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Drone strike causes diesel tank fire at Libya’s Zawiya oil depot – statement

by | Aug 10, 2026 | JPost | 0 comments

A general view shows a detail of the Zawiya Oil Refinery, some 40 kms west of Tripoli, on October 27, 2011. The complex built in two different stages in 1974 and 1976 receives crude oil from the desert oil fields and treats 120,000 tons of crude daily. (photo credit: Marco Longari/AFP via Getty Images)
The incident came two days after a drone crashed into an untreated naphtha tank at the Zawiya refinery early on Saturday, causing a leak that staff managed to control.