Oil Minister Calls on UN to Pressure Saudi-led Aggression Allow Maintenance of Safer Tanker

Minister of Oil and Minerals in the National Salvation Government Ahmed Abdullah Daress on Saturday called on the United Nations to pressure the Saudi-led aggression coalition to allow the emptying of the Safer floating tank off the coast of Hodeidah.

The Oil Minister indicated in a statement that the floating tank that carries more than a million barrels of crude oil has become a time bomb that threatens the marine environment.

He pointed out that the aggression coalition is still preventing the unloading of the crude oil quantity or performing maintenance of the tank.

“Despite attempts by the Ministry of Oil to carry out maintenance, the aggression coalition refuses the entry of the technical team assigned to perform the maintenance under the supervision of the United Nations,” Daress said.

The Minister held the United Nations and the aggression coalition countries fully responsible for any environmental catastrophe in the Red Sea that may reach Suez Canal, and the destruction of marine life due to the occurrence of oil leakage because the Safer ship has become decrepit and the maintenance work was stopped due to the aggression.
“Safer” floating tank contains one million and 278 thousand barrels of crude oil, and it is a ship used for unloading.