The German player shut in production for eight months during the hostilities in 2011.

Last year, output was back up at 85,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day, only 15,000 boepd short of pre-revolution figures.

Production is set to rise further this year, Uwe Salge, Wintershall’s general manager in Libya, told Upstream during a recent visit to Oslo.

The company’s main operational centre in Libya lies in the Eastern Sirte basin, where it produces oil and condensate from eight onshore fields in the C96 and C97 concessions.

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