The protest against a backdrop of social demands continues in southern Libya and has led to the closure of two oil fields located in the Ubari region. Libya produces 1.9 million barrels of oil per day, 300,000 from the al-Sharara field, one of the largest in the country, and the rest from the el-Feel field. This protest also illustrates the political divisions between the two parallel authorities vying for power in the country.
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Building a hospital in Oubari, employing young people specialized in the oil sector, installing a refinery dedicated to Fezzan to compensate for the chronic shortages of gas and gasoline as well as rehabilitating the infrastructure, these are the demands of the residents who are blocking the fields oil tankers: this is the only card we have to put pressure on Tripoli in order to access our rights », Declares Abou Bakr Abou Setta, the president of the Fezzan rally.
Unfazed, the Dbeibah government called “ returning to reason » and not to involve oil production in these kinds of problems.
It should be remembered that this development comes in full disagreement between Libyan institutions over an agreement signed unilaterally by Dbeibah, a Prime Minister whose mandate has expired for more than a year, and an international consortium. The goal: to develop hydrocarbon research in the Hamada fields not far from Tripoli. A decision contested by Parliament and the High Council of State. For them, the contract is suspicious and aims to help Dbeibah stay in power.