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Leaking grounded oil tanker off Oman sinks further, satellite images show

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BEIRUT (AP) — A sanctioned tanker carrying nearly 1 million barrels of oil appears to have become further submerged in waters off the coast of Oman where it has been grounded for several weeks, satellite images reviewed by The Associated Press show. Satellite imagery analysis suggests that the oil spill covered 45 square kilometers (17 square miles) up until July 26. By Aug. 2, it had expanded to around 150 square kilometers (58 square miles). As of Aug. 7, a spill of oil sheen covered nearly 800 square kilometers (309 square miles). Its crew reported an explosion on board on June 8. In the images, the vessel appears to be partly submerged, noticeably more so than on a photo taken on July 31. It had left the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk, in Russia, in May.