Refinery closed for about two days after combating close to the power 40km west of Tripoli.
Printed On 10 Could 2026
Libya’s largest functioning oil refinery has resumed full operations after combating over the previous two days pressured a shutdown of the power, in accordance with an announcement by the refinery.
Sunday’s improvement got here after an emergency was declared after combating erupted close to the power in Zawiya on Friday.
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The refinery about 40km (25 miles) west of Tripoli has a capability of 120,000 barrels per day (bpd). It’s related to the 300,000-bpd Sharara oilfield.
Operator Azzawiya Oil Refining Firm mentioned in an announcement on Friday that it was pressured to close the plant fully and evacuate all tankers from the port when heavy shelling struck a number of places inside the power.
Heavy clashes
Libya’s Nationwide Oil Company (NOC) mentioned in an announcement on the identical day that a number of high-calibre projectiles landed in numerous elements of the oil advanced however there had been no vital harm at the moment.
Preventing had intensified and unfold into the residential space adjoining to the refinery, rising dangers to the power and surrounding areas, NOC added.
NOC mentioned gasoline provides to Tripoli and surrounding areas had not been affected.
Zawiya’s safety directorate described a “safety operation in opposition to outlaws”.
Libya has been affected by unrest for the reason that overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011.
Zawiya has seen repeated combating that has at occasions pressured the closure of the coastal highway to the Tunisian border.
Stories of unrest within the metropolis circulated on-line, together with unverified footage of gunfire echoing throughout Zawiya.
