So too might his comment that the NOC is also planning major bidding rounds for oil exploration blocks this year. Production had also been on a rising production trend at that point, up from about 1.4 million bpd in 2000. These closures removed a combined 370,000 bpd of oil out of Libya’s production. Eni currently produces gas in Libya from its Wafa and Bahr Essalam fields operated by Mellitah Oil & Gas, a joint venture between the Italian company and the NOC. “We are [also] in talks with TotalEnergies to invest more in Libya and increase production, and other companies of course,” he highlighted.
