Oil prices paused recent advances to trade in a range on Tuesday, after a surge of more than 7 per cent in the previous three sessions, on supply concerns prompted by fears of a wider Middle East conflict and the potential shutdown of Libyan oil fields. Brent crude futures was …
Read More »Oil up 2% on Libya Shutdowns, Mideast Escalation Fears
Oil prices rose 2% on Monday on news of fresh production outages in Libya, adding to earlier gains on concerns that an escalating Gaza conflict could disrupt regional oil supplies. Brent crude futures climbed $1.64, or 2.08%, to $80.66 a barrel by 1041 GMT, while U.S. crude futures were at …
Read More »Libya’s NOC Expects to Add 30,000 Bpd of Capacity at Mellitah Complex
Libya’s National Oil Corp. (NOC) said Sunday it is working on increasing the production capacity of the Mellitah oil and gas processing complex by 30,000 barrels per day (bpd), days after declaring force majeure on the Sharara field. Work is also ongoing for a marine facility that will transport about …
Read More »Force Majeure Declared at Libya’s Largest Oilfield
Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) has declared force majeure at the Sharara oilfield, after protests halted production at the country’s largest field earlier this week. Considering the current circumstances at Sharara that prevented NOC from carrying out crude oil loading operations, the state oil company of Libya declared force majeure …
Read More »Libya, Yemen Eye New Partnerships on Energy
Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh and his Yemeni counterpart Ahmed bin Mubarak discussed energy cooperation between the countries. A Libyan government statement said the two leaders dwelt on the establishment of new partnerships and cooperation between the countries in the field of energy. During a phone call, the “regional …
Read More »Libya Records Biggest Monthly Increase in Oil Supplies in Africa
Libya recorded the biggest monthly increase in oil production in Africa, surpassing Nigeria, the continent’s largest producer. Libya’s production increase on a monthly basis to 1,167 million barrels of oil per day in February, compared to 1,023 million barrels per day last January, a daily increase of 144.000 barrels per …
Read More »Libya Eyes Oil Comeback despite Political Divide
Over the last decade, Libya has struggled to get its oil industry back on track due to political disruptions and a lack of foreign investment in the sector. Years of political unrest drove foreign investors out of the market, leaving many oil operations to sit untouched for years and driving …
Read More »Libya Lifts Force Majeure on Sharara Oil Field
Libya’s National Oil Corp. (NOC) announced Sunday the lifting of a force majeure declaration for Sharara, two weeks after pausing production citing a blockade by residents. The NOC did not provide further details besides saying in a statement on its website that it was “declaring lifting of force major and …
Read More »Unrest in Libya Remains Major Obstacle to Higher Oil Production
Given that Libya still has 48 billion barrels of proved crude oil reserves – the largest in Africa – recent comments from National Oil Corporation (NOC) chairman Farhat Bengdara that it is on track to rise oil production from the circa-1.2 million bpd seen in recent months to 2 million …
Read More »Libya’s Largest Oil Field Halts Production Following Protests
Libya’s largest oil field halted production after protesters entered the facility, according to a person with direct knowledge of the operations. The country’s National Oil Corp. had warned earlier that a full stoppage and a force majeure were likely if the north African country was unable to meet the demands …
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