According to the Arabian Gulf Oil Company (AGOCO), a leak was found in the oil line connecting the Sarir field and the Hariga oil port of Tobruk in eastern Libya. This was near a military unit of the Libyan National Army (LNA).
The commander of the Eighth Infantry Brigade’s patrols, Colonel Juma’a Al-Obaidi said that the leak is located near the concentration of military units. An army patrol discovered it 10 kilometers from an oil site.
AGOCO reported that 220,000 bpd are lost as a result of a leak. The company attributed this to the failure to maintain oil transmission lines due to budget delays, according to a statement released on Tuesday.
It stressed that it needed the necessary budgets to maintain all lines, stations, transport facilities, and to carry out chemical treatments for transmission lines.
The company’s management said it took the necessary measures to stop the leak, thanking the Eighth Infantry Brigade for informing it of the incident and helping in dealing with it.
Libya was subjected to previous leaks with transmission lines from station 186 in the El Sharara field in the southwest of Libya. This delayed production reaching 300,000 bpd in this field, as it currently still produces 270,000 barrels.