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Libya’s Government of National Unity announced that the Sharara oil field, the largest in the country, will reopen on Sunday (January 21st), after more than two weeks of closure, due to local protests demanding better living conditions, public services, and the focus of development projects in the marginalized southern region.
Deputy Prime Minister Ramadan Abu Jinnah said in statements to local media that the decision to open came after the implementation of most of the protesters’ demands by the government.
On Saturday, the Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity, Abdul Hamid Dabaiba, issued a decision to transfer the headquarters of the “Acacus” oil operations company to the southern city of Ubari, and the quantities of fuel allocated to the southern cities were doubled, and medical equipment was sent to hospitals in the region, in an attempt to respond to the demands of the protesters.
There was no immediate confirmation from Libya’s National Oil Corporation on the reopening of the field, which has a production capacity of 315,000 barrels per day.
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