Waha field

{{Infobox Oil field

| name = Waha Field

| country = Libya

| coordinates = {{coord|28.299|N|19.922|E|region:LY_type:landmark}}

| locblock = Sirte Basin

| offonshore = Onshore

| operators = Waha Oil Company

| partners = National Oil Corporation

| image = LocationLibya.png

| caption =

| discovery = 1961

| startofproduction = 1969

| peakofproduction = NA

| expectedabandonment = NA

| oil_production_bbl/d = 350000

| producingformations = NA

}}

Waha field is an oil field located in the Libya Sirte basin{{cite journal |url=http://www.searchanddiscovery.net/documents/sarir/images/lewis.pdf |title=Sarir Field |first=C.J. |last=Lewis |page=253-267 |journal=AAPG |access-date=25 August 2019}} and owned by the Waha Oil Company (WOC), which is a subsidiary of the National Oil Corporation (NOC). During 2006, the Waha fields produced around {{convert|350000|oilbbl|m3}} per day, down from around {{convert|1|Moilbbl/d|m3/d|abbr=on}} in 1969 and {{convert|400000|oilbbl/d|m3/d|abbr=on}} in 1986.{{fact|date=April 2021}} However, WOC expects to increase Waha output by around {{convert|200000|oilbbl/d|m3/d|abbr=on}} over the next couple of years. In 2005, ConocoPhillips and co-venturers reached an agreement with NOC to both return to its operations in Libya and to extend the Waha concession by another 25 years. ConocoPhillips operates the Waha fields with a 16.33% share in the project. NOC has the largest share of the Waha concession at 59.17%, and additional partners include Marathon Oil (16.33%), and Amerada Hess (8.17%).{{cite journal |title=Libya Energy Data, Statistics and Analysis: Oil, Gas, Electricity, Coal |work=Energy Information Administration (EIA) |date=July 24, 2007 |url=https://www.eia.gov/beta/international/analysis_includes/countries_long/Libya/archive/pdf/Libya_2012.pdf |access-date=25 August 2019 |page=1-10 |publisher=United States Department of Energy}}

The Waha oil field was captured by ISIS soldiers on March 5, 2015{{cite news |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/libyan-oil-guards-prepare-to-take-on-islamic-state-1425486673 |title=Libya Declares Force Majeure Over Oil Fields in Central Region |first=Benoît |last=Faucon |author2=Summer Said |date=4 March 2015 |access-date=25 August 2019 |newspaper=The Wall Street Journal |publisher=Dow Jones & Company, Inc.}} but has since been recaptured.