A fire broke out Tuesday in the oil pipeline of al-Zuqut -Al-Sidra, a subsidiary of Al-Waha Oil Company, which connects the oilfields in Marada basin with Sidra oil port, the National Oil Corporation (NOC) reported. Al-Waha Oil Company said that it had switched the production of the affected fields to another pipeline. However, the NOC said the incident will have an impact on the daily production of crude oil, expecting a decline between 70 and 100 thousand barrels per day. The NOC stated that the investigations are still ongoing and that its Board of Directors will continue to monitor the developments closely. On the other hand, local news sites quoted the spokesman of the 302 Battalion, responsible for securing Al-Sidra oil region, Imran Al-Hamali, as saying that "the oil pipeline was detonated by a terrorist group."

Source: Libya Observer December 26, 2017 17:15 UTC