VOL. XL

No. 49

8-December-1997

LIBYA

Libya Processes New Esharara Crude At Zawiya Refinery

MEES learns that Libya has been processing its new Esharara 43ÂșAPI crude (ablend of Repsol's Murzuk and the state-owned al-Khalij's Hamada crudes) at its Zawiyarefinery, using the products mainly for domestic consumption. Since early this year the120,000 b/d refinery has been running both Esherara (50,000 b/d of Murzuk and 15,000 b/dof Hamada) and Sarir (50,000 b/d) crudes, replacing the 90,000-100,000...