How to Use oil tanker in a Sentence

oil tanker

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  • On May 3, Iran seized the second oil tanker in a week in Gulf waters.
    — Sahar Tartak, National Review, 14 May 2023
  • Iranian forces seized a second oil tanker in less than a week, this time in the Strait of Hormuz.
    — Fox News, 4 May 2023
  • Over the past year and a half, the 32-year-old British carpenter has blocked highways by gluing himself to roads and chained himself to an oil tanker.
    — Time, 16 Dec. 2022
  • 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 following day, there was a strike on an oil tanker supplying Russian troops.
    — Ian Pannell, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2023
  • One such missile struck an oil tanker in late January, setting it ablaze.
    — Rich Schapiro, NBC News, 7 Feb. 2024
  • The Iranian navy seized an oil tanker on Thursday in the Gulf of Oman, a move that could further escalate tensions in the region.
    — Mike Brest, Washington Examiner, 11 Jan. 2024
  • Coming the day before the oil tanker Exxon Valdez spilled its load across a wide swath of the Alaskan coastline, the reaction to the U. announcement was massive and global.
    — Tim Fitzpatrick, The Salt Lake Tribune, 13 Dec. 2022
  • An oil tanker was able to evacuate the sailors to Gibraltar before the boat eventually sank.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 16 May 2024
  • The submarine, a frigate, an oil tanker and a rescue tug slowly departed from the port on Monday morning.
    — CBS News, 17 June 2024
  • The collision left a hole in the oil tanker’s hull but did not cause any discharge into the water, the Balearic Islands Port Authority said.
    — Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 29 Aug. 2023
  • The oil tanker was able to respond quickly and the two crew members were taken onboard and transported safely to Gibraltar, per the outlets.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 14 May 2024
  • Ukraine’s response — sea-drone attacks on a Russian oil tanker and a warship at its Novorossiysk naval base, next door to a major grain and oil port — has added to these new dangers for transport in the Black Sea.
    — Reuters, NBC News, 13 Aug. 2023
  • The strikes heightened fears of a wider conflict in the Middle East and came shortly after Iran seized an oil tanker off the coast of Oman, adding to concerns over global shipping disruptions.
    — WSJ, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Russian maritime authorities said the engine room of the oil tanker was damaged in Saturday’s strike but that the ship remained afloat.
    — Marc Santora, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Aug. 2023
  • The two crew members were evacuated to a nearby oil tanker, according to the Spanish newspaper El Pais.
    — Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 24 May 2024
  • In the dispute over the money, Tehran seized a South Korean oil tanker and threatened further retaliation this month.
    — Time, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Then an oil tanker inexplicably grounds itself on the very beachfront where the Sandfords are relaxing.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 6 Dec. 2023
  • But matters quickly turn ominous when the young daughter (Mackenzie), who seems to be the most perceptive of the four of them, notices a giant oil tanker that seems to be moving a little too close to the swimmers and sunbathers.
    — Stephen Farber, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Oct. 2023
  • After a cargo ship and an oil tanker crashed into the wreck in the English Channel, the Tricolor and its contents were cut into nine 3,000-ton sections and steamed off to Belgium for disposal.
    — Andrew Lawrence, Popular Mechanics, 14 Nov. 2022
  • Now, nineteen years later, while aboard an oil tanker belonging to their colossally wealthy father, Nick gets a tip regarding the murder weapon, which had never been found.
    — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Already, Tehran seized a South Korean oil tanker amid the dispute and threatened further retaliation this month.
    — Jon Gambrell and Matthew Lee, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Aug. 2023
  • No one was injured in the crash, but the oil tanker was fully loaded with gasoline and went up in flames, eventually building to a towering inferno with smoke billowing into the air.
    — Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 5 May 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
  • In 2021, two people died aboard a Zodiac Maritime oil tanker after the vessel was attacked with an explosive drone during a string of attacks on tankers and other vessels when tensions in the region were high.
    — Dan Lamothe, Washington Post, 27 Nov. 2023
  • 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
  • Already, Tehran seized a South Korean oil tanker amid the dispute and threatened further retaliation in August.
    — Jon Gambrell and Matthew Lee, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Attacks on commercial vessels in the Red Sea by the Houthi rebels in Yemen have left oil tanker operators facing an unwelcome calculation: accept the risks of steaming through the danger zone, or lose business.
    — Stanley Reed, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2024
  • Moscow had earlier promised retaliation for Ukrainian strikes against a Russian oil tanker.
    — Sammy Westfall, Washington Post, 7 Aug. 2023
  • The complex initiative required the purchase of an oil tanker, the hiring of a salvage company and coordination between bitter foes on opposite sides of Yemen’s conflict.
    — Ali Al-Mujahed, Washington Post, 17 Aug. 2023

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