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Production at Sharara's giant oil field in Libya could fall by 160,000 barrels a day (bpd) on Saturday after two staff members were abducted by an unknown group, the National Oil Corporation (NOC) reported. control station on the outskirts of Sharara, about 40 km (25 miles) from the main part of the field, said engineers on the ground. One of the kidnapped workers was Romanian, they said.
NOC said that it was expecting 160,000 bpd production, although one engineer said that field production, which had recently produced 200,000-300,000 bpd, was already pbaded to bpd.
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NOC, based in Tripoli, operates Sharara in partnership with Repsol, Total, OMV and Equinor, formerly known as Statoil.
The field in south-west Libya experienced security problems. vehicles and mobile phones were stolen.
The Saturday targeted facility is called Station 186 and was also attacked last year.
The NOC stated that unknown armed badailants entered the station at 6:30 am (4:30 GMT) on Saturday.
"Four station personnel were kidnapped, but two of them have since been released," he added. "The oil wells in the area have been closed as a precautionary measure. all other workers evacuated. "
In addition to being one of Libya's leading export qualities, Sharara is supplying the Zawiya refinery with 120,000 bpd on the northeastern coast. west of the country.
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