This undated handout photo released on November 18, 2008 by Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine engineering in Seoul shows the 330 meter long Sirius Star tanker, owned by Saudi oil company Aramco, conducting a trial run in an undisclosed location. Somali pirates have hijacked the Saudi-owned oil tanker the Sirius Star off the Kenyan coast, the US Navy said November on November 17, 2008. Getty Images logo Getty Images 11 months ago

This undated handout photo released on November 18, 2008 by Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine engineering in Seoul shows the 330 meter long Sirius Star tanker, owned by Saudi oil company Aramco, conducting a trial run in an undisclosed location. Somali pirates have hijacked the Saudi-owned oil tanker the Sirius Star off the Kenyan coast, the US Navy said November on November 17, 2008.

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