Cairo — A devastating oil spill in the Red Sea has polluted beaches along the Egyptian resort coast known as “British Hurghada”. Environmentalists report that “incredible damage” has also been done to birds, turtles and other marine life.
The spill was first sighted by environmentalists on June 19 and traced back to an offshore rig operated by the Geisum Oil Company, a subsidiary of the state-owned Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation.
The officials here are still trying to deny that this ever took place.
They’re now blaming the leak on “heat causing the oil to escape”, whereas HEPCA have video footage proving that the leak came from a government owned oil rig!
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