Op-Ed: Government over-spending to lead to economic and political stability or bankruptcy and a devalued dinar?
Mar 10 Sami Zaptia

Op-Ed: Government over-spending to lead to economic and political stability or bankruptcy and a devalued dinar?

Tripoli based Libyan Prime Minister, Abdel Hamid Aldabaiba, issued Circular No. (2) of 2025, today which included ‘‘a set of controls and procedures a...

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Sep 20 Sami Zaptia

NOC to resume oil production-exports, but only from ‘safe’ oilfields and ports

By Sami Zaptia.(Logo: NOC).London, 20 September 2020: Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) announced yesterday the lifting of the status of force ma...

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Mar 25 Sami Zaptia

Libya’s February oil revenues down 69 percent; NOC calls for immediate end to illegal oil blockade and on state to reduce expenses

By Sami Zaptia. (Logo: NOC).London, 25 March 2020:Libya’s state National Oil Corporation (NOC) reported that February 2020 hydrocarbon revenues were a...

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Mar 10 Sami Zaptia

Workshop on drafting law on fair distribution of Libya’s wealth

By Sami Zaptia. London, 10 March 2020:The Benghazi Planning Office organized yesterday a workshop in collaboration with several research centres in un...

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Libya's September oil revenues up 5.6 % to US$ 1.66 billion on August figures
Nov 14 Sami Zaptia

Libya's September oil revenues up 5.6 % to US$ 1.66 billion on August figures

By Sami Zaptia.London, 14 November 2018: Libya's National Oil Corporation (NOC) has announced today that the Libyan state's September oil revenues we...

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Mar 1 Sami Zaptia

‘’Time to swallow bitter pill. No easy solutions left for Libya’s economic crises’’ Husni Bey

 By Sami Zaptia.The CBL has to devalue the LD exchange rate to save the Libyan economy says leading Libyan businessman Husni Bey (Photo: Sami Zaptia)....

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Apr 8 Sami Zaptia

International community recognizes legitimacy of new NOC: Thinni

By Libya Herald reporter. The Thinni government has pronounced the Tripoli-based NOC as illegitimate.Tunis, 8 April 2015:  In an aside in yesterday’s...

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Jul 2 Sami Zaptia

CBL questions anticipated 2014 budget revenue - refers budget to legal department

By Sami Zaptia.The battle over Libya's savings between the CBL on the one hand and the GNC and government on the other continues (Photo: Sami Zaptia)....

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Nov 27 thomwestcott

Oil strikes have caused “financial crisis”: Zeidan

By Ahmed Elumami.Tripoli, 27 November 2013:Months of strikes at the country’s oil fields and export terminals have seen production plummet, plunging L...

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Developing Libya’s downstream capacity
Sep 20 Sami Zaptia

Developing Libya’s downstream capacity

By Sami Zaptia.The CWC Libya Forum 17-18 September in Tripoli (Photo: Sami Zaptia).Tripoli, 20 September 2013:Speaking on the second and final day of...

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