{"id":15563,"date":"2026-01-26T08:54:32","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T08:54:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/?p=15563"},"modified":"2026-01-26T08:54:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T08:54:34","slug":"libya-totalenergies-signs-the-extension-of-the-waha-concessions-until-2050","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/libya-totalenergies-signs-the-extension-of-the-waha-concessions-until-2050\/","title":{"rendered":"LIBYA: TotalEnergies Signs the Extension of the Waha Concessions until 2050"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On January 24<sup>th<\/sup>, during the Libya Energy &amp; Economy Summit in Tripoli, Patrick Pouyann\u00e9, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of TotalEnergies signed an agreement extending the Waha Concessions up to December&nbsp;31, 2050, in the presence of Abdul Hamid Dbeiba, Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This agreement sets new fiscal terms allowing to increase the production of these concessions that are currently producing around 370,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe\/d). Therefore, it paves the way for a new phase of investments, including the development of the North Gialo field, which is expected to add 100,000 boe\/d of production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAs we celebrate 70 years of presence in Libya, we are pleased to sign this agreement, and I would like to thank the Libyan authorities for their continued support, in particular Dr. Khalifa Rajab Abdulsadek, Minister of Oil and Gas of Libya and Masoud Suleman, Chairman of the National Oil Corporation (NOC), Present in the country since 1956, TotalEnergies reaffirms its long-standing commitment to working alongside its partners to increase Waha\u2019s production, starting with the development of the North Gialo field. Extending the Waha concession, with its low cost and low emission giant resources offering many opportunities to grow production, fits perfectly with our strategy\u201d said&nbsp;<strong>Patrick Pouyann\u00e9, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of TotalEnergies<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On January 24th, during the Libya Energy &amp; Economy Summit in Tripoli, Patrick Pouyann\u00e9, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of TotalEnergies signed an agreement extending the Waha Concessions up to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/libya-totalenergies-signs-the-extension-of-the-waha-concessions-until-2050\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":15564,"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":[1406,12341,1689,12342,9339,7784],"class_list":["post-15563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-countries","category-north-africa","category-top-news","tag-libya","tag-libya-energy-economy-summit","tag-national-oil-corporation","tag-north-gialo-field","tag-totalenergies","tag-waha-concession","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Libya-Waha-Concession.webp?fit=1110%2C1110&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5JWkQ-431","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12818,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/libya-totalenergies-increases-its-interest-in-the-waha-concessions\/","url_meta":{"origin":15563,"position":0},"title":"LIBYA: TotalEnergies Increases its Interest in the Waha Concessions","author":"","date":"November 16, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"TotalEnergies has completed the joint acquisition with ConocoPhillips of the 8.16% interest held by Hess in the Waha concessions, in Libya. As a result of this transaction, TotalEnergies\u2019 interest in these concessions is increased from 16.33% to 20.41%. 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The Mabruk field is located onshore, in concession C17, around 130 km south of Sirte. Production from the field was stopped in 2015. 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The agreements aim to further consolidate TotalEnergies position in Libya\u2019s renewable energy market while emphasizing the company\u2019s commitment\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\/2021\/11\/Libya-Total.png?fit=580%2C604&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Libya-Total.png?fit=580%2C604&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Libya-Total.png?fit=580%2C604&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":9793,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/libya-national-oil-corporation-announces-resuming-production-from-faregh-field\/","url_meta":{"origin":15563,"position":4},"title":"Libya; National Oil Corporation Announces Resuming Production from Faregh field","author":"","date":"February 1, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"The National Oil Corporation (NOC) last Thursday, January 28, 2021, announced the restart of production from Faregh field operated Waha Oil Company, nearly a year after it was shutdown due to the closure of oil terminals in January 2020. 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