By Jamal Adel.
Tripoli, 14 May 2014:
El Fil oilfield resumed production yesterday, after . . .[restrict]nearly a month’s disruption due to the blockade in the Jebel Nafusa and Darj by Zintani Petroleum Facility Guards (PFG) members opposed to the General National Congress (GNC).
“Production at the El Fil oilfield resumed yesterday,” the National Oil Corporation (NOC) spokesperson, Mohamed Al-Harari, told the Libya Herald.
The El Fil gas and oil field, operated by Italy’s Eni, is 750 kilometres south of Tripoli, and produces some 85,000 barrels per day. The oil is piped to the Mellitah oil terminal.
On Monday, the NOC announced a potential resumption in oil production at El Fil, Akakus, Al-Hamada and Al-Wafa gas and oil fields following protests.
Successful negotiations brought an end to the pipeline blockade in the Jebel Nafusa two days ago, leading to nationwide relief as the freed-up fields resumed production.
“I have no further details concerning Sharara, Al-Wafa, and Al-Hamada oilfields,” said Al-Harari.
The El Fil oil field is in Murzuk Basin,and is a joint venture between the NOC and the Italian oil and gas giant Eni. It started production in 2004 with 10,000 barrels per day, and in 2010, it reached 125,700 barrels per day. [/restrict]
