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Libyan ship accused of Israel oil spill shown anchored off Iran coast - In pictures

The Jerusalem Post 04 Mar 2021

The Emerald, the Iranian vessel at the heart of the Israeli oil spill crisis was seen anchored off the coast of Iran's Kharg Island on January 17, new information has revealed.  ... There, it is loaded with an estimated 112,000 tons of crude oil, before encircling the Persian Gulf and entering Egyptian waters. ... It is currently in Iran ... .

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Israel’s maritime economic zone security in spotlight after oil spill

The Jerusalem Post 04 Mar 2021

Last year, Israel took delivery of its first Sa’ar 6 Corvette. This new ship and the subsequent class of ships based on it are supposed to help protect Israel’s Exclusive Economic Zone ... Some tensions have also been heating up across the Mediterranean.  ... It then went to Kharg Island and then via the Suez Canal on February 1 ... .

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Iran: recent storm causes 0 damages to Kharg oil terminal infrastructure

MENA FN 02 Dec 2020

(MENAFN)Kharg Island Oil Terminal infrastructures has not been damaged by the latest heavy rainfall and storm in the region, declared the Managing Dir... .

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Kharg oil terminal infrastructure unharmed by storm

Tehran Times 01 Dec 2020

TEHRAN – Managing Director of Iranian Oil Terminals Company (IOTC) said on Tuesday that the recent heavy rainfall and storm in the region has not caused any damage to the Kharg Island Oil Terminal infrastructures ... .

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Fire in petrochemical factory in Iran kills 1, injures 4

Seattle PI 19 Nov 2020

The report said the worker died after jumping off a platform where the blaze erupted during the unloading of carbohydrate materials ... The incident happened on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, which is home to Iran’s biggest crude export terminal ... sanctions ... .

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Iran announces joint Saudi oil field project in the Gulf

Middle East Monitor 02 Nov 2020

Iranian authorities announced on Saturday the installation of a housing platform in the joint oil field it shares with Saudi Arabia in Gulf waters ... Saudi Arabia allows Umrah for pilgrims from abroad ... The Forouzan field is shared with the Saudi Marjan field and is located approximately 100 kilometres from the south of the Iranian island of Kharg ... FM.

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Forty Years Ago, September 25, 1980: War Intensifies

Indian Express 24 Sep 2020

Iraq claimed its ground forces made “substantial thrusts” into western Iran along a 500-km invasion front, pushing 16 km beyond a northern city on a key road to Teheran ... Iraqi planes also set fire to part of Iran’s main oil terminal at Kharg island and Iranian oil ministry officials said oil exports from it were being suspended for the present ... .

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Official Announces Plan for Construction of New Island in Kish

Kayhan 19 Sep 2020

KISH (Dispatches) – Managing Director of Kish Free Zone Organization Gholam Hossein Mozaffari said on Saturday that a new island will soon be constructed in Kish , southern Iran ... Qeshm Island is a trading hub and Kharg Island is the pole of Iran’s oil-export industry.

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Iran clears oil spill in northern Gulf region, IRNA agency reports

Arab News 01 Aug 2020

Abuzar oil field, about 75 km (46 miles) west of Iran's Kharg Island, has three main platforms producing between 195,000 to 220,000 barrels per day of oil, IRNA reported, adding 107 wells had ...

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Iran clears oil spill in northern Gulf region: Report

Deccan Herald 01 Aug 2020

Abuzar oil field, about 75 km (46 miles) west of Iran's Kharg Island, has three main platforms producing between 195,000 to 220,000 barrels per day of oil, IRNA reported, adding 107 wells had been drilled in the field ...

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Iran clears oil spill in northern Gulf region

Middle East Monitor 01 Aug 2020

Abuzar oil field, about 75 km (46 miles) west of Iran’s Kharg Island, has three main platforms producing between 195,000 to 220,000 barrels per day of oil, IRNA reported, adding 107 wells had been drilled in the ...

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Iran sizes back oil tanker hit by US sanctions; vessel anchored off Iranian coast

Press TV 18 Jul 2020

Iran has successfully retaken an oil tanker wanted by the United States for allegedly skirting sanctions on the Islamic Republic, and now the vessel is located off the coast of the country near the strategic Strait of Hormuz ... Iran FM ... peace. In a letter to the UN chief, Iran ... The vessel then took on Iranian oil from Kharg Island to sell abroad ... .

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Tanker sought by U.S. over Iran sanctions ‘hijacked’ near Persian Gulf

Market Watch 16 Jul 2020

TankerTrackers.com, a website tracking the oil trade at sea, said it saw the vessel in satellite photos on Tuesday in Iranian waters off Hormuz Island. Hormuz Island, near the port city of Bandar Abbas, ... The vessel then took on Iranian oil from Kharg Island to sell abroad, the U.S.