Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) has announced that Mellitah Oil & Gas Company has successfully completed the manufacturing and assembly of all equipment for its Gas Exploitation Project at the Al-Bouri field, marking a significant milestone for one of the country’s most strategically important energy ventures.
The completion was celebrated at an official ceremony in the Italian city of Ravenna, where technical data revealed that actual project completion had reached 69 percent — exceeding the planned milestone figure of 62 percent and placing the project ahead of schedule.
The project, signed with Italian construction firm Saipem in August 2023, carries a total budget of $1.565 billion, of which approximately $928 million had been spent as of December 2025. The scope of engineering works includes a comprehensive modernisation of offshore platforms, the installation of submerged pipelines — including a 14-inch, 8-kilometre line connecting two platforms and a 10-inch, 20-kilometre line linking the Al-Bouri field to the Sabratha platform — and onward connection to the Mellitah Industrial Complex on Libya’s northwestern coast.
Following the ceremony, a cargo vessel loaded with project units set sail for the Al-Bouri field, with arrival expected within ten days. Upon arrival, crews will commence heavy lifting operations and technical integration with the field’s platforms.
September 2026 Production Target
The project is on course to commence actual production in September 2026. At full capacity, it aims to exploit up to 125 million cubic feet per day of natural gas. Beyond the economic benefit of boosting domestic gas supply and enabling surplus exports, the project carries an environmental dimension: it targets zero flaring at the Bouri field by bringing flared gas into the production stream, in line with the NOC’s goal of eliminating gas flaring across all operations by 2030.
Source: libyaherald.com