Protestors to Shut Libyan Oil Refinery, Complexes

Members of the Petroleum Facilities Guard (PFG) at the Al-Zawiya refinery announced to shut the refinery and the Mellitah and Misrata oil complexes in a protest demanding their financial dues according to the Libya Observer.

• The PFG members gave those responsible for operating these facilities five days as of Tuesday to respond to their demands indicating that the closure would affect the fields, complexes, facilities, depots and departments in the oil sector across Libya, after agreement with their colleagues in the PFG in other regions.
• The workers are demand “similar to what employees at the National Oil Corporation received.”