Libya’s NOC on 12 March announced the restart of TotalEnergies’ Mabruk field following a 10-year hiatus. The field in the country’s Sirte Basin oil heartland had been out of service since being overrun and badly damaged by IS-affiliated militants in 2015 (MEES, 6 March 2015).
Production operations began on 9 March with 5,000 b/d, with plans to raise output to 7,000 b/d by the end of the month and 25,000 b/d by July, says NOC. The restart follows several delays over the past decade (MEES, 5 April 2024), with Total planning to eventually boost output to pre-shutdown levels of 40,000 b/d (MEES, 10 December 2021). (CONTINUED - 129 WORDS)