NOC Libya announced that the German Company RWE Dea – North Africa, a party to an EPSA 3 agreement concluded with NOC, has made a new oil discovery in the exploration well (B1 NC-195) at Area 195 in Sirte Basin (around 800 kms east of Tripoli, 100 kms south of Ras Lanuf). The average daily production upon test as follows:
| Formations | Depth (meter) | Choke (inches) | Oil rate (bbl/d) | Gas rate (mmcf/d) | Oil Gravity (API) |
| Dahra | 1581 | 52/64 | 204 | 15.4 | 63.2 |
| Beda | 1691 | 32/64 | 840 | n/a | 57.6 |
Under the above mentioned EPSA Agreement, The share of NOC is 68% while the share of RWE is 32%.
Source: NOC Libya
