallons, 256 Imperial gallons, 7.33 barrels, or 1165 litres.
An oil spill, which appeared to originate from Venezuela's El Palito refinery several days ago, has contaminated a bay off the country's north-central coast in the Caribbean Sea, five sources told ...
Central Command also said Saturday that a Houthi attack on a Belize-flagged ship on Feb. 18 caused an 18-mile (29-kilometer) oil slick and the. military warned of the danger of a spill from the ...
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. 2020 Beirut explosion Aftermath of the explosion, with the destroyed grain silos to the left and the flooded blast crater to the right. Date 4 August 2020 (2020-08-04) Time 18:08:18 EEST (UTC+03:00) Venue Port of Beirut Location Beirut, Lebanon Coordinates 33°54′05″N 35°31′09″E ...