TRIPOLI: After more than a five-month disruption, a crude oil cargo could be ready for export from Zueitina port and is awaiting permission from the authorities, according to an official at Harouge Oil.
“There are one million barrels of oil ready to pump from three oilfields: AGOCO’s Nafoora field, Wintershall’s field and Harouge’s Amal field,” the official was quoted by Akhbar Libya saying.
The source added that after nearly a half-year interruption pumping operations from the trio would begin shortly in line with demand at the oil terminal. The stoppage began when a group of job seekers staged a sit-in.
Before the latest closure, Zueitina had resumed exporting oil in February after another year-long suspension.
Oil fields has stopped pumping to Zueitina because tanks there and at Field 103 used as a transit depot, were full.
Zueitina is under the control of troops loyal to the internationally-recognised Libyan government.
