In a statement today, Saturday, the National Oil Corporation appealed to all those concerned to allow it to operate the Zueitina port immediately to reduce the stockpile and obtain storage capacities, warning of the imminent occurrence of an environmental disaster at the port of Zueitina.

The Corporation confirmed that it is doing its best to solve all the struggles it faces in displacing Abu Attifel and Zueitina crude oil and storing them in the designated tanks at Zueitina Port. However, due to the waxy property of Abu Attifel crude oil, it needs constant stirring and heating without stopping, otherwise freezing will occur in the line, and consequently, the losses will be huge, up to the loss of the entire operation of the line.

The Corporation clarified that it and its employees in both Zueitina and Mellitah Company are suffering today from great difficulties in storing quantities of crude oil, especially Mellitah’s, in light of the lack of sufficient storage capacity to accommodate Abu Attifel crude oil, due to leaks in these tanks and the inability of the company to carry out periodic maintenance of its tanks due to the scarcity of budgets during past years

The National Oil Corporation indicated that it has lost a lot of storage capacities and will not be able to store all the quantity, warning that today we are threatened with losing the quantity of crude and its carrier line due to its waxy nature or the leakage of crude oil from the tanks in the port, and thus an environmental disaster.