OMV: Libyan Oil Production at 60% of Pre-War Level

EnergyOil & Gas ♦ Published: January 13, 2012; 13:37 ♦ (Vindobona)

The Austrian OMV produces 19,000 barrels per day in Libya. Production can be improved steadily. A Romanian refinery will be sold to the Romanian state.

OMV: Libyan Oil Production at 60% of Pre-War Level / Picture: © Wikimedia Commons / DanielZanetti [CC BY 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)]

OMV sent its general manager for Libya back to Tripolis. Also the oil production could be increased significantly over the last months. “Currently, 19,000 barrels per day are produced. This corresponds to 60% of the pre-war level.”, the spokesman Sven Pusswald said. In November 2011, OMV´s oil production only reached 30% of the old level.

In December, OMV´s CEO Gerhard…