Islamic State militants set fire on Thursday to oil storage tanks in a fresh assault on Libya’s Ras Lanuf terminal and the group threatened further attacks.
The militants drove into the oil storage farm early in the morning and clashed with Petroleum Facilities Guards before retreating and firing from a distance to set four tanks on fire, National Oil Corporation (NOC) spokesman Mohamed al-Harari said.
A pipeline leading from the Amal oil field to the Es Sider terminal was also targeted, said Mohamed al-Manfi, an energy official allied with Libya’s eastern-based government.