Economy

Libya Plans to Increase Oil Output to 2Mln Barrels Per Day in 3 to 5 Years

VIENNA (Sputnik) - Libya plans to increase oil production by 2 million barrels per day in a three-to-five years term, Libyan Oil and Gas Minister Mohamed Oun told Sputnik on Wednesday.
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"The Libyan Government of National Accord has allocated significant sums to increase [oil] production from 1.2 million barrels [per day] — this is what is being produced now — to 2 million barrels [per day]," Oun said on the sidelines of the OPEC International Seminar in Vienna.
He added that it would take three to five years to increase oil production.
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