Drone Attack Collapses 4.5 Million-Liter Gasoline Tank at Libya's Zawiya Refinery as Fires Are Contained
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Updated · DW (English) · Aug 12
Drone Attack Collapses 4.5 Million-Liter Gasoline Tank at Libya's Zawiya Refinery as Fires Are Contained
3 articles · Updated · DW (English) · Aug 12
Summary
Engineers said damage at Libya's Zawiya refinery was limited after explosives-laden drones struck a gasoline tank holding about 4.5 million liters, collapsing it and interrupting operations.
Brega Petroleum and the National Oil Corporation said firefighters brought the blaze under control faster than expected, though the attacker has not been identified.
Two more drones targeted the nearby Zawiya power plant early Tuesday, with one hitting the fire-fighting system but causing no further damage.
Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah called the strikes on civilian infrastructure an organized act that would not go unanswered.
Zawiya, home to Libya's largest refinery, sits in a country still split between rival administrations; that instability cut 2024 oil exports by more than half despite June output reaching 1.44 million barrels a day.