Oil

The Yemeni Society: Neglecting the Oil Spill or Neglecting the Environment?

The Yemeni Society: Neglecting the Oil Spill or Neglecting the Environment?

Beside the current humanitarian catastrophe in Yemen, Yemeni society also faces a serious environmental issue concerning the SAFER Floating Storage and Offloading (FSO) which is located approximately 4.8 nautical miles off the country’s coast. It contains nearly 1.14m barrels of crude oil and the lack of maintenance is creating the conditions for the most damaging ecological disaster in the region and the world, with the potential to quadruple the amount of oil spilled during…