Mystery Supertanker Awaits Fate After Equatorial Guinea Seizure
Anchored oil tankers.
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An oil supertanker that Nigeria tried to seize has been stuck off the coast of nearby Equatorial Guinea for more than 10 days, where it was impounded by local authorities.
The Nigerian navy said that its counterparts in Equatorial Guinea arrested the Heroic Idun on Aug. 12, four days after the same vessel allegedly tried to load a cargo of crude unlawfully from the deep-water Akpo field operated by TotalEnergies SE. The ship lacked the necessary clearance and left Nigerian waters before being intercepted by the Equatoguinean military, the navy said on Aug. 19.