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Monday, June 2, 2014
Libya’s Sharara field, the country’s largest, is expected to see delays in returning to normal capacity when restarted due to the length of time it has been closed. Anwar Agil, head of production management at state-run oil and gas firm NOC, speaking at the New Libya Oil and Gas Forum in London, said a return to normal production at the field could be delayed by up to four months because more than 20 underground pumps needed to be replaced.
The field, operated by Repsol and currently shut in by protesters, has a capacity to produce at a rate of 340,000 bpd. The field’s underground pumps have been repeatedly switched on and off amid false starts.
Agil also commented on ENI’s Abu Attifel field saying a restart has been pushed back due to the risk of blocking pipelines with the waxy oil it produces if its flows are interrupted again. “There are security issues,” he added.
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