Examples of oil tanker in a Sentence
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In January, Tehran seized an oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman and transferred it to an Iranian port in response to the United States confiscating the same vessel and its oil last year.
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Adam Pourahmadi, CNN, 13 Apr. 2024
That’s the federal law passed after the oil tanker Exxon Valdez ran aground in Alaska in 1989, spilling more than 10 million gallons of oil into Price William Sound.
—Ken Roberts, Forbes, 30 Mar. 2024
Though the oil tanker was not connected to the Houthi attacks, its confiscation threatened to spread hostilities eastward to the Persian Gulf, another key shipping route.
—George Petras, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2024
One such missile struck an oil tanker in late January, setting it ablaze.
—Rich Schapiro, NBC News, 7 Feb. 2024
When an American naval destroyer escorting a Kuwaiti oil tanker was hit by an Iranian mine, injuring ten sailors, the Reagan administration responded by engaging the Iranian navy in an eight-hour battle that destroyed half the Iranian fleet.
—The Editors, National Review, 29 Jan. 2024
Still, analysts say the profits that can be made from even the smallest evasion of sanctions against Russia are vast, because of the significant sums involved in trading a single oil tanker’s cargo.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 19 Feb. 2024
Houthi rebels targeted an oil tanker in the Gulf of Aden on Friday, hitting it with a missile and sparking a fire on the vessel.
—Kelsey
ables, Washington Post, 27 Jan. 2024
The SEALs' mission was also not related to the seizure of the oil tanker St. Nikolas by Iran, another U.S. official told The AP.
—Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 15 Jan. 2024
Adam Pourahmadi, CNN, 13 Apr. 2024
That’s the federal law passed after the oil tanker Exxon Valdez ran aground in Alaska in 1989, spilling more than 10 million gallons of oil into Price William Sound.
—Ken Roberts, Forbes, 30 Mar. 2024
Though the oil tanker was not connected to the Houthi attacks, its confiscation threatened to spread hostilities eastward to the Persian Gulf, another key shipping route.
—George Petras, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2024
One such missile struck an oil tanker in late January, setting it ablaze.
—Rich Schapiro, NBC News, 7 Feb. 2024
When an American naval destroyer escorting a Kuwaiti oil tanker was hit by an Iranian mine, injuring ten sailors, the Reagan administration responded by engaging the Iranian navy in an eight-hour battle that destroyed half the Iranian fleet.
—The Editors, National Review, 29 Jan. 2024
Still, analysts say the profits that can be made from even the smallest evasion of sanctions against Russia are vast, because of the significant sums involved in trading a single oil tanker’s cargo.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 19 Feb. 2024
Houthi rebels targeted an oil tanker in the Gulf of Aden on Friday, hitting it with a missile and sparking a fire on the vessel.
—Kelsey
ables, Washington Post, 27 Jan. 2024
The SEALs' mission was also not related to the seizure of the oil tanker St. Nikolas by Iran, another U.S. official told The AP.
—Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 15 Jan. 2024
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