The Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Oil Corporation, Mustafa Sanalla discussed with the CEO of Total Energies, Patrick Pouyanne in the American city of Houston, raising the current production rates of the Waha Oil Company by rehabilitating the infrastructure and developing the discovered fields, as well as returning the Mabruk field to production bythe beginning of 2023.

During their meeting, the two sides discussed the strategy of the National Oil Corporation to develop and raise production from onshore and offshore gas explorations in order to raise gas production rates to respond to the increased demand for gas in the global market, and Total Energies expressed its desire to contribute to this strategy by holding a technical workshop with the Corporation to discuss details and technical aspects of this strategy and the possibility of its participation in the development of some of these opportunities.

Sanalla affirmed that the National Oil Corporation welcomed the efforts made by Total Energies in the projects of generating electricity from alternative energies that are being worked on with the General Electricity Company, as well as the desire and commitment of the French company to develop oil and gas reserves and raise current production rates.