The important al-Charara oil field, production of which had just resumed, was again blocked following an attack by an "armed group", the National Oil Company (NOC) said on Tuesday ).
The attack was carried out by an armed group from Sebha (south) that stormed the al-Charara oil field on Monday evening, the NOC said in a statement.
The oil field had been blocked in January by the Haftar camp, which intended to use this file as a lever in talks with the government, recognized by the UN, based in Tripoli.
The al-Charara field, in the region of Oubari (about 900 km south of Tripoli), normally produces 315,000 barrels per day, out of a national production of more than a million barrels per day, according to the national company.
It is managed by Akakus, a joint venture between NOC, Spanish Repsol, French Total, Austrian OMV and Norwegian Statoil.
Source: Maghreb Emergent
