Libya oil output reaches 630,000 b/d despite chaos

摘要

Libya’s crude production continued to rise in August despite an apparent escalation in fighting between rival factions. A spokesman for the state-owned National Oil Corporation said August 25 that output had reached 630,000 b/d. The country’s oil production has been ramping up since July, with all its export terminals, including the eastern ports of Es Sider and Ras Lanuf, back under state control and operational. However, not all oil fields are back in operation. “The Waha oil field is not operational yet, and there is no information about restarting it,” NOC spokesman Mohamed al-Harari said. “We have enough crude at the tank farms before we start operating all the fields at the same time.”