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Kuwait says an oil spill has struck its waters in the Persian Gulf.
Kuwait`s state-run KUNA news agency reported late Saturday that emergency responders were working toward containing the spill near Kuwait`s southern Ras al-Zour. It says officials want to protect waterways. power plants and water facilities first. then clean surrounding beaches.
Authorities say that they don`t believe the spill came from any of Kuwait`s offshore oil fields. Instead. they say they suspect the oil came from a tanker in the Gulf.
There`s no immediate estimate of the number of barrels suspected to be spilled in the water.
Tiny Kuwait. an OPEC member nation. has the world`s six-largest estimated oil reserves.
