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Libya's National Oil Corporation announced on 7 September 2026 that Mellitah Oil and Gas had completed technical work on well R-3 at the El Rimal field. The intervention included replacing the completion, perforating additional zones and installing an electric submersible pump. The update concerns an existing well's operating performance, rather than a newly announced exploration discovery.
The company reported an initial operating test of 3,026 barrels of oil per day with the pump running at 50 Hz. Wellhead pressure was reported as 310 psi. These conditions are important parts of the disclosed result: the rate should be read with its operating setting, not as an unconditional production promise. The announcement does not provide a long-term average, test duration or a production decline forecast.
The work combines well intervention with artificial lift. For industry users following service demand, completion replacement, perforation and pump installation are distinct activities within the same operation. They should not be counted as three separate wells or unrelated production additions. Likewise, the reported test volume belongs to R-3 and should not be described as the output of the whole El Rimal field.
The result gives analysts a specific well identifier, operator and set of initial operating observations. It does not disclose drilling depth, precise coordinates, intervention cost or recoverable reserves. Subsequent production data would be needed to assess persistence, while information on operating costs would help evaluate the economics of the workover. The available evidence supports reporting a completed intervention and its initial test, keeping the measured operating point separate from conclusions about sustained field growth. This distinction is useful when comparing maintenance-led gains with newly drilled development wells.