Libya’s National Oil Corporation has emptied storage tanks as a precaution after attacks by ISIS (Islamic State) on the country’s two biggest oil ports last week.
An official from the company said the tanks in Ras Lanuf had been emptied and moved to a safer location.
Libya extinguished fires at three of five oil-storage tanks that started last week at its largest oil port, helping global crude prices to stabilize.
Libya is still seeking international assistance because of possible environmental damage, said Ali al-Hasy, a spokesman for the Petroleum Facilities Guard, part of the internationally-recognized government of Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thinni.
Es Sider has tanks with a capacity of 6.2 million barrels of oil, compared with current Libyan output of 352,000 barrels, according to National Oil Corp.
