IS militants threatening Libya’s oil industry

Fighters from the so-called Islamic State group are expanding their attacks on Libya’s oil facilities, raising fears that the militants could inflict major damage on the country’s energy industry

Truck bomb

Zliten:

200km

attack linked to IS kills

at least 47 people at

police training camp

SICILY

ITALY

125 miles

MEDITERRANEAN

SEA

TUNISIA

Five storage tanks

Sidra, Ras Lanuf:

ablaze after IS attack on key oil terminals

Zawiya

Misrata

Tobruk

Benghazi

Sirte

Tripoli

Zueitina

Brega

Ghadamis

EGYPT

Sebha

Sarir

LIBYA

SAHARA

DESERT

Sirte Basin

Accounts for around

80 percent of Libya’s

proven oil reserves

and most of its output

Oil / gas fields

Refinery

Tanker port

Oil pipelines

Main area under control

of IS (Daesh) militants

Gas pipelines

LIBYA CRUDE OIL PRODUCTION:

Million barrels per day

1.6

May 2013

Security begins

to deteriorate

1.2

Feb 2011

Civil war

begins

Dec 2015

0.4 million

bpd

Sep 2012

Production

nears pre-

war levels

0.8

0.4

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

Sources: U.S. Energy Information Administration, wire agencies

IS militants threatening Libya’s oil industry

Fighters from the so-called Islamic State group are expanding their attacks on Libya’s oil facilities, raising fears that the militants could inflict major damage on the country’s energy industry

Truck

Zliten:

200km

bomb attack

linked to IS

kills at least

47 people at

police camp

SICILY

ITALY

125 miles

MEDITERRANEAN

SEA

Five storage

Sidra, Ras Lanuf:

tanks ablaze after IS attacks

TUNISIA

Tobruk

Zawiya

Misrata

Benghazi

Sirte

Tripoli

Zueitina

Brega

Sebha

Sarir

LIBYA

SAHARA

DESERT

Accounts for around

Sirte Basin:

80 percent of Libya’s proven oil

reserves and most of its output

Oil / gas fields

Refinery

Tanker terminal

Oil pipelines

Main area under control of

so-called IS (Daesh) militants

Gas pipelines

LIBYA CRUDE OIL PRODUCTION:

Million barrels per day

1.6

May 2013

Security begins

to deteriorate

Dec

2015

0.4m

bpd

1.2

Feb

2011

Civil war

begins

Sep 2012

Production

nears pre-

war levels

0.8

0.4

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

Sources: U.S. EIA, wire agencies

IS threatening Libya’s oil industry

Fighters from the so-called Islamic State group are expanding their attacks on Libya’s oil facilities, raising fears that the militants could inflict major damage on the country’s energy industry

Oil / gas fields

Refinery

Oil pipelines

Tanker

terminal

Gas pipelines

Main area under control of

so-called IS (Daesh) militants

SICILY

ITALY

Mediterranean

Sea

Benghazi

Tripoli

Tobruk

Sirte

LIBYA

SAHARA

DESERT

200km

125 miles

Sidra, Ras Lanuf:

Five storage

tanks ablaze after IS attacks

Sirte Basin:

Accounts for around

80 percent of Libya’s proven oil

reserves and most of its output

Zliten:

Truck bomb attack linked to

IS kills at least 47 people at police

training camp

LIBYA CRUDE OIL PRODUCTION

Million barrels per day

Feb

2011

Civil war

begins

Sep 2012

Production

nears pre-

war levels

May 2013

Security

begins to

deteriorate

1.6

Dec

2015

0.4m

bpd

1.2

0.8

0.4

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

Sources:

U.S. EIA, wire agencies

Graphic shows militant attacks and crude oil production.

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IS threat to oil industry

By Mike Tyler

January 7, 2016 - Fighters from the so-called Islamic State group are expanding their attacks on Libya’s oil facilities, raising fears that the militants could inflict major damage on the country’s energy industry,

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