Two guards were killed and four other kidnapped in an attack on Libya's Zella oilfield this week that was claimed by Islamic State. The attack occurred near the town of Zella about 760 kilometres south-west of the capital, Tripoli.

The Zella field belongs to Zueitina Oil Company, which pumped 19,000 barrels per day on average in the last quarter of 2018 across all its fields.