MEES, 24 August 2018
Libya’s oil production recovered to more than 1mn b/d in mid-August following a collapse to just 400,000 b/d early in July. The reopening of key export terminals in the east of the country has enabled a resumption of production from oil fields in the Sirte basin ( MEES, 13 July ). Output has been edging up since outages to Oil Crescent terminals in late June and early July were resolved last month. Production was up to around 850,000 b/d by 10 August, 900,000 b/d by 14 August and 1mn b/d by 16 August, according to oil industry sources. But sustained output is threatened by ongoing fractures across Libya’s divided institutions, localized instability caused by industrial action and armed militias.
State-owned Agoco, a subsidiary of Tripoli-based National Oil Corporation (NOC), has increased output to 190,000 b/d following the resolution of the Oil Crescent stand-off…
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