Militants in Libya attacked and damaged oil-storage tanks near the Ras Lanuf port terminal, inflicting an “environmental catastrophe” that will hamper the country’s crude exports, according to state-run National Oil Corp. Four storage tanks caught fire in the central coastal region of Ras Lanuf, which includes the country’s third-largest oil port, NOC Chairman Mustafa Sanalla said in a news conference in Tripoli. Three million barrels of crude oil are at risk of being burnt, and fires have destroyed electricity towers and cables supplying industrial areas and residences, he said. The tanks belong to Harouge Oil Operations, and the fire has spread to a pipeline linked to Amal oil field, Ali al-Hasy, spokesman for Petroleum Facilities Guard, said by phone. “The fires are depriving us of crude storage and are also hurting our capacity to export,” Sanalla said. “The situation in the region of Ras Lanuf is disastrous due to […]