Libyan economy on verge of collapse because of oil shutdown: Former banker
By Sami Zaptia. A Benghazino shows off the then new Russian printed dinars he had withdrawn in 2016 (Photo: Mutaz ...
Tag: oil blockade
Tripoli CBL claims it has no objection to its international audit – international veiled threat of sanctioning its CBL Governor
By Sami Zaptia. (Logo: Tripoli CBL). London, 13 July 2020: The Tripoli Central Bank (CBL) of Libya has again claimed ...
NOC fails to force unblocking of oil exports at Es Sider port, thwarted by its own Petroleum Facilities Guards
By Sami Zaptia. (Logo: NOC). London, 8 July 2020: Libya’s state National Oil Corporation announced today that it had failed ...
NOC says it is ready to lift force majeure at Es Sider oil port
By Sami Zaptia. (Logo: NOC). London, 8 July 2020: Libya’s state National Oil Corporation (NOC) said today that it is ...
Oil blockade and lack of budget may reduce Libya’s oil production permanently
By Sami Zaptia. (Logo: NOC). London, 8 July 2020: Libya’s oil production and exports, suspended in January this year by ...
Russia’s Wagner may booby-trap and plant air defences in Libya’s oilfields: Sanalla
By Sami Zaptia. (Logo: NOC). London, 7 July 2020: In a lengthy interview on Libyan television last night, National Oil ...
Libya’s oil exports down by 92 percent: NOC
By Sami Zaptia. (Logo: NOC). London, 28 April 2020: Libya’s state National Oil Corporation (NOC) yesterday reported that oil exports ...
Libyan Business Council warns of food shortages and increased prices due to CBL’s inflexible Letters of Credit policy
By Sami Zaptia. (Photo: LBC) London, 16 April 2020: The Libya Business Council (LBC), the only legally recognized Libya-wide business ...
Tripoli government announces further salary cuts to rationalize spending in light of oil production and export stoppage attributed to Hafter
By Sami Zaptia. (Logo: PC/GNA). London, 13 April 2020: The internationally recognized government of Libya based in Tripoli issued a ...
Hafter in Paris yesterday and Berlin today
By Sami Zaptia. Khalifa Hafter (Photo: Archives from LANA). London, 10 March 2020: Media outlets aligned to the commander of ...
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