Waha Oil Company (WOC), an oil company based in Tripoli, Libya, that is engaged in the fields of crude oil and natural gas exploration and production and which is a subsidiary of the Libyan State Petroleum Company (NOC), is set to launch the second phase development of the El Farag gas field on April 7, this year.
The El Farag gas field currently produces 15,000 barrels per day of condensate and 70 million cubic feet per day of gas. Once the planned second phase development is completed, the field will be able to produce a total of 180 million cubic feet of gas per day.
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The natural gas extracted from the field will then be piped to the Sarir power station located in the southeastern region of the country, while the condensate will be transported to the Gialo oil field where it will be mixed with crude from the Es Sider port terminal.
Boost to the country’s gas production and reconstruction of electrical installations
The effective launch of this second stage of El Farag gas field development should make it possible to increase the North African country’s gas production, and help stimulate the reconstruction of its electrical installations concurrently.
“This is a very vital, important, and strategic project that will support power plants in this country, and notwithstanding the scarcity of spare parts due to insufficient funding and the country’s political instability in recent years, we will endeavor to operate the second phase soon”, said Nouri Al-Seid, president of WOC.
WOC launched the first phase of development of El Farag gas field in November last year after an eight-month time away and operates a set of oil fields in the eastern basin of Sirte.
