UAE oil and gas companies are positioning themselves for a move into Libya, encouraged by assurances that they will receive preferential treatment as payback for the Government's support of anti-Qaddafi forces during last year's civil war. "We have been told very clearly: the authorities are encouraging UAE and Qatar companies. They want to give them […]
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Libya respects oil deal, including Shell's-OilMin
Libya's interim oil minister, Abdulrahman Ben Yazza, said his government respected Gaddafi-era oil contracts with foreign oil companies including those signed with Royal Dutch Shell Plc. "Libya respects all signed contracts, including those signed with Shell oil company," state news agency quoted Yazza as saying during a meeting this week with the Dutch ambassador. Yazza […]
Libyan NOC to Export 9.71 Million Barrels of Crude This Week
Libya’s National Oil Corp. will export 9.71 million barrels of crude this week, a company official said. NOC shipped 4.13 million barrels in the week ended Jan. 4, Ahmed El-Mihoub, an official at the company’s crude oil and natural gas marketing department, said in an e-mail from the capital Tripoli. Breakdown of shipments for week […]
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Waha Oil Production Should Hit Pre-War Level by End January
A day after Libya's Waha Oil Co firm exported its first shipment of 600,000 barrels of oil to Italy, the company's manager, Ahmed Amar said, that by the end of January, Libya's Waha Oil Co will reach pre-war oil production levels of 350,000 barrels per day (bpd).Al-Sedr oil port, about 600 km east of Tripoli. […]
Libya's al-Sedr oil port resumes operations: official
Libya's al-Sedr oil port has resumed operations and will see the first oil shipment sail on Tuesday or earlier, an official from Waha Oil Co said, months after the terminal stopped running during a civil war that ended Muammar Gaddafi's rule. "The port was damaged by the Gaddafi regime and the facilities are now operational," […]
Libya to review contracts with Italian oil major ENI
Libya on Thursday said it will review its contracts with Italy's ENI and insisted the oil major participate in reconstructing cities destroyed by Moamer Kadhafi's forces in the conflict. The decision to review the contracts was communicated to the Italian firm's Chief Executive Officer Paolo Scaroni on Wednesday by Prime Minister Abdel Rahim al-Kib during […]
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OPEC Agrees to Accomodate Libyan Oil Output
Libya's oil minister Abdurahman Benyezza was reported saying by Zawya Dow Jones, at the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries,OPEC, meeting in Cairo, that there is a "gentlemen" agreement inside the organisation, to accommodate the country's crude oil as production recovers. When Benyezza was asked in the Egyptain capital, Cairo where he was attending a meeting […]
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Libyan Oil Production Exceeds 1 Million Barrels a Day, NOC Chairman Says
Libya, holder of Africa’s biggest oil reserves, is now pumping “more than a million” barrels a day, the chairman of its state-run National Oil Corp. said. The country will resume normal oil production by the middle of next year, Nuri Berruien told reporters in Cairo today, where he is attending a meeting of the Organization […]