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The National Oil Corporation confirms that several locations in Zawiya refinery were subjected to varying damage due to armed clashes that took place on the evening of Friday, April 22, 2022
Preliminary assessment indicate that 29 sites, including oil derivatives tanks and several other tanks, have been damaged and the company’s maintenance and safety teams are still carrying out evaluation, inventory and processing work to date.
In this regard, the NOC calls on everyone to restraint and keep oil facilities away from any armed actions that would endanger the lives of workers and damage the already dilapidated oil sector infrastructure.
It is worth mentioning that the Zawiya oil complex has been severely and repeatedly damaged as a result of the armed clashes that took place next to it over the past years, which has led to and continues to endanger the lives of workers and threaten the process safety , the safety of assets and facilities.
May Allah Bless Libya
The National Oil Corporation
23 April 2022
Tripoli