Libya’s Sarir, Messla and Nafoura oilfields have received instructions to resume production, engineers at the three fields told Reuters on Saturday.
This reopening comes after a standoff between rival political factions shut most of the country’s oilfields, Reuters added, saying the resumption order was made by the fields’ operator, the Arabian Gulf Oil Company, which did not provide any reasons, according to the engineers.
Earlier on Saturday, the Libyan oil export port of Hariga stopped operating due to insufficient crude supplies following the near-total shutdown of the Sarir oilfield, the port’s main supplier, engineers at the terminal said.
The Sarir field normally produces about 209,000 barrels per day (bpd). Libya pumped about 1.18 million bpd in July in total.
On Friday, Libya’s National Oil Corporation said recent oilfield closures have caused the loss of approximately 63% of the country’s total oil production.
