EXCLUSIVE: Nato arrests Libya-bound oil tanker
Pressure increases to stop lifting of Ras Lanuf crude cargo; Ghanem in Vienna; TNC "to attend Opec meeting"
Nato this morning detained a tanker in Malta that was due to ship fuel from Italy to a port in western Libya, a senior Libyan source told Petroleum Economist. The Jupiter was destined for a port within the Qadhafi-held east and the well-placed sourced said it was carrying 12,750 tonnes of gasoline for use by the regime's military forces. A Nato official told Petroleum Economist that the ship was boarded "and told it cannot deliver its gasoline because fuel is being diverted to regime forces". He added that the ship was now at anchor off Tripoli awaiting instruction from its owner. Nato response Nato added: "It is the Qadhafi regime which is depriving its own citizens of vehicle fue
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