The incident led local authorities and environmental agencies to attempt to contain the situation and identify the source of the pollution by deploying rubber barriers and taking other containment measures to prevent the oil from spreading further.

Initial investigations suggest the oil leak may have originated from one of the oil companies operating in the vicinity, but the exact source has yet to be confirmed.

The Red Sea Reserves established a committee to investigate the pollution by collecting samples of the oil slick to determine its origin, with laboratory analysis expected to pinpoint the company responsible for the leak.