Libya's NOC Warns of Force Majeure and Zawiya Refinery Shutdown If Drone Attacks Continue
Firefighters are containing the blaze as Libya’s National Oil Corporation says the tank was directly targeted and 4.5 million litres were involved.
- A fire broke out at a diesel tank within Libya's Zawiya refinery following an unknown strike, accompanied by heavy smoke, Brega Petroleum Marketing Company reported.
- As the country's largest operating facility, the Zawiya refinery processes 120,000 barrels per day and connects to the 300,000 bpd Sharara oilfield, making it strategically critical infrastructure.
- The National Oil Corporation stated the tank containing 4.5 million litres of gasoline "was directly targeted," declaring an extreme state of emergency and demanding authorities "immediately intervene."
- Following a drone strike on Saturday that punctured an untreated naphtha tank, staff had previously managed to contain the leak without fire or injuries within two days.
- Amid renewed clashes between rival armed groups in Zawiya and nearby Surman, the refinery expressed concern that military equipment on its premises poses serious risks to critical infrastructure.
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Drone Attacks Target Libya’s Oil and Electricity Facilities
Oil and electricity facilities in Libya have been targeted in recent days by drones laden with explosives, causing massive fires, outages, and disruption to operations in the country. Nobody has yet claimed responsibility for the attacks. Libya’s state news agency LANA reported on Aug. 11 that the National Oil Corporation (NOC) confirmed that a diesel tank at the Zawiya oil complex was targeted on Tuesday evening by a drone equipped with explosi…
Drone strike on an oil facility in western Libya caused a large-scale fireOn Tuesday, firefighters in western Libya battled a fire after a drone struck an oil facility. The attacks continued hit a power plant and an oil refinery, and an officer was killed in Benghazi.
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