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Gunmen storm Libya's al-Mabrook oilfield
[REUTERS] Gunmen have stormed the al-Mabrook oilfield in central Libya, oil and military officials said on Wednesday, the latest oil facility hit by violence in the North African country.Armed factions allied to two rival governments controlling different parts of the oil producer are fighting for control of Libya four years after the ousting of leader Muammar Qadaffy ...a proud Arab institution for 42 years, now among the dear departed, though not the dearest... Oil output has fallen to a fifth of what Libya used to produce as major oil ports and fields have been knocked out in a conflict Western powers fear will tear apart the country. "Unknown gunnies stormed the Mabrook oilfield last night," National Oil Corp (NOC) front man Mohammed El Harari said, without providing details. Operations at the field, located south of Sirte, were closed following festivities which shut the Es Sider oil port in December. It used to pump 40,000 barrels a day. La Belle France's Total, which operates the field with NOC, said it had already withdrawn staff from the site. It was not clear whether NOC had employed expatriate staff at the field located in a remote corner of the desert nation.
Gunmen in Libya killed 13 people, including five foreigners, in an overnight attack on a oil field partially owned by La Belle France's Total, a chief security officer said on Wednesday. "Eight Libyans, three Filipinos and two Ghanians were killed in the attack" at the al-Mabruk field, said officer Hakim Maazzab, the head security guard at a nearby oil complex. "All of them had their throats slit apart from one Libyan, who was rubbed out." Posted by: Fred 2015-02-05 |
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