File photo: General view of Libya's National Oil Corporation (NOC)
Tripoli: Libya's National Oil Corporation (NOC) announced on Wednesday the resumption of production at Al Mabrouk oil field after a 10-year hiatus.
The NOC stated that production at Al Mabrouk field officially began on March 9 at a rate of 5,000 barrels per day (bpd), noting that there is a plan to increase production to 7,000 bpd by the end of this month.
It added that exports to the Bahi oil field began on Tuesday, with expectations of reaching 25,000 bpd by next July.
Al Mabrouk field was shut down in 2015 following an armed attack, causing losses to the NOC worth USD 575 million of field equipment. (QNA)
