Jan 5 Michel Cousins

Congresswomen try to resolve Tobruk oil terminal blockade

By Ahmed Elumami.Tripoli, 5 January 2014:A group of Congresswomen were in Tobruk on Saturday in a bid to do what no one else has managed in the past h...

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Jan 1 Michel Cousins

Defence Minister Al-Thinni scores another blockade breakthrough at Sharara field

By Jamal Adel.Tripoli, 1 January 2014:Protestors who have forced the closure of the Sharara oilfield west of Obari since October have agreed to suspen...

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Dec 31 Sami Zaptia

NOC announces new gas find in Ghadames basin

Tripoli, 31 December 2013:Libya's National Oil Corporation (NOC) announced yesterday that it has made a new gas discovery.The gas discovery is in the...

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Tripoli blackouts to continue until the end of the month
Dec 12 Callum Paton

Tripoli blackouts to continue until the end of the month

By Libya Herald Staff.Tripoli, 12 December 2013:A spokesman for the state power company GECOL has said that rolling blackouts affecting Tripoli will c...

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Nov 27 Nigel Ash

Wintershall cuts back Libyan operations

By Callum Paton.A Wintershall seismic team in Libya early this year Tripoli, 27 November 2013:Widespread blockades of oil and gas production facilitie...

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Sep 22 Nigel Ash

Copper thieves cut power to parts of Jalo

Tripoli, 22 September 2013:GECOL engineers are still working to restore power to agricultural projects, after thieves brought down 20 transmission pol...

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Power station in Obari nears completion
Sep 15 Michel Cousins

Power station in Obari nears completion

Tripoli, 15 September 2013:There were celebrations yesterday in Obari on the arrival of the fourth and final turbine unit for the town’s new gas-power...

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Sep 3 thomwestcott

Local people take on Zueitina protestors

By Seraj Essul.Tripoli, 3 September 2013:Zueitina oil export terminal, plagued by strikes and protests for more six weeks, has been stormed by local p...

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Jebel Nafusa fighting smashes power lines - Tripoli supplies cut
May 1 thomwestcott

Jebel Nafusa fighting smashes power lines - Tripoli supplies cut

Tripoli, 1 May 2013:There have been power cuts today in Tripoli after clashes in the Jebel Nafusa destroyed transmission lines taking power to the cap...

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Apr 2 Nigel Ash

NOC promises review of Ras Lanouf refinery JV

By Hadi Fornaji.Is NOC looking harder at  its Lerco JV  with UAE ?Tripoli, 2 April 2013:The National Oil Company has agreed to review its joint ventur...

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