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Fires Spread to Five Crude Tanks at Libya’s Oil Terminal – Bloomberg

Fires Spread to Five Crude Tanks at Libya’s Oil Terminal – Bloomberg.

Libyan storage tanks capable of storing 6.2 million barrels of oil, or four times the country’s daily oil production capacity, are at risk of catching fire with southerly winds threatening to spread the blaze.

Five tanks are on fire at the Es Sider port, Libya’s largest oil terminal, Ali al-Hasy, a spokesman for the Petroleum Facilities Guard, said by phone. The wind is strong enough that the blazes may spread, he said. Es Sider tanks have capacity to hold 6.2 million barrels, according to Mohamed Elharari, a spokesman for Libya’s National Oil Co.

“It is a disaster threatening the lives of thousands of people,” Libya’s Ministry of Oil & Gas said on its website. “The fire smoke covers the city’s residential area in Ras Lanuf.” International assistance is being sought because the fires may lead to environmental damages in the Mediterranean Sea, al-Hasy said.

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