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NOC Testing El Feel Pipes

Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Libya is still testing pipelines to restart the southwestern El Feel oilfield, the field was shut in during November due to clashes around the neighboring El Sharara oilfield caused that field to be shut in; both fields use the same power supply.

Engineers are now conducting technical tests including pipeline checks at the El Feel field, which is operated jointly by NOC and Italy’s ENI SpA.

The El Feel and El Sharara fields pump an estimated 80,000 bpd and 300,000 bpd respectively. Libya’s internationally recognized Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thinni estimates the country’s current production at 900,000 bpd.


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