Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah took part Sunday in an event at the National Oil Corporation (NOC) HQ in Tripoli to inaugurate two new energy projects in the southern region.

The governmental Hakomitna account on Facebook said the projects that include an oil refinery and a cooking gas production plant would function from inside the Sharara oilfield.

Also present at the ceremony were the PM's Deputy Ramadan Abu Janah and an array of ministers and members of Parliament from the southern region.

Dbeibah signed during the ceremony two resolutions that authorize the NOC to conduct direct contracts and finance the concerning facilities, in addition to maintaining and developing the infrastructure of Al Waha Oil Company.

On the sidelines of the ceremony, the PM held an online meeting with directors of the NOC oil companies, including officials from the Sharara oil field, to follow up on the operations at the site.