The Petroleum Facilities Guard (PFG) - Southwest Branch - called Sunday on all the brigades tasked with securing and protecting Al-Wafa oilfield to raise their level of readiness to protect the field against any emergency, asking all brigades to head to the field for "a matter of utmost importance."
The PFG published photos on its Facebook page that it said were of patrols of brigades of Al-Wafa oilfield stationed within the borders of the oilfield for protection. It did not explain the reason for announcing the raising of the level of readiness and emergency, or the sources of the threat to Al-Wafa oilfield, and the National Oil Corporation and Mellitah Oil and Gas Company, which operate the field, did not announce any developments at the field.
Al-Wafa oilfield is located 540 kilometers southwest of the capital, Tripoli, and about 160 kilometers south of the city of Ghadames within the "NC-A16" concession contract and extends along the Libyan-Algerian border.
Two months ago, the Southwest Branch of PFG and the 444th Brigade exchanged accusations after clashes between them in early November 2024. The PFG accused a force affiliated with the 444th Brigade of attempting to attack oil facilities, which the latter denied, considering that it was tasked with confronting smuggling, not controlling the fields.
