Nov 22 Sami Zaptia

Jadhran's deadline is over, we will take action: Zeidan

By Sami Zaptia.Tripoli, 22 November 2013:Speaking Thursday at the press conference at the end of the Sawaiq militia's base handover ceremony on, Prime...

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Nov 10 thomwestcott

Government decides on ten-day deadline for oil protestors

By Ahmed Elumami.Tripoli, 10 November 2013:Prime minister Ali Zeidan today said that the government would be giving a ten-day deadline to protestors a...

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Sep 16 Michel Cousins

Production resumes at El-Fil and Sharara fields: Shakmak

By Ahmed Elumami.Tripoli, 16 September 2013:Pumping recommenced from Al-Sharara and El-Fil (Elephant) oilfields today. The reopening, ending a stoppag...

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Blockading oil terminals "a sin" says Dar Al-Ifta
Sep 12 Michel Cousins

Blockading oil terminals "a sin" says Dar Al-Ifta

Tripoli, 12 September 2013:The Dar Al-Ifta Islamic Research and Studies Council has said that any tampering with Libya’s oil industry, for any reason...

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Libya and Malta agree oil deal; will collaborate on exploration
Sep 2 Michel Cousins

Libya and Malta agree oil deal; will collaborate on exploration

Prime Ministers Ali Zeidan and Joseph Muscat outside the Maltese Prime Minister's office, the Auberge de Castille, in Valletta today (Photo: Times of...

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Oil sector workers protest outside Congress
Sep 2 thomwestcott

Oil sector workers protest outside Congress

By Ahmed Elumami.Tripoli, 2 September 2013:Over a hundred oil sector workers protested outside Congress today, demanding that the General National Con...

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We cannot create miracles - Electricity Minister Muhairig
Jul 27 Sami Zaptia

We cannot create miracles - Electricity Minister Muhairig

By Sami Zaptia.Tripoli, 27 July 2013:“I think everybody knows what many have been calling the Electricity Minister”, opened Electricity Minister Ali M...

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May 28 Michel Cousins

Congress delegation flies to negotiate with oilfield protestors

Tripoli, 28 May 2013:A Congressional delegation has flown to the giant Elephant oilfield west of Murzuk to negotiate with protestors who started block...

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Apr 3 Michel Cousins

Explosion at Brega-Benghazi gas pipeline

By Ashraf Abdul-Wahab and Sami Zaptia.Tripoli, 3 April 2013:An explosion hit the gas pipeline connecting Brega and Benghazi last night, Tuesday. It ha...

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Mar 24 thomwestcott

Captured Qaddafi regime figures to be extradited from Egypt

Tripoli, 24 March 2013:Former Libyan ambassador to Egypt, Ali Marya, and Mohamed Ibrahim Mansour, who used to be a senior finance official, are to be...

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