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A pipeline rupture in Libya is spilling thousands of barrels of oil into the desert. Efforts to seal off the leak are underway. The pipeline, which was ruptured was the one linking the Sarir oil field to the Tobruk terminal on the Mediterranean
A pipeline rupture in Libya is spilling thousands of barrels of oil into the desert. Efforts to seal off the leak are underway. The pipeline, which ruptured was the one linking the Sarir oil field to the Tobruk terminal on the Mediterranean.
The Arabian Gulf Oil Company, which operates the pipeline, estimates that around 22,000 barrels a day were being lost from the leak. The company is an affiliate of the state-run National Oil Corporation and is based in the eastern city of Benghazi. The reason for rupture is said to be a lack of pipeline maintenance to prevent the leakage.
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The spill comes as crucial oil facilities including the country’s biggest field were still closed amid a political impasse. Libya’s prized light crude has become a center for the pollical rivalry between rival militias and foreign powers jostling for control of Africa’s largest oil reserves.
