BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - A Libyan transport plane crashed shortly after takeoff on Sunday at an airfield near El Sharara oilfield, killing three people, the National Oil Corporation (NOC) said ...

Tripoli-headquartered Akakus Oil Operations is set to fast-track drilling operations within its assets onshore Libya. The company operates two concessions in the Sahara desert, some 1000 ...

Along this desert road in Libya's southwestern corner is also the turn-off to Niger; a path for illegal immigrants from sub-Saharan countries heading for Europe, smugglers moving weapons seized ...

As Libya implemented the cut to its OPEC production target, Repsol had to pace its Libyan investments, and Akakus reduced its output, Repsol said. Akakus is currently producing less than 300,000 ...

TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Libyan military officials say they have apprehended hundreds of migrants traversing the country’s vast desert. The migrants hoped to ultimately cross the Mediterranean ...

El-Sharara field is run by Akakus Oil Operations Libya’s El-Sharara oilfield has reached a production level of 300,000 barrels a day (b/d), almost 90 per cent of its full production capacity. The ...

Situated in the Murzuq Desert, the Sharara field was discovered in 1980 and developed by Petrom. Operated by Akakus Oil Operations (formerly Repsol Oil Operations), the field came on stream in 1996.