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Monday, August 8, 2016
Libya’s NOC is calling on rival armed factions to avoid damaging the oil terminal in Zueitina. The state-run firm has received reports of clashes near the port and is concerned by reports of “imminent conflict” between the Libyan National Army (LNA) and the Petroleum Facilities Guard (PFG).
The PFG signed a deal late last month with Libya’s Government of National Accord (GNA) to reopen Zueitina and two other ports that it has been blockading.
The LNA opposes the GNA and has threatened to target tankers that do not have the approval of a rival government based in eastern Libya.
“I ask both sides to withhold from actions that could damage the infrastructure, including using the facilities as a physical shield,” NOC Chairman Mustafa Sanalla said in a statement.
“I also ask both sides to give NOC safe passage now, before any operation commences, to move the oil in storage at the port to a safe location.”
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