The Sirte Oil Company announced today, Sunday, the restart of Al-Istiklal field and the pumping of about 60 million cubic feet of non-associated gas through the coastal gas transmission system to power stations in the Eastern region.

The company explained that the field was restarted after the company was able to ship the naphtha product via the tanker (CLAXTON BAY) this morning, with an estimated quantity of approximately (253,000) barrels, which gave the company a storage capacity estimated at about half a tank.

The company will also be able to operate the gas operations comfortably if the remaining stock ready for shipment, which is about 367,000 barrels of the naphtha product, is shipped.

It is noteworthy that the company was forced on the 31st of last May to stop operating Al-Istiklal field after the storage capacity of the condensate associated with the production of natural gas decreased.