The Hafter-aligned PFG announces resumption of the export of stored oil and gas
Aug 19 Sami Zaptia

The Hafter-aligned PFG announces resumption of the export of stored oil and gas

By Sami Zaptia.London, 19 August 2020:The head of the eastern-based and Khalifa Hafter-aligned Petroleum Facilities Guards (PFG), Naji Moghrabi, annou...

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Jan 21 Sami Zaptia

NOC confirms oil closures resulting in loss 1.2 million b/d and daily financial losses of US$ 77 million

By Sami Zaptia. (Logo: NOC).London, 21 January 2020: Libya’s state National Oil Corporation (NOC) confirmed yesterday a virtual total oil production s...

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Mar 6 Sami Zaptia

13 deaths and 34 injuries from hostilities across Libya in November and December 2018

By Sami Zaptia.London, 6 March 2019:The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) documented 34 civilian casualties – 13 deaths (11 men, one wo...

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Jan 8 Sami Zaptia

Belhaj denies charges of Libya terror attacks

By Sami Zaptia.Abdel Hakim Belhaj (File photo: REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal) London, 8 January 2019:Abdelhakim Belhaj has denied any involvement in any ter...

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After NOC names perpetrators, PFG abandons its extortion closure of Wafa oilfield airport
Sep 21 Sami Zaptia

After NOC names perpetrators, PFG abandons its extortion closure of Wafa oilfield airport

By Jamal Adel. Kufra, 21 September 2018:The Petroleum Facilities Guards (PFG), the state-aligned security body entrusted with guarding Libya's oil fac...

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Feb 25 Sami Zaptia

NOC declares force majeure at El-Fil oilfield

By Jamal Adel in Kufra and Jamie Prentis in Tunis.25 February 2018:The National Oil Corporation (NOC) has declared a state of force majeure at the El-...

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AGOCO's Beida oilfield back in production
May 9 Michel Cousins

AGOCO's Beida oilfield back in production

By Libya Herald staff. Oil tanks at Beida field (Photo: AGOCO)Tunis, 9 May 2017:The Benghazi-based Arabian Gulf Oil Company (AGOCO) has announced that...

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Libya’s revenues, oil production and foreign reserves down, deficit up: Audit Bureau 2016 Annual Report
May 1 Sami Zaptia

Libya’s revenues, oil production and foreign reserves down, deficit up: Audit Bureau 2016 Annual Report

By Sami Zaptia.The Tripoli-based Audit Bureau says in its 2016 Annual Report that Libya recorded its lowest state revenues in 2016 - the lowest in  it...

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Sanalla publicly names Western PFG head Mohamed Kashlaf in fuel smuggling accusation
Jan 4 Sami Zaptia

Sanalla publicly names Western PFG head Mohamed Kashlaf in fuel smuggling accusation

By Sami Zaptia.NOC chairman Mustafa Sanalla intensifies his public attack on fuel smugglers, names Western PGF head (Source: NOC).London, 4 January 20...

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Sanalla accuses Western PFG of complicity with fuel smugglers
Jan 3 Sami Zaptia

Sanalla accuses Western PFG of complicity with fuel smugglers

By Sami Zaptia.London, 3 January 2017: Mustafa Sanalla, the chairman of the National Oil Corporation (NOC) has accused the Western Division of the Pet...

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