Libya Issues `Cry for Help' as Islamic State Attacks Oil Tanks
- Militants attack oil tanks in Es Sider, Ras Lanuf terminals
- National Oil says it's `helpless' in defending facilities
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Libya’s National Oil Corp. issued a “cry for help” as Islamic State militants attacked oil storage tanks in the region of Es Sider, the country’s biggest oil port which has been closed for more than a year.
Political leaders in the divided country should quickly form a unity government and establish a unified force to restore peace and protect natural resources, Mustafa Sanalla, chairman of the state-run NOC, said Wednesday in an e-mailed statement. NOC is committed to its partnership with foreign oil companies and has taken measures to help protect oil workers and facilities, according to a statement on the company’s website.