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Cleanup underway as Russian oil spill reaches Oman’s coastline

Low Severity Asia Oman
Date Occurred Aug 15, 2026 18:11 UTC
Event Type General News
Source Al Jazeera
Recorded Aug 15, 2026
Full Description

Cleanup crews are responding along 12 kilometres of Omani coastline following an oil spill from the grounded tanker.

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Oman flag Oman
Region Asia
Capital Muscat
Population 1,446,563
GDP / Capita $13100.0
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Event Metadata
  • ID #23956
  • Type General News
  • Region Asia
  • Severity Low
  • Indexed Aug 15, 2026
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