Madrid (EFE) .- The main oil companies operating in Libya as BP, Statoil, Eni, Total and Repsol, have begun to evacuate its expatriate workers to the growing tension in the North African country. British oil company BP, which is in the North African country about 140 employees, of which 40 are expatriates and other local workers, announced today that Libya will evacuate all its staff "not essential" as a precaution.
In the same vein, and to the growing unrest in the North African country by the citizens' demands for political reform, Statoil Norway's state headquarters closed today in Tripoli and began to evacuate its expatriate staff in Libya, where it has thirty employees, although only a small number are foreigners.
For its part, the French oil giant Total has begun to repatriate most of their employees and their families, a figure that has transcended for security reasons, while announcing that continues its production processes in Libya. Like Total, the Italian company Eni has started to repatriate the workers who are not "strictly operative" and their families and announced it is strengthening the security of its facilities in the North African country and that their activities are maintained.
Wintershall, a subsidiary of oil and gas extraction from the German company BASF, has been repatriated from Libya to 130 workers, 400 having in the country, and their families. For its part, Repsol sources were limited to bringing to Efe that his priority is to ensure the safety of its employees in the country, which is present from the 70's.
However, according to other sources, the company has already begun some of its expatriate workers and their families. According to recently published data, for 2009, Repsol has rights in Libya with 9 blocks and its net production was 12.7 million barrels a day, from blocks NC-115 (El-Sharara field) and NC -186, in the Murzuq basin.
This amount represents about 4% of total oil production. The Spanish multinational working on some projects in the country by the Austrian company OMV, which also announced today that eleven repatriate its workers in Libya, while noting that its oil fields operated with ease despite the situation of "chaos and misrule.
" On the other hand, Russia's Gazprom expressed its intention to expatriate workers in the country and acknowledged that his activities were not affected by the protests, while the energy RWE Dea has already begun to take Germany to their employees. In addition to energy, companies such as Siemens AG, which employs 100 people in Libya to begin to evacuate any of its employees in the coming days.
Political tension in Libya has caused the price of Brent crude in London futures market now exceeds $ 108, the highest price since early September 2008, while major European markets have suffered falls. Libya, which exports 79% of its pumping to European markets, is the ninth producer of the 12 members that make up OPEC, at 1.57 million barrels per day (mb / d), ahead of Algeria, Qatar and Ecuador, and far from Saudi Arabia, with 8 mb / d leads the world production.
Outside the organization, Tunisia, where he started a popular uprising against the established power, it is also an oil exporter, although to a lesser extent, while Egypt, which is not exporting is an important country of transit through the Suez Canal. The situation in Libya has deteriorated over the past 48 hours, during protests against the regime of Muammar al-Gaddafi, which has killed more than 200 people, according to Human Rights Watch (HRW). 
In the same vein, and to the growing unrest in the North African country by the citizens' demands for political reform, Statoil Norway's state headquarters closed today in Tripoli and began to evacuate its expatriate staff in Libya, where it has thirty employees, although only a small number are foreigners.
For its part, the French oil giant Total has begun to repatriate most of their employees and their families, a figure that has transcended for security reasons, while announcing that continues its production processes in Libya. Like Total, the Italian company Eni has started to repatriate the workers who are not "strictly operative" and their families and announced it is strengthening the security of its facilities in the North African country and that their activities are maintained.
Wintershall, a subsidiary of oil and gas extraction from the German company BASF, has been repatriated from Libya to 130 workers, 400 having in the country, and their families. For its part, Repsol sources were limited to bringing to Efe that his priority is to ensure the safety of its employees in the country, which is present from the 70's.
However, according to other sources, the company has already begun some of its expatriate workers and their families. According to recently published data, for 2009, Repsol has rights in Libya with 9 blocks and its net production was 12.7 million barrels a day, from blocks NC-115 (El-Sharara field) and NC -186, in the Murzuq basin.
This amount represents about 4% of total oil production. The Spanish multinational working on some projects in the country by the Austrian company OMV, which also announced today that eleven repatriate its workers in Libya, while noting that its oil fields operated with ease despite the situation of "chaos and misrule.
" On the other hand, Russia's Gazprom expressed its intention to expatriate workers in the country and acknowledged that his activities were not affected by the protests, while the energy RWE Dea has already begun to take Germany to their employees. In addition to energy, companies such as Siemens AG, which employs 100 people in Libya to begin to evacuate any of its employees in the coming days.
Political tension in Libya has caused the price of Brent crude in London futures market now exceeds $ 108, the highest price since early September 2008, while major European markets have suffered falls. Libya, which exports 79% of its pumping to European markets, is the ninth producer of the 12 members that make up OPEC, at 1.57 million barrels per day (mb / d), ahead of Algeria, Qatar and Ecuador, and far from Saudi Arabia, with 8 mb / d leads the world production.
Outside the organization, Tunisia, where he started a popular uprising against the established power, it is also an oil exporter, although to a lesser extent, while Egypt, which is not exporting is an important country of transit through the Suez Canal. The situation in Libya has deteriorated over the past 48 hours, during protests against the regime of Muammar al-Gaddafi, which has killed more than 200 people, according to Human Rights Watch (HRW).
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