IS Militants Attack Near Libya's Ras Lanuf Oil Terminal
Militants, suspected to be from the IS group, have attacked oil installations close to Libya's Ras Lanuf oil terminal this morning, an engineer at the port and an energy official have told Reuters.
At least two storage tanks have been set on fire near Ras Lanuf.
IS launched attacks there earlier this month but were pushed back.
Several analysts and news outlets have posted these photos that purport to show burning oil pipelines near Ras Lanuf in Libya where IS militants attacked earlier today.
This photo claims to show a fire at Ras Lanuf's tank farm following IS's attack earlier today.
The IS group has made several assaults on Libya's oil infrastructure this month, with analysts suggesting that the militants intend to damage them rather than overrun them.
The Libya Observer news site says that IS attacked the Harouge oil storage tanks and that there have been clashes between IS militants and the Petroleum Facilities Guard (PFG) armed militia -- which protects Libya's oil facilities -- this morning.
IS Threatens More Libya Oil Facility Attacks
IS has threatened attacks on more Libyan oil facilities following an attack earlier today that has caused fires at oil storage tanks near Ras Lanuf, Reuters reports.
The militants posted a video on their Telegram channel in which a miliant said, "Today Sidra port and Ras Lanuf and tomorrow the port of Brega and after the ports of Tobruk, Serir, Jallo and al-Kufra."
The storage tanks hit in this morning's attack by IS militants on the Libyan oil terminal Ras Lanuf belong to the Harouge company.
Harouge's website has a description of the company's facilities at Ras Lanuf.
This from the UN Security Council amid reports that IS has attacked the Ras Lanuf oil terminal and is threatening more attacks on Libya's oil facilities.
A spokesman for Libya's Petroleum Facilities Guard (PFG), the militia protecting Libya's oil facilities, the IS attack this morning caused one oil storage tank at the Harouge company facility at Ras Lanuf and one pipeline to explode.
The Atlantic Council's Mohamed Eljarh offers this snappy analysis of the IS group's attacks on Libya's oil facilities.