Harouge Oil Operations says that operations at its Amal field resumed on 8 September after a four-day shutdown following a fire at a pumping station.

A group of employees at the Elephant oil field, in southern Libya, have reportedly threatened to cut production if their demands regarding improved working conditions are not met. 

Libya earned some LD5.4bn ($4.3bn) from oil revenues in July, taking total oil income for the first seven months of 2012 to LD39.7bn ($30.1bn).

A number of workers at a Tobruk oil terminal operated by the state-owned Arabian Gulf Oil Company (AGOCO) have protested against a "deterioration" in working conditions.

A fire at a pumping station has forced a temporary shutdown at the 35,000 bpd Amal oil field, the largest operated by Harouge Oil Operations.

An official from Akakus Oil Operations told The Libya Report that production was running "as normal", denying reports of a cut in output caused by security problems at an oilfield.

Medserv, a Malta-based oil and gas services company with a base in Misrata, recorded a loss in the first half of 2012 as oil companies returned to Libya more slowly than expected.

The state-owned Arabian Gulf Oil Company (AGOCO), Libya's largest oil producer, says it has made a new oil discovery in the Ghadames basin of western Libya.

The National Oil Corporation (NOC) says that Libya's crude output averaged 1.417 million barrels per day (bpd) during the first seven months of 2012, around 5% higher than projections.

The Sirte Oil Company (SOC), a fully-owned subsidiary of the state-run National Oil Corporation (SOC), says that its crude output reached a new high in late August.

Oil services company Schlumberger hosted a workshop with the National Oil Corporation (NOC) on techniques for enhanced oil recovery and improved oil recovery (EOR/IOR).

Libya's largest oil refinery begins offering jet fuel shipments for September delivery, according to Reuters, suggesting that the plant has resumed operations after closing last year.

German energy firm Wintershall says it aims to restore its production of crude oil in Libya to pre-war levels by 2013.

The state-owned Sirte Oil Company (SOC) says it has successfully restarted operations at a gas processing unit.

A group of employees from Oilibya, which operates a network of petrol stations in Libya and overseas, have staged a protest demanding changes to company management.