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Re: Live Thread: War With Iran Continues #4
« Reply #850 on: May 08, 2026, 05:45:42 pm »
Massive Oil Slick Spotted Off Iran's Kharg Island, Cause Unknown

An apparent large oil spill spanning dozens of square miles of sea has been spotted off of Iran's main oil hub of Kharg Island, according to open source satellite imagery and reporting in both the NY Times and Reuters on Friday.

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/massive-oil-slick-spotted-irans-kharg-island-cause-unknown
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Re: Live Thread: War With Iran Continues #4
« Reply #851 on: May 08, 2026, 06:03:41 pm »
Trump blockade squeezing Iran so hard regime may be dumping oil into Gulf, experts say
Satellite images show a 45-square-kilometer slick near Kharg Island as Iran's export system buckles under U.S. pressure
By Efrat Lachter Fox News
Published May 8, 2026 3:42pm EDT

Satellite imagery revealed a massive suspected oil slick spreading near Kharg Island, Iran’s main oil export terminal, in what experts say could be evidence that Tehran’s oil infrastructure is buckling under mounting U.S. pressure.

The slick, seen in Copernicus Sentinel satellite images between Wednesday and Friday, covered roughly 45 square kilometers west of the island, according to analysts cited by Reuters.

The incident is emerging as a potential sign that Trump’s maritime pressure campaign is achieving one of its central objectives: overwhelming Iran’s export system to the point where Tehran can no longer move or store crude fast enough to sustain normal production.

The suspected spill near Iran’s main oil hub is raising concerns that mounting U.S. pressure is overwhelming Tehran’s ability to store or export crude, potentially forcing risky workarounds with environmental consequences in the Gulf.


The slick, seen in Copernicus Sentinel satellite images between Wednesday and Friday, covered roughly 45 square kilometers west of the island, according to analysts cited by Reuters. (Reuters)

"At this stage I see two plausible explanations, and they’re not mutually exclusive," Miad Maleki, an Iran sanctions and energy expert at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, told Fox News Digital.

"One is operational: they simply didn’t ramp down extraction fast enough relative to their true onshore capacity and over-counted on empty tankers slipping through the blockade," he said.

"Now they’ve effectively over-delivered crude into the export system, with more oil at or near the terminals than they can actually load, and the ‘solution’ is to push some of that excess into the water."

Maleki said another possible explanation is mechanical failure tied to Iran’s use of aging tankers as floating storage or sanctions-busting carriers.

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Re: Live Thread: War With Iran Continues #4
« Reply #852 on: May 08, 2026, 06:05:12 pm »
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Re: Live Thread: War With Iran Continues #4
« Reply #853 on: May 08, 2026, 06:06:30 pm »
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« Reply #854 on: May 08, 2026, 08:43:18 pm »
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« Reply #855 on: May 08, 2026, 08:58:42 pm »
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Re: Live Thread: War With Iran Continues #4
« Reply #857 on: May 08, 2026, 09:43:31 pm »
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Re: Live Thread: War With Iran Continues #4
« Reply #858 on: May 08, 2026, 09:44:23 pm »
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Re: Live Thread: War With Iran Continues #4
« Reply #859 on: May 08, 2026, 10:08:47 pm »
So the spill is how the Iranians intend to bring the blockade down....
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Re: Live Thread: War With Iran Continues #4
« Reply #860 on: May 08, 2026, 10:43:15 pm »
Quote from: Cyber Liberty on May 08, 2026, 10:08:47 pm
So the spill is how the Iranians intend to bring the blockade down....
Not if we light it up...lol.
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Re: Live Thread: War With Iran Continues #4
« Reply #861 on: May 08, 2026, 11:02:39 pm »
Quote from: Idiot on May 08, 2026, 10:43:15 pm
Not if we light it up...lol.
:beer: I thought of that, too.
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Re: Live Thread: War With Iran Continues #4
« Reply #862 on: May 08, 2026, 11:59:43 pm »
Intentional dumping and discharging of oil?

Where are all the envirowhackos and groups who should be screaming bloody murder toward the Mullah's?

Yep...  Envirowhacko green scam was all along about left wing ideology......   nothing more.
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