The technical committee assigned by the National Oil Corporation (NOC) said it would offer 22 new blocks in onshore and offshore areas for exploration in a public tender that the NOC intended to present to international oil companies during the coming period.
This came during the eleventh meeting of the Supreme Council for Energy and Water Affairs, which was held on Thursday at the headquarters of the NOC in Tripoli, headed by the Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity, Abdul Hamid Dbeibah.
Hakomitna media platform said on its Facebook page that the meeting was devoted to discussing a number of files related to the oil, gas, electricity and water sectors, including the executive procedures for starting the public tender round that aims to offer new exploration blocks and settle the status of the Ras Lanuf refinery after completing the procedures for the foreign partner's exit as well as the approval of the NOC to purchase the share and the project to establish the Great Tripoli Reservoir, which is planned to be implemented by the Man-Made River Project Implementation and Management Authority.
The NOC Chairman and member of the Supreme Council for Energy Affairs Farhat Bengdara gave a presentation on the public tender round to offer the 22 new blocks for exploration after approving the procedures manual and preparing the new standard agreement following the necessary technical amendments.
The NOC technical departments also reviewed before the Supreme Council for Energy Affairs the progress of the production increase plan, confirming their commitment to the approved timetable, noting that production reached 1.422 million barrels of oil and condensates.
At the end of the meeting, Dbeibah stressed his government's support for the NOC's plan to increase oil and gas production, and to give priority in the development plan to drinking water supply projects as well as the implementation of water supply lines.
