Libya’s giant Sharara oilfield is producing 260,000 barrels per day (bpd) after the restart of a control station that had been closed due to the kidnapping of two workers, an engineer at the field said on Wednesday. Station 186 was restarted on Sunday amid tightened security, and was...
Production at Libya’s giant Sharara oil field is said to fall by at least 160,000 barrels per day (bpd) on Saturday after two staff were abducted in an attack by an unknown armed group, the National Oil Corporation (NOC) said. The attack happened at a control station on the outskirts of...
Sources from Libya's Sharara oilfield said Saturday that four engineers, one of whom from Romania, were kidnapped and taken to an unknown place. The sources added that the engineers were abducted from their workplace by unknown armed group. However, hours ago, sources reported that two of the...
A military plane crashed while taking off from Sharara oilfield in Libya leaving three killed including pilot. National Oil Cooperation said on its website following the tragic crash that the plane was a cargo c-130 aircraft that emptied 18 tons of supplies at the oilfield of Sharara and...
Libya’s Sharara oil field stopped pumping crude oil and the National Oil Corporation announced force majuere inside it after a gang in Hamada area shut down pipeline from Sharara to the Zawiya refinery. This plague to Libya's oil production comes several days...
Foreign workers at Libya's Sharara oil field, which is currently shut, have been temporarily evacuated because of unspecified information about activity nearby, an engineer at the field said on Monday, Reuters reported. Sixteen workers from countries including Spain, France, the Philippines and...
Libya’s Al-Zawiya oil refinery, which is the largest operating plant in the country, was working at only half its capacity due to the shutdown at the Sharara oilfield, a source at the refinery told Reuters on Monday. The Al-Zawiya oil refinery produces 120,000 barrels per day (bpd), and it is...
