Foreign Workers Temporarily Evacuated from Libyan Oil Field

published:05/09/2017 06:03 GMT

Foreign workers at Libya's Sharara oil field, which is currently shut, have been temporarily evacuated because of unspecified information about activity nearby, an engineer at the field said on Monday. Sixteen workers from countries including Spain, France, the Philippines and Serbia had been evacuated and were expected to return on Wednesday, he said. Local media reports mentioned the presence of an armed group near the field. There was no comment from the National Oil Corporation (NOC),...More