Blast hits Libyan crude pipeline, cutting output by 90,000 bpd

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Blast hits Libyan crude pipeline, cutting output by 90,000 bpd

Reuters Staff

BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - Armed men blew up a Libyan pipeline pumping crude oil to Es Sider port on Tuesday, reducing the North African country’s output by around 90,000 barrels a day, military and oil sources said.

The attackers arrived at the site near Marada in two cars and planted explosives on the pipeline, a military source said.

Pictures purportedly showing a huge cloud from the blast in central eastern Libya circulated on social media.

Read more at: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-libya-oil/blast-hits-libyan-crude-pipeline-cutting-output-by-90000-bpd-idUSKBN1EK12L

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Strange article

The cause of the blast was unclear, it added.

Then the very next sentences says:

The attackers arrived at the site near Marada in two cars and planted explosives on the pipeline, a military source said.

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Strange article.

Must have been just a bad oil patch accident.