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A United Nations' pledging conference has raised $33 million, far short of funds needed for a salvage operation of a decaying tanker full of oil moored off the

 AMMAN — The floating storage and offloading (FSO) facility “Safer”, an ageing oil tanker off Yemen’s Red Sea coast, will cost approximately $20 billion to clean up if oil spills, according to United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen David Gressly.The 45-year-old FSO Safer, long used as a floating oil storage platform with 1.1 million barrels of crude on

Amman: The United Nations warned Monday that it would cost $20 billion to clean up an oil spill in the event of the imminent break-up of an oil tanker abandoned off Yemen. Our recent visit to ...

The 45-year-old oil tanker "FAS Safer" has been lying off the coast of Yemen for years. Experts are now warning of the ship breaking apart and a gigantic oil spill.

The United Nations warned on Monday that it would cost $20 billion to clean up an oil spill in the event of the "imminent" break-up of an oil tanker abandoned off Yemen.

The United Nations will launch a $144 million appeal on Wednesday for an operation to offload a million barrels of crude…

AMMAN (Reuters) - The United Nations will launch a $144 million appeal on Wednesday for an operation to offload a million barrels of crude oil from a tanker stranded off the coast of war-torn Yemen for years which threatens a major environmental disaster.

A top United Nations official has warned that a major oil spill from a decaying tanker anchored close to Yemen’s coastline would cost a staggering $20 billion to clean up. 

The UN is working on raising the funds for the implementation of its plan to address a threat posed by an FSO unit off the Yemen coast.