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A valve closure on the El Sharara-to-Zawiya pipeline has cut production at a field accounting for roughly a third of Libya's total output, prompting the national oil company to warn it may declare force majeure.
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it → cut → majeure
An unnamed armed group shut a valve on a pipeline from Libya's largest oil field, causing a drop in production, the National Oil Corporation (NOC) said late Monday.
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Corporation → shut → production
The disruption threatens production from the El Sharara field, a key source of crude for Libya, an OPEC member that holds Africa's largest proven oil reserves.
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that → threaten → reserves
Armed groups and protesters frequently target oil fields, pipelines and export terminals to press political or economic demands.
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groups → target → demands
The NOC said in a statement that the closure affected a pipeline linking the El Sharara field, some 700 kilometres south of Tripoli, to the coastal city of Zawiya, home to one of the country's main export terminals.
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closure → say → terminals
It did not name the group responsible.
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It → name → group
If the shutdown continues, the company could be "compelled to declare force majeure", a legal provision that allows suppliers to suspend contractual obligations because of circumstances beyond their control.
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suppliers → continue → control
The NOC declared force majeure at El Sharara in January 2024 during a previous closure.
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NOC → declare → closure
"The closure caused a pressure buildup within the crude oil pipeline, leading to a significant reduction in production at the El Sharara field," the NOC said in a statement.
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NOC → cause → statement
Such a scenario would directly reduce state revenues at a time when global oil prices are rising, it added.
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it → reduce → time
Oil prices have risen above $100 a barrel in recent weeks amid disruptions to Gulf shipping linked to the Iran war.
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prices → rise → war
The company also warned that the Zawiya refinery, about 45 kilometres west of Tripoli, could be forced to shut down if the disruption continued.
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disruption → warn → Tripoli
Despite its vast energy wealth, Libya has been beset by violence and instability since the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011.
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Libya → beset → 2011
It remains divided between the UN-recognised government in Tripoli led by Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah, and the rival administration in the east backed by military strongman General Khalifa Haftar.
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It → divide → Haftar
El Sharara is Libya's largest oil field operated by Akakus Oil Operations, a joint venture of the NOC alongside Spain's Repsol, France's TotalEnergies, Austria's OMV and Norway's Equinor.
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Sharara → operate → Repsol
At full capacity it produces approximately 350,000 barrels per day, accounting for roughly a third of Libya's total output.
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it → produce → output
It was shut for two years between November 2014 and December 2016 after a pipeline blockade by armed groups, and has suffered repeated stoppages since Gaddafi's overthrow.
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It → shut → overthrow
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