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Four workers were abducted Saturday from an oil field in southern Libya, and two of them were released, the Libyan National Oil Corporation said.
Kidnappings on the Al-Sharara field will affect the country's production. "Gunmen kidnapped four engineers at dawn this morning – three Libyans and one Romanian," said Ramadan Saleh, security chief in Libya's southern Ubari region.
Libya's National Oil The company confirmed in a statement that four workers were abducted by "unknown gunmen", but two were released.
The company said it was working with "appropriate authorities to solve the problem", without giving further details about the kidnappings.
Closed Oil Wells
"The oil wells in the surrounding area were closed as a precaution, and all other workers were evacuated," said the NOC
. According to the NOC, Saturday's shutdown is expected to reduce production by 160,000 b / d
. The incident comes two days after the oil company announced that it would reopen another southern oilfield, Al. -Fil, which has been closed since February due to a wage strike.
The NOC also announced this week that exports would resume in the oil-growing terminals of eastern Libya, after an interruption of more than two weeks. Libya produced 1.6 million bpd of oil before dictator Muammar Gaddafi was overthrown by power and killed in 2011.
Production then fell but reached one million bpd by the end of 2017, but recent turmoil has shown that the industry remains vulnerable to the chaos engulfing the country.
Two rival administrations continue to vie for power in Libya, while militias and jihadists have often targeted workers in energy facilities.
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Last updated: Saturday, 14 July 2018 KSA 20:17 – GMT 17:17
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