Wafa–Mellitah gas pipeline fire in Libya causes no significant damage: NOC - OIL REVIEW MIDDLE EAST

Sunday, 26 August 2018 06:00

Fire outbreak next to a station on Libya’s Wafa-Mellitah gas pipeline was extinguished without causing significant damage, said Libya’s National Oil Corp (NOC) in a statement.

“Preliminary investigations revealed that the arson was carried out with rocket-propelled grenades, gasoline and burnt car tyres found at the scene,” stated NOC.

Industrial Security Departments at the NOC and Mellitah complex closely worked with the Petroleum Facilities Guard and relevant authorities to investigate the incident and identify its perpetrators.

NOC confirms re-opening of Shahara and El-Feel fields - NATIONAL OIL CORP. LIBYA

20 December 2016
Tripoli 

Libya’s National Oil Corporation confirmed today the reopening of pipelines connecting the Sharara oil field to Zawiya refinery, and the El-Feel oil field to the Mellitah complex. The pipelines had been blockaded at a key valve at the town of Rayayina since November 2014, in the case of the Sharara line, and since April 2015, in the case of the El-Feel line.

“I welcome the statement by the Rayayina Patrols Company of the Petroleum Facilities Guard, Western Branch, announcing lifting of the blockade on all the pipelines" said NOC chairman Mustafa Sanalla.

“I want to thank all the parties involved in making this happen,” “Everybody realized that the only route to rebuilding Libya is through cooperation between us as Libyans.”

“There were no payoffs and no backroom deals. For the first time in nearly three years all our oil can flow freely. I hope this marks the end of the use of blockade tactics in our country.”