TRIPOLI (Reuters) -Libya’s Zueitina Oil Company has contained a ‘limited’ leak on a 16-inch line connecting the Sabah and Zella oilfields, with no environmental impact reported, Libya’s state-run National Oil Corp (NOC) said in a statement on Monday.
“Technical teams repaired the leak site without recording any environmental impact or damage to nearby agricultural areas”, the statement added.
The NOC posted a video showing a stream of leaked oil in the desert, while a bulldozer digging in the area of the leaking oil.
Oil flow was being gradually restored to the line between the two fields, while field teams continue on-site monitoring to ensure the integrity of the pipeline and prevent any future leaks, NOC said.
Libya is one of Africa’s biggest oil producers but output has been disrupted repeatedly in the chaotic decade since 2014, when the country split between rival authorities in the east and west following the NATO-backed uprising that toppled Muammar Gaddafi.
(Reporting by Ahmed Elumami, writing by Yomna Ehab; editing by Diane Craft)
