Libya oil output jumps to 620,000 bpd on western field restarts

LONDON: Libya's crude oil production has hit 620,000 barrels per day, as the big western oilfields ramp up after reopening earlier this week, two state National Oil Corp (NOC) officials said on Wednesday.

Output from the El Sharara field has reached about 300,000 bpd day and El Feel has hit 70,000 bpd, Mustafa Sanalla, executive board member at NOC said.

Another Libyan oil official added that El Sharara was expected to reach full capacity of around 330,000 bpd by Thursday while output from the El Feel field would reach 90,000 bpd over the next few days as workers were still trying to get the water injection units going.