Overview
- Sentinel-1 radar, which captured images April 7, revealed a slick more than five miles long near Iran’s Qeshm Island.
- Fresh imagery shows oil around Lavan Island after strikes on an oil facility, with PAX reporting slicks now reaching protected Shidvar Island.
- Separate satellite passes on April 6 detected spills off Kuwait, following IRGC claims that it hit fuel and petrochemical sites in Gulf countries including Kuwait.
- Greenpeace Germany estimates about 75 large tankers carry nearly 19 billion liters of crude in the Gulf, raising the risk of more pollution if vessels or terminals are struck.
- Cleanup teams face conflict-zone access limits and hazardous conditions, while experts flag threats to fisheries, coastal livelihoods, and water supplies that depend on seawater desalination.