The Libyan Fertiliser Company (LIFECO) has restarted operations at its second ammonia and its second urea plants with a production capacity of 80% for each plant.
The restart of operations comes after a two-month stop caused by the oil production/export embargo. The company said the operations of the first ammonia plant will start in the next few days. Urea important for agriculture and food security. According to the National Oil Corporation (NOC), the daily production of urea was about 1,400 tons, and that of ammonia was about 800 tons per day.
Libyan Norwegian Fertiliser Company
The NOC said the restart of production comes within the framework of its efforts to return petrochemical production, especially urea, because of its importance in the field of agriculture, and particularly with the onset of the ploughing season to achieve Libya’s goals in achieving food security.
The Libyan Norwegian Fertiliser Company is located at Marsa el Brega, on the Mediterranean coast, about 700 kilometers east of the Libyan capital Tripoli. Lifeco, employing approximately 1.200 persons, is operating, since February 2009, two Ammonia and two Urea plants (prilling) in Marsa el Brega. The majority of the finished product volumes is sold to countries around the Mediterranean Sea. Significant volumes are also sold to countries further down in Africa and into the 77 Americas.
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