Air Force refuses to bomb oil tanker
By Tom Westcott. Tripoli, 8 March 2014: Members of the Libyan Air Force have apparently refused to obey orders to ...
Tag: oil
North Korean-flagged tanker docks at Es-sider oil export terminal
By Tom Westcott. Tripoli, 8 March 2014: A North Korean-flagged oil-tanker intending to illegally export Libyan crude docked at Es-sider ...
Oil production down to 450,000 barrels per day after pipeline sabotage
By Callum Paton. Tripoli, 13 February 2014: Oil production has plummeted to 450,000 barrels per day (b/d), a significant decline ...
Libya’s economic growth declining – World Bank
Libya's . . .oil production. Source: World Bank January 2014 MENA Quarterly Economic Brief Tripoli, 6 February 2013: "Economic growth ...
Cyrenaica “prime minister” in talks with government to reopen oil ports
By Ahmed Elumami. Tripoli, 28 January 2014: The “prime minister” of the self-styled ‘Cyrenaica government’ Abdraba Abdulhameed Al-Barasi is in ...
Government gives green light for petroleum institute in Obari
By Libya Herald staff. Tripoli, 26 January 2014: The government has approved the establishment of a petroleum technical institute in ...
Zeidan attempts to save his government in a live interview
By Sami Zaptia. Tripoli, 20 January 2014: Speaking live from Sebha in an interview on the Qatar-based Libya Al-Ahrar statellite ...
Overdependence on oil a nightmare – CBL Deputy Governor
By Sami Zaptia. CBL Deputy Governor, Ali Salem, warns against Libya's oil dependency and lack of economic diversification (Photo: Sami ...
Production resumes at Sharara oilfield
By Jamal Adel. Tripoli, 7 January 2014: Sharara oilfield, west of Obari, is expected to begin producing oil at full ...
Total restarts offshore exploration
By Hadi Fornaji. Semi submersible drilling rig Zagreb 1 (Photo: Total E&P Libye) Tripoli, 6 January 2014: After a three-year ...
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