An early report by Reuters cited a source from the pipeline operator Waha Oil Company who said the pipeline had been attacked by “a terrorist group.” Later, parent company NOC tweeted that preliminary investigation of the fire confirmed that the cause of the fire was a deliberate attack on the pipeline. Repairs should last a few days, NOC also said , with the loss of production during the period estimated at 80,000 bpd. Waha Oil operates the same-name field in partnership with ConocoPhillips, Total, and Hess. The field last month produced an average 300,000 bpd , the same as Libya’s largest field, Sharara—itself the target of several deliberate outages. This is the second attack on the pipeline over the last five months. Last time, repairs led to the same loss of production. Libya’s production and oil transport infrastructure in general is often the target of attacks by various militant […]