Just as Libya’s oil and gas sector was showing signs of a gradual recovery, a new attack on critical infrastructure has undermined recent progress and risks dragging the country back towards instability (MEES, 30 May 2025).

After a week of speculation about the cause of the 18 March fire along a section of the 725km pipeline linking the 300,000 b/d Sharara fields in the southwestern Murzuq basin to the 120,000 b/d Zawiya refinery and export terminal (see map & MEES, 20 March), the authorities finally confirmed that the pipeline was targeted with explosives in a deliberate attack. (CONTINUED - 886 WORDS)

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