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Yemen: "The United Nations has begun an operation to defuse what might be the worlds largest ticking time bomb," UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a statement.

The UN-led project to prevent a massive oil spill from the FSO Safer supertanker off Yemen’s Red Sea coast began today with the removal of more than 1 million barrels of oil from the decaying vessel.

According to the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Yemen David Gressly, the movement of oil off the FSO Safer has started.

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says a salvage team has begun siphoning oil out of a decaying oil tanker moored off the coast of Yemen

After years of warnings of a potential disaster, more than 1.1M barrels of oil is finally being siphoned off the FSO Safer.

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For years, many organisations have warned that the neglected vessel, known as SOF Safer, may cause a major oil spill or even explode.

The United Nations has started pumping oil off the decaying vessel FSO Safer, moored off Yemen’s Red Sea coast, averting a potential spill and environmental disaster, UN officials informed. UNIFEED<br />

The UN estimates that a potential spill of the FSO Safer's cargo would result in $20 billion of cleanup costs.