A rebel spokesman says the strategic oil terminal of Brega in eastern Libya is now completely under rebel control.

Ahmed Bani says that the industrial town of Brega was finally captured early Saturday morning.

Rebels have been fighting for control of Brega for over a week.

Brega's capture is an important boost for the rebels because it contains Libya's second-largest hydrocarbon complex and is where the country's main oil fields feed into for refining.

The territory remaining under Gadhafi's control has been shrinking dramatically in the past three weeks, with opposition fighters moving closer to Tripoli, a metropolis of 2 million people, from the west, south and east.