LIBYA: Triploi accuses British forces of bombing a major oilfield and damaging pipeline

Record ID: 344070

  • Title: LIBYA: Triploi accuses British forces of bombing a major oilfield and damaging pipeline
  • Date: 7th April 2011
  • Summary: TRIPOLI, LIBYA (APRIL 6, 2011) (REUTERS) GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN MUSSA IBRAHIM AND DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER KHALED KAIM ENTERING NEWS CONFERENCE JOURNALISTS (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER KHALED KAIM, SAYING: "(British forces) have carried out an air strike against Sarir oilfield which led to the killing of three oilfield guards and other employees at the field were also injured." VARIOUS OF JOURNALIST TYPING INTO LAPTOP NEWS CONFERENCE IN PROGRESS
  • Embargoed: 22nd April 2011 13:00
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  • Location: Libya
  • Country: Libya
  • Topics: War / Fighting,International Relations
  • Reuters ID: LVA6MNBHXPJPIE4M4HC0I8KFG967
  • Story Text: Libya said on Wednesday (April 6) a British air strike had hit its major Sarir oilfield and damaged a pipeline connecting the deposit to a Mediterranean port.
    "British warplanes have attacked, have carried out an air strike against the Sarir oilfield which killed three oilfield guards and other employees at the field were also injured," Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Kaim told reporters in Tripoli.
    There was no immediate official comment from Britain's Ministry of Defence.
    Kaim said the strike damaged a pipeline connecting to Libya's Hariga port, adding that it was against international law and not covered by the U.N. resolution imposing a no-fly zone over Libya.
    The Sarir oilfield is located in Libya's Sirte basin, which contains around 80 percent of its proven reserves. The major oilfield was discovered in 1961.
    A rebel spokesman earlier said production at rebel-held oilfields in eastern Libya has stopped after they came under attack from forces loyal to leader Muammar Gaddafi.
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