Mellitah Oil & Gas has extended the submission deadline for its environmental study and Environmental Impact Assessment tender at least twice, with the current closing date set at 28 September 2026 at 14:00 Libyan time. The tender, designated PRQ-198-MCX-26, covers preparation of an EIA for the proposed development of the Mellitah complex and its surrounding areas on the Libyan coast.
The tender was originally published on 3 September 2026 with an initial closing date of 17 September 2026 — a two-week window. A subsequent extension notice issued on 21 September 2026 pushed the deadline a further eleven days to 28 September 2026. This pattern of successive extensions is common in Libyan tender processes and may reflect challenges in attracting qualified environmental consultancy firms, internal review delays, or both. The scope of work remains unchanged: preparation of both the environmental study and the formal EIA document required before development activities at the Mellitah complex can advance. No contract value, project scale, or technical development parameters have been disclosed across any of the notices.
The Mellitah complex is a significant hydrocarbon processing and export facility in northwestern Libya, operated by Mellitah Oil & Gas, a joint venture between the National Oil Corporation and Eni. An EIA at this stage signals that a development or expansion project is in its pre-investment planning phase. Completion of the EIA would be a regulatory prerequisite before any field development plan could be formally sanctioned or construction activities could commence. This places the project well upstream of any procurement for engineering, construction, or equipment supply.
For Norwegian service companies, the immediate relevance remains limited to market intelligence and relationship-building. The repeated deadline extensions do not alter the fundamental project stage, but they do suggest the EIA process is taking longer to initiate than originally anticipated — which may push back the timeline for any downstream FEED or development procurement. An EIA process at a major Libyan LNG and oil processing hub remains a meaningful early indicator that development activity may eventually follow, potentially involving subsea infrastructure, pipeline upgrades, processing capacity expansion, or facility modifications. Companies with existing relationships in Libya or with Eni as operator should continue to monitor progress of the EIA and any subsequent feasibility studies or front-end engineering work that may be tendered once the environmental approval process concludes.