AtlasObserver

Software developer, flight tracking, ship tracking, geopolitics

[AtlasObserver @AtlasObserver]

C-17 crew is up there citing #OSINT like the rest of us squinting at a sketchy tweet at 1 AM. @thebaldgeek

[AtlasObserver @AtlasObserver]

@tom_bike Hmm , interesting , lets see in a few days

[AtlasObserver @AtlasObserver]

A vessel north of Qeshm island is leaking heavy fuel oil. I am assuming this was hit during yesterdays US strikes around Qeshm island.

[Tom Bike @tom_bike]

Very calm weather, note crystal clear water with bottom features visible around island, enabled EDT KENNEDY 🇨🇾 to made fast alongside CAROLINE BEZENGI wreck 👇

Spotted YESTERDAY at 17.4940,56.3211

Large oil slick visible in grey . Most of what we see is sheen, not thick crude.

[AtlasObserver @AtlasObserver]

@mercoglianos Didnt you hear Sal? Hormuz is obsolete now, just ask TT.🫠

[AtlasObserver @AtlasObserver]

@hey_itsmyturn Thanks for the warning

[AtlasObserver @AtlasObserver]

@hey_itsmyturn Aws but you have to pay the premium

[AtlasObserver @AtlasObserver]

Iraq set fire to their Al-Faw oil sludge drying pit the other day. Its a massive pit where they dump the unusable heavy sludge from the storage tanks. Every now and then they just set fire to it, some of it goes up in smoke, some of it streams off in rivers.

[AtlasObserver @AtlasObserver]

@WhosThisGaltGuy Full is never completely to the top so full vs half is only a small difference

[AtlasObserver @AtlasObserver]

@Fireleap_ They are large and highly flammable, so its an easy target and the gigantic fire and smoke probably has some psychological effects as well. I am not an expert in refineries so I cant say more than that.

[Tom Bike @tom_bike]

Fire detected on ship hit by Iran 🇮🇷 TODAY 80 km off Kuwait 🇰🇼, 90 off Iraq 🇮🇶 Basra at

29.0964, 49.1818

[AtlasObserver @AtlasObserver]

Todays satellite image shows GHANA PROSPERITY IMO: 9732541 loaded with Saudi oil in the Strait of Hormuz. She has a utility vessel by her and not moving. Last seen loading in Ras Tannurah 20th.

[AtlasObserver @AtlasObserver]

@DefenceGeek As far as I know it has done nothing, the closest i could track it was months ago around Djubouti and maybe Duqm. The last ping was tracking in the mediterranean. But it has been dark for a month so not easy to know.

[AtlasObserver @AtlasObserver]

To put this into perspective, this is less than one hour of Chinese crude consumption.

[Faytuks Network @FaytuksNetwork]

US authorizes emergency release of up to 400,000 oil barrels from strategic reserve, putting the SPR at the ⁠lowest level since 1982.

[AtlasObserver @AtlasObserver]

@plm203 There are many small differences in different areas but ultimately you can see both ships at the same time 10/18 while the second ship was waiting for its turn. https://t.co/Lv1ey74eMR

[AtlasObserver @AtlasObserver]

@plm203 Looks like a penis shark

[AtlasObserver @AtlasObserver]

I am guessing the threatened fiber cables would be the SEA-ME-WE 3, SEA-ME-WE 4, SEA-ME-WE 5, SEA-ME-WE 6, IMEWE, MENA and EIG. There are more cables but those would cut off themselves as well.

[Mohamad Ahwaze @MohamadAhwaze]

عاجل | الحرس الثوري الإيراني يهدد باستهداف 7 كابلات رئيسية للإنترنت.

[AtlasObserver @AtlasObserver]

@thatguyisarobot The initial strike caused a fire so whatever leaked out went up in smoke. Then there were a few days of no leaks. And now it seems like a new compartment has ruptured.

[AtlasObserver @AtlasObserver]

The VLCC GEM NO.2 IMO: 9735373 previously engulfed in fire seen today leaking its cargo.

[MenchOsint @MenchOsint]

'Images of the offending oil tanker while it was burning' – IRGC

[AtlasObserver @AtlasObserver]

@thatguyisarobot I can only show you what the deck of Oldendorff should look like

[AtlasObserver @AtlasObserver]

Something went terribly wrong with the STS transfer between the bulk carriers LUCIE B IMO: 9587166 and ANTONIE OLDENDORFF IMO: 9696917 in Sohar 8/9th. LUCIE B transited the 8th, shortly after she started a STS transfer. I wonder if LUCIE B was hit during her Hormuz transit and they tried to offload her but a fire got out of control ? Either way both ships were covered in fire suppressant and smoke rising from the ships on the 9th.