An official at the National Oil Corporation (NOC), said that the Zuwetina oil port is preparing to export 1.63 million barrels of crude oil.

The official added that the port will receive two oil tankers, the first of which is called ‘OLIB’, due to initially ship a quantity of 630 thousand barrels, expected to arrive on October 3.

Immediately following this delivery, a delivery is expected to enter Episkopi, east of Paphos to deliver one million barrels of crude oil.

The NOC said that this shipment is the first from the port of Zuwetina, after the lifting of the status of force majeure on it.

In the same context, workers at the Hamada oil field have restarted operations, and production will be pumped to the Zawiya refinery, said the Arabian Gulf Oil Company on Saturday.

The company clarified in a statement that production was resumed since Friday, following the NOC’s decision to lift the force majeure during the last few days.

The NOC announced last week the lifting of the force majeure on fields free from foreign mercenaries and armed groups, as it deemed them unsafe to the workers and facilities.