A remote-controlled drone tried to hit a fuel depot in Libya’s capital on Thursday, Libya’s state-owned National Oil Corporation said.
According to the NOC, the attack caused only minor damage. As a precaution, technical teams started draining fuel from the tanks to lower levels.
Ahmed Al-Masallati, spokesperson for Brega Petroleum Marketing, which manages Libya’s fuel supplies, said shrapnel from the strike damaged some pipelines and tanks numbered 213 and 220.
No one was hurt and fuel operations continued as normal, the NOC added. No group has claimed responsibility and authorities have not named any suspects.
The incident comes weeks after a similar attack. In August, explosive-laden drones hit fuel storage tanks at the Zawiya oil complex west of Tripoli, burning one tank completely.
The NOC called such attempts “a direct threat to the supply system.”
Libya’s oil infrastructure has faced repeated attacks and shutdowns since the 2011 uprising that ousted Muammar Gaddafi, a period that ushered in years of instability.
