Benghazi-based oil services company Arkenu Oil Company – set up only in 2023 and whose ownership is unknown – is said to have exported 5 million barrels of crude from the Marsa Al-Hariga terminal in Tobruk over recent months, with more due to follow soon, African Energy website said.
It added that the oil shipments continued while facilities across the rest of the country had been blockaded by forces controlled by Benghazi-based Khalifa Haftar.
According to the website, all oil shipments are believed to have gone to China. African Energy approached Arkenu and the National Oil Corporation for comments, but hadn’t received any.
According to a well-placed source in Libya speaking to African Energy, Arkenu exported two cargoes in May, although this was not reported at the time. It exported a further cargo in July, news of which was first reported in African Energy. Two further cargoes were sent in August. It is expected to ship two more in the coming weeks.
