Sharara has not produced oil since January, when forces affiliated with the Libyan National Army (LNA) of eastern Libyan strongman General Khalifa Haftar occupied Libya\u2019s oil export terminals and oilfields.<\/p>\n
Early in June, NOC resumed production at the 300,000-bpd Sharara oilfield after negotiating the opening of an oilfield valve. Just a day later, however, Sharara shuttered again, after an armed force had told the workers in the field to stop working.
\nSharara now stops all operations, including fuel supplies to the Obari power plant, NOC said today, expressing \u201cits strong dissatisfaction with the continued militarization of its fields\u201d after the commander of the southern region, Al-Mabrouk Sahban, entered the Sharara oilfield by force on Saturday.
\n\u201cIn a second instance of the PFG\u2019s disregard for measures to counter the coronavirus, on Sunday August 30, 2020, one of the foreign employees working in the field tested positive for the coronavirus as a result of his contact with members of the PFG. This is due to their permanent and uncontrolled presence in the field\u2019s workshop for the maintenance and repair of their vehicles,\u201d NOC said.
\n\u201cThe Akakus administration is evacuating the field and will completely stop all its operations, which will result in the suspension of fuel supplies to the Obari power plant, in addition to the potential theft and looting of the field,\u201d NOC\u2019s chairman Mustafa Sanalla said in a statement.
\nLibya\u2019s conflict continues, preventing oil production and exports from the African OPEC member. Last week, Haftar\u2019s forces rejected the ceasefire announced two days earlier by the UN-backed government of Libya and the east-based rival administration, dismissing the proposal for truce as a \u201cmarketing\u201d stunt.
\nBy Charles Kennedy For Oilprice.com
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