Oil production at the major Sharara field in the west of Libya has risen to 205,000 b/d, a senior official at Libya’s state-owned NOC said Monday, but there are no signs of any significant increase in crude exports from the troubled North African country. Output at the 350,000 b/d Sharara field restarted on Saturday after protesters at the facility agreed to halt their blockade. The field had been shut in by protests and strike action since the end of October, with production having been disrupted on and off by strikes since June. NOC executive board member Mustafa Sanalla told Platts Monday: “Today production is 205,000 b/d from Sharara.” Operated by Akakus, a joint venture between NOC and Spain’s Repsol, Sharara is one of Libya’s major onshore oil fields and feeds the 230,000 b/d Zawiya crude export terminal, Libya’s second-largest. While the terminal has been […]