Audit Bureau warns of increased summer power blackouts, calls for urgent mitigating measures
Jan 26 Sami Zaptia

Audit Bureau warns of increased summer power blackouts, calls for urgent mitigating measures

By Sami Zaptia.GECOL's Ruwais power station is currently one of the two most productive power stations at 76 percent productivity (Photo: GECOL).Londo...

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Nov 19 Sami Zaptia

Halliburton discusses increased cooperation with NOC in increasing production, training, submersible pumps and leak detection

By Sami Zaptia.London, 19 November 2020: Halliburton Regional Director, Colby Fuser, met National Oil Corporation (NOC) chairman Mustafa Sanalla yeste...

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Oct 14 Sami Zaptia

Benghazi's Benina airport will not reopen until it is ready: General Manager

By Sami Zaptia.London, 14 October 2020: Abdalla Al-Shafee, the General Manager of Benghazi’s Benina airport, today denied widely circulated reports th...

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Sep 7 Sami Zaptia

East Libya discusses cooperation with Egypt’s electricity company

By Sami Zaptia.London, 7 September 2020:The eastern Libyan Government's General Authority for Electricity and Renewable Energies discussed with Egypti...

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Libya’s oil revenues down by 5 percent in August, could fall further if NOC budget withheld
Oct 3 Sami Zaptia

Libya’s oil revenues down by 5 percent in August, could fall further if NOC budget withheld

By Sami Zaptia.London, 3 October 2019:Libya’s state National Oil Corporation (NOC) announced yesterday that August oil revenues (US$ 2 bn) decreased b...

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Tobruk airport reopens for international flights
Sep 30 Sami Zaptia

Tobruk airport reopens for international flights

By Sami Zaptia.London, 30 September 2019:After a lengthy closure, Tobruk airport announced yesterday that it was reopening for domestic and internatio...

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Tunisian border closed due to cable damage
Mar 11 Sami Zaptia

Tunisian border closed due to cable damage

By Sami Zaptia.London, 11 March 2019:The Libyan side of its Tunisian Ras Jdair land crossing was closed today after a main cable connecting its securi...

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Cold snap hits western region
Feb 24 Sami Zaptia

Cold snap hits western region

By Sami Zaptia.London, 24 February 2019:A cold snap has hit the Greater Tripolitania region overnight. Cold, wind, heavy rain and hail hit the coastal...

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General Electric lands Euro 33 m ‘direct contract’ for electricity maintenance work
Jul 25 Sami Zaptia

General Electric lands Euro 33 m ‘direct contract’ for electricity maintenance work

By Sami Zaptia.London, 25 July 2018:The Faiez Serraj-led Libyan Presidency Council issued a decree (1060/2017) yesterday (dated 16 July) authorizing t...

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GECOL signs MoU with Germany’s Siemens to resume maintenance and complete power stations
Aug 7 Sami Zaptia

GECOL signs MoU with Germany’s Siemens to resume maintenance and complete power stations

By Sami Zaptia.London, 7 August 2017:The state-owned General Electricity Company of Libya (GECOL) and German energy giant Siemens signed an MoU last S...

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