The Western Libyan Gas Project (WLGP) is a 50–50

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between the

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n National Oil Corporation (NOC) and the

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company Eni which came online in October 2004. By July 2007, per year of

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was being exported from a processing facility at Melitah, on the Libyan coast, through the

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to southeastern

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. From Sicily, the natural gas travels to the Italian mainland, and then onwards to the rest of

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. WLGP is the first major project to valorize the natural gas produced in Libya through export to and marketing in Europe. WLGP is supplied from production at the

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and Wafa fields, which is processed at the onshore Mellitah treatment plant.ENI Annual Report 2006, p.23

Notes

References

* Energy Information Administration (2007
''Libya: Country Analysis Brief''
*

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(2006)
''Libyan Arab Jamahiriya: Economic Report''
Social & Economic Development Group: MENA Region *P. Mobbs (2002
''Mineral Industry of Libya''
*Thomas S. Ahlbrandt (2001
''Sirte Basin Province: Sirte-Zelten Total Petroleum System''

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