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 Anselain, T., Heggy, E., Dobbelaere, T., & Hanert, E. (2022). Qatar Peninsula’ High Vulnerability to Oil Spills and its Implication for the Potential Disruption in Global Gas Supply. *Nature Sustainability*. In press.
 
 Corresponding authors:
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-    * [Emmanuel Hanert](mailto:emmanuel.hanert@uclouvain.be), Earth and Life Institute, UCLouvain, Belgium;
-    * [Essam Heggy](mailto:eheggy@hbku.edu.qa), Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar.
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+- [Emmanuel Hanert](mailto:emmanuel.hanert@uclouvain.be), Earth and Life Institute, UCLouvain, Belgium;
+- [Essam Heggy](mailto:eheggy@hbku.edu.qa), Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar.
 
 This paper relies on backtracking simulations of potential oil slicks using the Python software [OpenDrift](https://opendrift.github.io/). These simulations were performed using `script_backtracking4shape.py`