Eni currently produces gas in Libya from its Wafa and Bahr Essalam fields operated by Mellitah Oil & Gas, a joint venture between the Italian company and the NOC. According to Eni, gas from the fields is transported to Italy through the 520 kilometre eight billion cubic metres per year (bcm/y) capacity Green Stream pipeline that crosses the Mediterranean Sea and lands in Gela in Sicily. As Libya tries to main gas production of at least 1.5 billion cubic feet per day (bcf/d), Bengdara said back in November that the upcoming US$8 billion deal with Eni would be a key part of Libya’s refocusing its efforts on boosting its gas production and tapping some 80 trillion cubic feet of proven reserves. “We are [also] in talks with TotalEnergies to invest more in Libya and increase production, and other companies of course,” he highlighted. Overall, during that wave of blockades and shutdowns, Libya was losing around 550,000 bpd of its oil production.