Oil spill in Shabwah, affecting drinking water and agriculture

Oil spill in Shabwah, affecting drinking water and agriculture

Huge quantities of crude oil covered a large area of lands in Al-Rawdah district, southeast of the city of Ataq, the center of Shabwah province, local residents reported.

They affirmed that the leakage of crude oil in the Al-Ghail area from near Wadi Ghurair, on Thursday, portends an environmental pollution disaster for drinking water and agricultural lands due to the dilapidated oil pipeline extending to the port of Al-Nashima on the Arabian Sea

Residents explained that local authorities ignored and disregarded the environmental pollution and did not repair the pipeline or prevent oil spillage in citizens’ lands.

The crude oil spill incident serves as an example of the continued looting of Yemeni oil by the countries of the coalition and their smuggling of it through the port of Al-Nashima, which is under the control of UAE-affiliated factions, and transporting it via foreign ships that hide their data and routes at sea.