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Satellites Confirm Oil Spill from Barakah After Drone Strike

5/13/2026

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Satellite images captured a trail from the M.V. Barakah after Iranian drones struck it near Oman’s Musandam Peninsula.
ADNOC Logistics & Services reported a leak with no crew injuries and a plume recorded by Copernicus Sentinel satellites on May 7 and 9 that Data Desk said matched oil.
Passes showed the slick vanished, confirming a spill and indicating that Iran’s official said a Kharg Island spill came from a tanker dumping water.

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Satellite images captured a trail from the M.V. Barakah after Iranian drones struck it near Oman’s Musandam Peninsula.
ADNOC Logistics & Services reported a leak with no crew injuries and a plume recorded by Copernicus Sentinel satellites on May 7 and 9 that Data Desk said matched oil.
Passes showed the slick vanished, confirming a spill and indicating that Iran’s official said a Kharg Island spill came from a tanker dumping water.