El Sharara-Zawiya Oil Pipeline

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El Sharara-Zawiya Oil Pipeline, خط أنابيب الشرارة- الزاوية is an operating oil pipeline running from El Sharara oilfield in Murzuq Desert to Zawiya terminal on the Libyan Mediterranean coast in Libya.

Location

The pipeline runs from El Sharara oilfield in Murzuq Desert, southwest Libya to Zawiya terminal in Zawiya district, 45km west of Tripoli on the Libyan Mediterranean coast.

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Background

The 723km-long, 30in-diameter oil pipeline from Sharara field to Zawiya terminal started operation in 1998. The pipeline is divided into two sections including a 340km-long section from the Sharara field to the Hamada field and a 383km-long section from the Hamada field to Zawiya terminal. The pipeline has a booster station in Hamada. Akakus Oil Operations operates the Sharara field, the largest oilfield in Libya, with a capacity to pump more than 300,000 barrels per day (bpd).Akakus is a joint venture company includes Libyan National Oil Corporation (NOC), Repsol (Spain), TotalEnergies (France), OMV (Austria) and Equinor (Norway) .

Project details

• Operator: Akakus Oil Operations
• Owner: Libyan National Oil Corporation (NOC), Repsol (Spain), TotalEnergies (France), OMV (Austria) and Equinor (Norway)
• Parent Company: Libyan National Oil Corporation (NOC), Repsol (Spain), TotalEnergies (France), OMV (Austria) and Equinor (Norway)
• Capacity: 9.959072 mtpa
• Length: 725 km / 450.74 mi
• Diameter: 30 inches
• Status: Operating
• Start Year: 1998
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