Tripoli-SANA
The Libyan National Oil Corporation announced today the resumption of production and exports in "safe" oil fields and ports.
The Wasat Gate website quoted the corporation as saying in a statement today that the status of force majeure has been lifted from the safe fields and ports, and instructions have been given to the companies operating in all sedimentary basins as well as the relevant departments of the corporation to carry out their duties and resume production and exports from the fields and ports.
Al-Amna, noting that the situation of force majeure will continue on the oil fields and ports that confirm the presence of elements of armed groups that impede the activities and operations of the National Oil Corporation.
In its statement, the Corporation affirmed its commitment to the highest international standards for the transparency of its commercial operations, noting that issues related to the management of Libyan financial affairs and the budgeting process are political issues outside the jurisdiction of the National Oil Corporation.
The statement pointed out that the institution will operate with complete transparency under the direction of the executive authority regarding the disposal of new revenues.
For his part, Engineer Mustafa Sanalla, Chairman of the Corporation’s Board of Directors, said, “Our main concern is to start production and exports, taking into account the safety of workers and operations, and also to prevent any attempts to politicize the national oil sector,” pointing to a technical evaluation in preparation for commencing production and exports.
The Libyan National Oil Corporation announced on the eighteenth of last December that the General Command of the Libyan Army and the Petroleum Facilities Guard in the central and eastern regions had stopped oil exports from the ports of Brega, Ras Lanuf, Al Harika, Zwaitina and Sidra.
