{"id":15330,"date":"2025-11-05T09:53:27","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T09:53:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/?p=15330"},"modified":"2025-11-05T09:53:28","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T09:53:28","slug":"libya-omv-austria-makea-a-new-oil-discovery-in-the-sirte-basin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/libya-omv-austria-makea-a-new-oil-discovery-in-the-sirte-basin\/","title":{"rendered":"LIBYA: OMV Austria Makea a New Oil Discovery in the Sirte Basin."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The National Oil Corporation (NOC) has announced a new oil discovery by OMV Austria Ltd. \u2013 Libya Branch in the Sirte Basin, specifically at well B1 in Block 106\/4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Production tests show that this exploratory well, reaching a depth of 10,476 feet, is producing over 4,200 barrels of oil per day, with gas production expected to exceed 2.6 million cubic feet daily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This well marks the first discovery for OMV in Block 106\/4, under the Exploration and Production Sharing Agreement (EPSA) signed in 2008 between the NOC, as the owner, and OMV, as the operator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Oil Corporation (NOC) has announced a new oil discovery by OMV Austria Ltd. \u2013 Libya Branch in the Sirte Basin, specifically at well B1 in Block 106\/4. Production &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/libya-omv-austria-makea-a-new-oil-discovery-in-the-sirte-basin\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":15332,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7442,7446,11],"tags":[12193,12192,10297],"class_list":["post-15330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-countries","category-north-africa","category-top-news","tag-block-106-4","tag-omv-austria-ltd","tag-sirte-basin","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/LIBYA-Block-106-4.webp?fit=780%2C470&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5JWkQ-3Zg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14661,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/libya-omv-discusses-exploration-efforts-in-sirte-basin-eyes-strategic-growth\/","url_meta":{"origin":15330,"position":0},"title":"LIBYA: OMV Discusses Exploration Efforts in Sirte Basin, Eyes Strategic Growth","author":"","date":"January 31, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Berislav Ga\u0161o, Member of the Executive Board and Executive Vice President of Energy at OMV, was speaking during an exclusive interview with Energy Capital & Power where he discussed the company\u2019s exploration efforts in the Sirte Basin and shares an optimistic perspective on Libya\u2019s oil and gas sector. 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Mustafa Sanalla and the Chairman and CEO of the British Oil Company, Mr. Bernard Looney held a meeting to discuss the resumption of BP's activity in Libya in its onshore exploration plots in the Ghadames Basin and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Countries&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Countries","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/category\/countries\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Libya-NOC-BP-Meeting.jpg?fit=900%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Libya-NOC-BP-Meeting.jpg?fit=900%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Libya-NOC-BP-Meeting.jpg?fit=900%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Libya-NOC-BP-Meeting.jpg?fit=900%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":11001,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/libya-tatneft-resumes-geological-exploration-in-the-gedamis-area-block-82-4\/","url_meta":{"origin":15330,"position":4},"title":"LIBYA: TATNEFT Resumes Geological Exploration in the Gedamis area, Block 82-4","author":"","date":"October 18, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"TATNEFT resumed geological exploration in the country in the face of the normalization of the situation in Libya with the support of the National Oil Corporation of Libya (NOC). 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