Libyan Oil Exports Resume After Armed Group Disruption

Libya's National Oil Corporation (NOC) announced that oil pumping has resumed in the pipeline connecting the El Sharara field, the country's largest, with the city of Zawiya. The resumption comes after a disruption caused by armed groups, which halted part of the production.

The NOC reported that valve 7 of the main El Sharara-Zauiya pipeline has been reopened, allowing for the normal pumping of crude to resume. According to the agency, flows are gradually recovering their usual levels.

The state company emphasized its commitment to protecting the assets of the Libyan people and ensuring a safe restart and stable pumping operations. The NOC also expressed gratitude to all actors involved in making the reopening possible.

Before the reopening, the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) had expressed concern about the consequences of the paralysis of operations in this key infrastructure, warning that it would generate significant losses in oil production and public revenues, threaten fuel supply, electricity generation, and other essential services, and increase the need to import fuel.

The UNSMIL urged all actors to protect the integrity of oil and energy facilities and preserve them for the benefit of all Libyans. The mission also reminded that attacks against Libya's oil and energy infrastructures may constitute grounds for the imposition of measures under relevant resolutions of the Security Council, including resolution 2213 of 2015.