Tripoli, March 4, 2019 – One of Libya’s most important oil fields is set to reopen nearly three months after it was taken over by an armed group, the state-owned National Oil Corporation said Monday. Production at the Al-Sharara site in southern Libya “is expected to resume within the next few hours”, the NOC said in a statement. Located around 900 kilometres (560 miles) south of Tripoli, Al-Sharara had been producing some 315,000 barrels per day, almost a third of Libya’s current output. His forces seized the Al-Sharara field last month, as part of a military operation in the country’s south. Haftar’s self-styled Libyan National Army entrusted the management of the site to the NOC, which refused to restart production until armed groups had left.

Source: The North Africa Journal March 05, 2019 04:07 UTC