14-1066: For the oil tanker accident, see SS Wafra oil spill . [REDACTED] This article does not cite any sources . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . Find sources: "Wafra" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR ( July 2011 ) ( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Area in Al Ahmadi, Kuwait Wafra الوفرة Al Wafra'h Area [REDACTED] Vegetable farm in Wafrah [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Wafra Coordinates: 28°33′30″N 48°2′36″E / 28.55833°N 48.04333°E / 28.55833; 48.04333 Country [REDACTED] Kuwait Governorate Al Ahmadi Time zone UTC+3 ( AST ) Wafra (Arabic: الوفرة )
28-539: A 160-kilometre (99 mi) oil slick in her wake. On 10 March 1971, Buccaneer aircraft of the South African Air Force attempted to sink her with AS-30L missiles, but succeeded only in starting a fire. The ship burned for two days before a Shackleton aircraft was eventually able to sink it with depth charges in 1,830 metres (6,000 ft) of water. If Wafra had been a twin screw, two engine room ship, loss of an engine would most likely not have caused
42-496: Is a district located in the south of the country. It contains the headquarters for the Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) and Kuwait Oil Company (KOC), with many of its refineries located there. Covering an area of 60 km . Al Ahmadi is the capital of this Kuwait province with the same name created in 1946, and named after Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah who ruled the province from 1921 to 1956. After
56-400: Is different from Wikidata Articles containing Arabic-language text Pages using gadget WikiMiniAtlas SS Wafra oil spill The SS Wafra oil spill occurred on 27 February 1971, when SS Wafra , an oil tanker , ran aground while under tow near Cape Agulhas , South Africa. Approximately 200,000 barrels of crude oil were leaked into the ocean. The larger part of the ship
70-691: Is the southernmost area in Kuwait , within the boundaries of the former Saudi–Kuwaiti neutral zone . It is part of Ahmadi Governorate , and is well known for its fertile soil and farms. It is parallel with the Kuwait–Saudi Arabia border . Wafra and Abdali to the north are the only two cities in Kuwait known for farming and livestock. Farms in Wafra are fed by groundwater. The farms have a very original cone-shaped mud dovecotes with hundreds of birds. People tend to visit
84-1482: The Wafra Market to buy fresh vegetables. Maps and images [ edit ] [REDACTED] Map of Al Ahmadi Governorate [REDACTED] Wafra Market [REDACTED] Land prepared for agriculture [REDACTED] Farm of Washingtonia robusta palm trees v t e [REDACTED] Ahmadi Governorate Capital: Ahmadi Areas Abu Hulaifa Abdullah Port Ahmadi Ali Al-Salim Aqila Bar Al Ahmadi Dhaher Fahaheel Fahad Al-Ahmad Hadiya Jaber Al-Ali Jawaher Al Wafra Khairan Mahbula Mangaf Miqwa' New Khairan City New Wafra Nuwaiseeb Riqqa Sabah Al-Ahmad City Sabahiya Shu'aiba South Sabahiya Wafra Zoor Authority control databases [REDACTED] International VIAF National United States Israel Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wafra&oldid=1256337955 " Categories : Populated places in Kuwait Agriculture in Asia Hidden categories: Articles lacking sources from July 2011 All articles lacking sources Articles with short description Short description
98-409: The discovery of oil in the region British and Indian ex-pats started settling in Al Ahmadi. The town has American layouts and designed keeping in mind British preferences. The roads intersect at right angles. Areas close to the sea have buildings on the sea-facing hill slopes. The Ahmadi Town was divided by Orientation into North, South, East, and West. The North Ahmadi side is where the residential area
112-822: The loss of the whole ship. At the time, the oil spill was in the top twenty most disastrous tanker spills on record. In the wake of the accident, the South African Department of Transport realised that despite many Very Large Crude Carriers (VLCCs) using the Cape sea route each year, the authorities did not have ocean-going tugs that were able to assist them in distress, and to protect sensitive marine areas by breaking up oil spills with chemical dispersants. They therefore set up an oil spill prevention service known as Kuswag (Coastwatch) and commissioned two new salvage tugs, John Ross and Wolraad Woltemade . The two tugs, with their 26,200 horsepower (19,500 kW) engines, held
126-474: The record as the world's largest salvage tugs. The incident is featured in the 1975 book Supership by Noel Mostert. 35°0′S 20°2′E / 35.000°S 20.033°E / -35.000; 20.033 Ahmadi, Kuwait Al Ahmadi ( Arabic : الأحمدي ) is a town located in Kuwaiti , and the capital of, Al Ahmadi Governorate . was founded in 1946 with the discovery of oil there. Al Ahmadi
140-405: The same day. The tow cable subsequently broke, and Wafra grounded on a reef near Cape Agulhas at 5:30 pm on 28 February. All six of the port cargo tanks, as well as two of the six center tanks, were ruptured, resulting in approximately 26,000 tonnes of oil leaking at the grounding site, of which 6,000 tonnes washed up at Cape Agulhas. Another source estimated that nearly 14 million gallons of oil
154-405: Was lost in the event (approx 45500 tonnes). A 20-mile (32 km) by 3-mile (4.8 km) oil spill resulted, which affected a colony of 1200 African penguins on Dyer Island near Gansbaai . Beaches from Gansbaai to Cape Agulhas were oiled by the slick. American newspapers reported that the slick was up to 35 miles (56 km) long. Almost 4,000 US gallons (15,000 L) of detergent
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#1732855882450168-504: Was refloated, towed out to sea, and then sunk by the South African Air Force to prevent further oil contamination of the coastline. Wafra left Ras Tanura in Saudi Arabia on 12 February 1971 bound for Cape Town , South Africa, with a cargo of 472,513 barrels (75,123.6 m ) (63,174 tonnes) of Arabian crude oil on board. Half the cargo was owned by Chevron Oil Sales Co. , and the other half by Texaco Export, Inc. The ship
182-457: Was rounding the southern tip of Africa at 6:30 am on 27 February 1971 when the piping that brought seawater on board to cool her steam turbine failed. The engine room flooded, incapacitating the ship. She was taken under tow the following day by the Russian steam tanker Gdynia , which – finding the task too difficult – handed the tow over to Pongola 7 miles (11 km) off Cape Agulhas , later
196-526: Was sprayed onto the slick in efforts to prevent it washing ashore or harming marine life. The ship was refloated and pulled off the reef on 8 March by the German tug Oceanic , but started to break apart. To prevent further oil contamination of the coastline, the larger section was towed 200 miles (320 km) out to sea to the edge of the continental shelf ( 36°57′S 20°42′E / 36.950°S 20.700°E / -36.950; 20.700 ), leaving
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