Key facts
- Oman's National Emergency Management Committee discussed operations to deal with the cargo of a tanker aground off Al Qibliyah Island.
- The committee reviewed emergency incidents in territorial waters off Musandam Governorate, which overlooks the Strait of Hormuz.
- Oman did not identify the tanker or say how and when it ran aground.
- The UAE reopened beaches on November 12, 2026 after closing them over an oil spill from a tanker damaged in a suspected attack.
Oman's National Emergency Management Committee met on November 12, 2026 to discuss the handling of an oil tanker that ran aground off Al Qibliyah Island and the progress of operations to deal with its cargo, according to a Reuters report from Dubai.
The meeting also reviewed emergency incidents in Omani territorial waters off Musandam Governorate, which overlooks the Strait of Hormuz, and the monitoring of any environmental pollution. Oman did not identify the tanker or say how and when it ran aground.
Oil spills from attacks on tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, which carried nearly one-fifth of the world's crude before the war, have threatened UAE and Omani coasts. Authorities in the UAE had closed beaches after an oil spill from a tanker damaged in a suspected attack in the Gulf last month, and reopened them on November 12, 2026.
In August, Oman said it was tackling an oil leak near the Hallaniyat Islands, which include Al Qibliyah, after the oil tanker Caroline Bezengi leaked off its coast following an attack. Shipping through the Strait of Hormuz remains a sticking point in negotiations between Washington and Tehran aimed at ending the nearly nine-month-long war.