UN completes oil transfer from decaying Yemen tanker, preventing disaster but sparking ownership dispute

The UN successfully transferred over 1 million barrels of oil from a deteriorating tanker off Yemen's coast to avert an environmental catastrophe.
The aging Safer tanker was poorly maintained and posed a major spill risk in the Red Sea.
Rival Yemeni governments are in dispute over ownership of the recovered oil and potential revenue from its sale.
The next steps are cleaning the old tanker's tanks before towing it away for disposal.
Experts warn a massive spill could have taken decades for marine life to recover from.