Aug 30 George Grant

Oil giant Wintershall looks to expand Libya operations as production moves towards pre-war levels

Tripoli, 30 August:Oil and gas giant Wintershall has said it hopes to restore oil production in Libya to pre-war levels by next year."The plan is then...

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Foreign oil companies bullish about Libyan prospects
Jul 27 Nigel Ash

Foreign oil companies bullish about Libyan prospects

Tripoli, 27 July 2012:With oil production almost back to pre-revolution levels, most foreign oil companies working here are moving to boost their own...

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Federalists halt production at eastern oil terminals
Jul 6 Nigel Ash

Federalists halt production at eastern oil terminals

Tripoli, 6 July 2012:Armed Cyrenaica federalists have halted pumping at five oil terminals in the east of the country in a protest against the allocat...

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Zway tribesmen "cut" oil production
Jul 4 Michel Cousins

Zway tribesmen "cut" oil production

By Hadi Fornaji.Tripoli, 4 July:Zway tribesmen are reported to have stopped oil production on Tuesday in three oilfields in eastern Libya in protest a...

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May 29 Nigel Ash

Is Shell's pull-out a stark warning ?

By Ibrahim A. El Mayet Tripoli, 29 May:In a statement on Monday Royal Dutch Shell announced it will cease exploration activities and abandon drilled w...

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Wintershall's Libya production recovering while overall profits pass €1 billion
Mar 16 Nigel Ash

Wintershall's Libya production recovering while overall profits pass €1 billion

Until it evacuated all but a small team of its expatriate employees in February last year, German energy company Wintershall was getting some 70 perc...

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