Loyalists of Muammar Gaddafi have attacked an oil refinery near Ras Lanuf killing 12 fighters who were guarding it, a spokesman for the country's new rulers said.
"So far, we have a figure of 12 dead in the ranks of the revolutionaries," National Transitional Council military spokesman Mohammed Zawawi told AFP.
"A group (of loyalists) travelling in five vehicles tried to enter the refinery but were unable to," he added.