A thick, oily sheen spread across the turquoise waters near Abu Redis in South Sinai on 4 May, alarming local communities and threatening one of Egypt’s most prized natural assets: the Red Sea coastline. The leak is believed to have originated from either a marine source or an oil company operating in the vicinity. The Ministry of Environment responded, deploying a cleanup team and marine barriers to contain the slick, while investigations began into the source of the leak, suspected to be from a nearby oil facility or passing vessel. Oil spills are a longstanding concern in the region. From 2017 to 2021, small-scale oil leaks were recorded on a near-monthly basis along Egypt’s Gulf of Suez coastline, according to a study by the National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences mapping oil pollution in the area during that period. While recent high-profile incidents such as the May 2025 spill near Abu Redis and the December 2024 cargo ship leak off the coast of El Quseir have drawn renewed attention to the risks. Data shows no clear rise in oil spill frequency or severity in Sinai, but points to…
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