Libya Warns of Zawiya Refinery Shutdown After Drone Attacks

• Tuesday, 11th August 2026
• by Doaa Ashraf

Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) has warned that it could declare force majeure and halt operations at the Zawiya refinery if drone attacks on oil facilities in the city continue, according to Reuters. The attac...

Libya’s El Feel Oilfield to Resume Production, Lifting of Force Majeure 

• Tuesday, 9th June 2020
• by Editorial Team

Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) has confirmed that oil operations at El Feel oilfield have resumed and that the force majeure pertaining to El Feel and Sharara have been lifted, according to a press relea...

Supply Constraints Lower Zawiya Refinery to 50% of Capacity

• Tuesday, 29th August 2017
• by Editorial Team

The cessation of oil production at the Sharara oil field has forced Libya’s Zawiya refinery to pare back its operations, Reuters reports. The refinery has a capacity to refine 120,000 barrels of crude per day but is o...

Libya’s Sharara Field Resumes Operation

• Tuesday, 2nd May 2017
• by Sarah Samir

Libya’s Sharara field started running again as the country started pumping crude through a pipeline connected to the Zawiya refinery, reported Bloomberg. Oil began to be distributed through the pipeline on the 2...

NOC Took over Zawiya Refinery in Libya

• Monday, 9th January 2017
• by Egypt Oil & Gas

The Petroleum Facilities Guard (PFG) has removed itself from the Zawiya refinery in Libya after the National Oil Corporation (NOC) accused them of fuel smuggling, Oil Price reported. According to a NOC statement, Zawi...

AGOCO Boosted Oil Output to 290,000b/d

• Monday, 3rd October 2016
• by Egypt Oil & Gas

In steady steps for boosting output, Libya‘s Arabian Gulf Oil Company (AGOCO) has increased production to 290,000b/d of oil and hopes to reach 350,000b/d by the end of the year, reported Africa TVC News. AGOCO, a subs...