Fire at Libyan oil port destroys up to 1.8 million barrels of crude
By Ayman al-Warfalli and Ulf
Laessing December 30, 2014 h/t Raven Moon
BENGHAZI, Libya/CAIRO
(Reuters) - A fire raging for almost a week at Libya's biggest oil port of Es
Sider has destroyed up to 1.8 million barrels of crude and damaged seven
storage tanks, causing total damage of $213 million, a top oil official said on
Tuesday.....
....Thinni's top oil
official, al-Mabrook al-Buseif, told Reuters the fire had damaged seven tanks
and destroyed up to 1.8 million barrels of crude - roughly four times Libya's
daily production.
Two tanks have collapsed and two others are still on fire..... read more here
Buncefield fire:
The Buncefield fire was a major conflagration caused by a
series of explosions on 11 December 2005 at the Hertfordshire Oil Storage
Terminal,[1] an oil storage facility located near the M1 motorway in
Hertfordshire, England.
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