Lebanese Oil Slick

Here are some photos and information on the oil slick in Lebanon. The information includes clean up methods and the effects of the oil slick.

Up to 15,000 metric tonnes of heavy fuel oil spilled into the Mediterranean when Lebanon's Jiyyeh power plant was bombed in mid-July by the Israeli military.

The oil slick drifted north for 150km. The clean-up operation only began a month after the bombing, when the conflict ended.