{"id":177199,"date":"2024-08-05T15:59:33","date_gmt":"2024-08-05T19:59:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/noticias\/the-largest-petroleum-petroleum-field-of-libya\/"},"modified":"2024-08-05T16:28:36","modified_gmt":"2024-08-05T20:28:36","slug":"the-largest-petroleum-petroleum-field-of-libya","status":"publish","type":"noticias","link":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/news\/the-largest-petroleum-petroleum-field-of-libya\/","title":{"rendered":"Libya&#8217;s largest oilfield production halted following protests"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The <strong>Sharara oil field<\/strong>, the largest in Libya, has completely ceased its oil production on Monday.\nThis event was recorded over the weekend, where a progressive decrease was recorded due to strong protests. <\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Libya&#8217;s largest oil field comes to a standstill<\/h2>\n\n<p>This important field, with a capacity to extract more than 300,000 barrels of crude oil per day, had registered a production of approximately 270,000 barrels last Saturday.\nHowever,<strong>oil production began to<\/strong> be gradually<strong>reduced<\/strong> as workers at the field received orders to do so from the same day, according to anonymous sources. <\/p>\n\n<p>Libya&#8217;s internationally recognized government accused the rival administration in the east of the country of using &#8220;political blackmail&#8221; as a tool following protests that led to the reduction of operations at Sharara.\nIn its statement, the government explained that the production decline was the result of extortion, although no additional details were provided on these claims. <\/p>\n\n<p>Separately, it was reported last Saturday that protesters at the field forced personnel to reduce production, based on statements from two engineers working at the site who asked not to be identified.\nSharara has become a frequent target of the various warring political and military factions within Libya. <\/p>\n\n<p>This is not the first closure Sharara has suffered this year.\nIn January, the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/noticias\/precios-del-petroleo-subieron-este-jueves-en-medio-de-menor-suministro-de-rusia-y-libia\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"35470\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">oilfield  was shut down by protesters demanding greater government involvement in regional issues, including job creation and increased investment in the region.<\/a><\/strong> was shut down by protesters demanding greater government involvement in regional affairs, including job creation and increased investment in the local economy. <\/p>\n\n<p>Despite the <strong>production disruption in Libya<\/strong>, oil prices continued to fall on Monday, dragged down by rising concerns about global demand and fears of a tentative &#8220;recession&#8221; in the United States.<\/p>\n\n<p>In recent weeks, <strong>the market has overlooked supply concerns<\/strong> as nervousness over the evolution of global oil demand has grown.\nFears about demand in China have expanded into concerns about the health of the world&#8217;s largest economy, the United States, causing crude oil prices to fall, despite the reduction in supply. <\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Follow us on social networks and don&#8217;t miss any of our publications!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@inspenet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">YouTube<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/inspenetnetwork\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/inspenetnetwork\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Facebook<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/inspenet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Inspenetnetwork\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">X<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/oilprice.com\/Latest-Energy-News\/World-News\/Libyas-Largest-Oilfield-Halts-Production.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">OilPrice<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Photo: Shutterstock<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Libya has the largest oil reserves in Africa, but full exploitation of these reserves is often hampered by its political instability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8404,"featured_media":177161,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categoria_noticias":[13026,13036],"etiqueta_noticias":[],"class_list":["post-177199","noticias","type-noticias","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categoria_noticias-energy","categoria_noticias-oil-and-gas"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias\/177199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/noticias"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=177199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias\/177199\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/177161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=177199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"categoria_noticias","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categoria_noticias?post=177199"},{"taxonomy":"etiqueta_noticias","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/etiqueta_noticias?post=177199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}