Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIV

No 46

14-Nov-2011

Elephant Begins Production Ramp-Up

Production restarted on the 130,000 b/d Eni-operated Elephant field on 10 November, state-owned National Oil Corporation (NOC) announced. The restart of Elephant (or Feel) means that of Libya’s 50,000 b/d plus joint ventures, only the 365,000 b/d Oasis group of fields and Eni’s 50,000 b/d offshore Bouri field remain completely shut down.

“Operations on the pipeline pumping an...