Libya's Biggest Oil Field Sharara Resumes Production
- Sharara field began pumping again after reopening of pipeline
- Output at deposit is set to reach about 300,000 b/d on Tuesday
Oil drilling rig in El-Sharara, Libya.
Photographer: Benjamin Lowy/Getty Images
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Libya’s biggest oil field began pumping again after the reopening of a pipeline to a refinery on the coast.
The Sharara deposit in western Libya began producing again after a one-day halt, the National Oil Corp. said in a statement. It was stopped due to an “illegal” closing of a pipeline valve connecting the field to a refinery in Zawiya, west of Tripoli, where there’s a also a crude-export terminal. The incident meant about 500,000 barrels of production was curbed.