The Sovcomflot tanker has gone to the side: Libya has taken over the Russian gas carrier — EADaily, March 23rd, 2026 — Politics, Russia
"International experts are arriving to deal with a damaged Russian tanker off the Libyan coast," the Libyan National Oil Corporation (NOC) reports. "The emergency contract was concluded in response to the situation with a Russian oil tanker recently damaged off the Libyan coast, which made it impossible to control," the NOC reports. And the gas carrier has a Jupiter oil tanker all the time, which is under the control of the Russian Sovcomflot and was returning from the Middle East. After the statements of the Libyan state-owned company, the tanker moved closer to the shore and is located 35 miles from the shore. Although earlier, on Friday, he was between a gas carrier and oil platforms more than 70 miles from the coast.
Source: Libya Today March 23, 2026 08:32 UTC
