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The small-scale Tobruk refinery resumed operations by the end of 2020 and is operated by the Arabian Gulf Oil Company (AGOCO), a subsidiary of the NOC. Last October, the company announced that the refinery had returned to work at full capacity, with the reception of a 25,000-metric ton shipment of heavy oil from Brega Company. According to AGOCO, the refinery serves to contribute to resolving shortages of diesel fuel and other petroleum products in the domestic market. An additional, 300,000-bpd refinery is being proposed for construction in Tobruk, according to the Benghazi Chamber of Commerce, in which partnership agreements with international companies to implement the refinery on a Build-Operate-Transfer basis have already been signed.