By John Lee. The National Oil Corporation (NOC) has lifted the force majeure on Sharara crude oil loading from Zawiya port (pictured), following the opening of a closed valve on the pipeline connecting the Sharara oilfield to the Zawiya terminal. Valve 13 was reopened on Sunday evening, July 21, 2019, at 8:20 pm. The valve […]
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Blown-up Oil Pipeline to be Repaired within a Week
Reuters reports that the Libyan crude oil pipeline blown up on Tuesday, about 80 miles south of Es Sider terminal, will take about a week to repair. It quotes a spokesman for an eastern Libyan force tasked with protecting oilfields as saying that a “terrorist group” was probably responsible for the explosion. (Source: Reuters)
Oil Pipeline 'Sabotaged'
By John Lee. A spokesman for the National Oil Corporation (NOC) has said that an explosion occurred on a major oil pipeline overnight between Wednesday and Thursday. The explosion happened south of the Ras Lanuf terminal at a pipeline running from the Tibisti and al-Bayda fields, which has been closed for more than two years. […]
Sarir-Hariga Pipeline Sabotaged
The pipeline from the Sarir oilfield to Hariga port (Marsa al Hariga) was sabotaged by a bomb on Saturday, resulting in a fire that finally extinguished on Sunday. According to the National Oil Corporation (NOC), Sarir was currently the highest-producing oilfield in Libya, with an output of 185,000 barrels per day (bpd). Libya’s production level […]