Red Sea threat: US pledges $10 million to prevent huge oil spill from decrepit FSO moored in Yemen

US Secretary of State calls on all Red Sea stakeholders to fund salvage operation amid alarm this year's monsoon could rip apart vessel, releasing 1.1 million barrels of oil

Disaster in waiting: satellite image from Maxar Technologies shows the Safer FSO moored offshore Yemen
Disaster in waiting: satellite image from Maxar Technologies shows the Safer FSO moored offshore YemenPhoto: MAXAR TECHNOLOGIES/AFP/SCANPIX
Published 9 June 2022, 11:20Updated 10 June 2022, 11:19