SAUDI ARABIA: INTERNATIONAL EFFORT TO TRY TO MINIMISE EFFECTS OF MASSIVE OIL SLICK

Record ID: 863017

  • Title: SAUDI ARABIA: INTERNATIONAL EFFORT TO TRY TO MINIMISE EFFECTS OF MASSIVE OIL SLICK
  • Date: 6th February 1991
  • Summary: AT SEA/UNDISCLOSED LOCATION, SAUDI ARABIA (FEBRUARY 6, 1991) AT SEA, GULF AV OIL SLICK UNDISCLOSED LOCATION, SAUDI ARABIA SCU OIL LAPPING ONTO BEACH (2 SHOTS) SCU BIRD COVERED IN OIL (2 SHOTS) ZOOM DYING BIRD IN SLICK LV CONSERVATIONIST STRETCHING OUT WITH POLES AND PULLING BIRD OUT OF WATER (2 SHOTS) CU RECOVERED BIRD LV CONSERVATIONIST CHASING BIRD (2 SHOTS) LV BIRDS IN RESCUE CENTRE (3 SHOTS)
  • Embargoed: 21st February 1991 12:00
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  • Location: AT SEA, GULF/ UNDISCLOSED LOCATION, SAUDI ARABIA
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  • Country: Saudi Arabia
  • Topics: Environment,General
  • Reuters ID: LVABNCNDJKLSMEMB1W4195GN05QY
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  • Story Text: An international effort is underway to try to minimise the effects of the massive oil slick in the Gulf.

    The oil has broken into patches floating throughout the northern half of the Gulf. The slick, containing an estimated 11 million barrels of oil, has caused severe damage to wildlife.

    Conservationists from around the world have set up a rescue centre in Saudi Arabia to treat birds covered in oil.

    The allies say the slick was caused by Iraqis opening taps at a Kuwaiti oil refinery, but Iraq says it was caused by allied bombing.

    The priority for the operation is to protect desalination plants that provide two-thirds of Saudi Arabia's drinking water.
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