Poles to start drilling for oil next month
Mar 13 Michel Cousins

Poles to start drilling for oil next month

Tripoli, 13 March 2013: The Polish Oil and Gas Company Libya (POGC) is to start drilling its first exploration well in the Murzuk basin next month....

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Army secures Mellitah complex; some production still stopped
Mar 4 Nigel Ash

Army secures Mellitah complex; some production still stopped

Tripoli, 4 March 2013:The army was today scheduled to take over security control at the Mellitah oil and gas complex, scene of  two days of deadly fig...

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Feb 14 Michel Cousins

New oil and gas discoveries

By Ahmed Elumami.Tripoli, 14 February 2013:The Minister of Oil and Gas, Abdulbari Al-Arusi, announced today, Thursday, that the Algerian state oil com...

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NOC to sweeten deals with foreign partners?
Dec 12 Nigel Ash

NOC to sweeten deals with foreign partners?

Revamped oil deals to get the nod?Tripoli, 12 December:With his signalling of a new licensing round, oil minister, Abdelbari Al-Arusi has seemed to su...

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Third quarter profits for OMV boosted by Libyan oilfields.
Nov 7 Nihal Zaroug

Third quarter profits for OMV boosted by Libyan oilfields.

By Nihal Zaroug.Tripoli, 7 November: Despite grim 2012 forecasts for Libya’s oil and gas recovery, oil companies have been reporting steady growth. Oi...

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Rompetrol to increase maintenance operations
Oct 9 Nigel Ash

Rompetrol to increase maintenance operations

Tripoli, 9 October:Rompetrol is increasing its maintenance operations in Libya. The Kazakh-owned Romanian company, believes with NOC’s planned targett...

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Algeria's Sonatrach may have struck black gold
Oct 3 George Grant

Algeria's Sonatrach may have struck black gold

By John Hamilton.Sonatrach is currently in the process of verifying the discovery.London, 3 October 2012:Algeria's state-owned Sonatrach may become th...

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Sep 2 Nigel Ash

Ghadames wildcat comes good for NOC

Tripoli, 2 September:The Ghadames Basin continues to prove a promising new oil horizon for Libya. The Arabian Gulf Oil Company, a wholly-owned NOC su...

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Attack leads to major oil production cut
Sep 2 Nigel Ash

Attack leads to major oil production cut

by Hadi Fornaji.Tripoli, 2 September 2012:A Libyan-Spanish joint venture oil company has reported halted a significant part of Libyan oil production,...

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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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