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NOC says Honeywell UOP is

interested in southern refinery

LIBYA LIBYA’S National Oil Corp. (NOC) said last in the northern coastal city of Tobruk. The units
week that the US firm Honeywell UOP was were intended to cater to local fuel demand.
interested in taking part in projects in the coun- Reports have also suggested that the southern
try, including the construction of an oil refinery facility might be built in Sebha, a city to the east
in the south. of Awbari.
Without specifying the location of the refin- Meanwhile, Prime Minister Abdulhamid
ery, NOC said: “Details of work scope and Dbeibah, the head of Libya’s Government of
implementation contracts will be discussed in National Unity (GNU), said: “The financial
the coming days.” coverage is ready for this project and the spec-
In October, the company said it had begun ifications and technical designs are ready with
work on constructing a new refinery near the NOC.”
Sharara oilfield. Mustafa Sanalla, the head of the He added: “Today we announce the start of a
company, said that the so-called South Refin- giant step, the actual start of the construction of
ery would be completed and start production an oil refinery project in the south, [for] which
within the next three years. He noted that the the people of the region have been waiting for
facility would cost $500-600mn to build and many years.”
was expected to generate an annual income of Libya’s current refining slate comprises facili-
$75mn. ties at Ras Lanuf (220,000 bpd), Zawiya (120,000
The refinery, which will be run by NOC sub- bpd), Tobruk (20,000 bpd) and Sarir (10,000
sidiary Zallaf Co., is slated to produce LPG, jet bpd), all of which are operated by NOC.
fuel and other petroleum products, including Operations at each of these, like those at the
1.4mn litres per day of gasoline and 1.1mn litres country’s oilfields and terminals, have been dis-
per day of diesel. rupted at various points over the past decade. ™
The precise location and full throughput
capacity of the plant have not yet been revealed.
However, plans have previously been announced
for the construction of a 50,000 barrel per day
(bpd) unit near Sharara. UK-based Petrofac pre-
viously carried out a feasibility study, which it
updated in 2020.
In 2013, Libya’s then-Prime Minister Ali
Zeidan said that the plant would be built in
Awbari, around 55 km to the east of the oilfield,
with a larger, 300,000 bpd unit to be constructed NOC chairman Mustafa Sanalla (File Photo)

The Gambia invites bids for Block A1

THE GAMBIA THE Ministry of Petroleum and Energy of The Some of this information will be made avail-
Gambia has launched a new licensing round able at no charge, it added. Companies taking
covering only one offshore site, known as Block part in the round will also have the option to buy
A1. 2D and 3D seismic data that were reprocessed by
In an announcement dated February 9, the the former licence holder, however, it said.
ministry invited prospective bidders to down- Participation in the first stage of the bidding
load a request for proposals (RFP) from its web- contest does not obligate potential investors to
site and register as participants in the first stage submit formal bids later, the ministry noted. It
of the licensing round. Following registration, said, though, that prospective bidders would
potential investors will be given instructions on have to download the RFP and other documents
how to access the online data room known as at least six weeks before the deadline for submis-
the E-Bid Platform, which contains information sion of bids.
relevant to the preparation of proposals for the Proposals must be submitted through the
development Block A1. E-Bid Platform by June 6, it explained.

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