Jul 20 Michel Cousins

Hariga resumes oil exports but Sarir production still on hold

By Ajnadin Mustafa. Hariga oil terminal (Photo: AGOCO)Tripoli, 20 July 2016:Oil exports at Libya’s only functioning oil terminal have resumed followin...

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Apr 18 Nigel Ash

AGOCO makes new oil find in the east

By Libya Herald reporters. An isolated Libyan oil rig (File photo)Benghazi, 18 April 2016:AGOCO is reported to have made a new find to the south-west...

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Feb 21 Michel Cousins

Zawia oil refinery closed – then reopened

By Saber Ayyub.Tripoli, 21 February 2016:Zawia’s oil refinery was forced to close for several hours today as a result of a protest against the abducti...

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Jul 12 Michel Cousins

Libyan shipping company denies rumours of oil liftings, says it keeps away from political divide

By Saber Ayyub.Tripoli, 12 July 2015:The state-owned General National Maritime Transport Company (GNMTC) has denied rumours in Tripoli and elsewhere i...

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Total writes down over three quarters of a billion dollars in Libya
Apr 28 Nigel Ash

Total writes down over three quarters of a billion dollars in Libya

By Libya Herald reporters.Tunis, 28 April 2015:France’s Total, the first foreign oil company to resume operations in Libya after the revolution has no...

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Mar 4 Michel Cousins

IS pulls out of oilfields after setting them ablaze; PFG claims lack of ammunition forced its withdrawal

By Salem Ali.Tripoli, 4 March 2015:Islamic State (IS) fighters have pulled out of the Bahi and Dahra oilfields less than 24 hours after capturing them...

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Feb 28 Sami Zaptia

Wintershall resumes Libyan oil production through Zueitina using Libyan staff

By Libya Herald journalist.Tunis, 28 February 2015:German oil giant Wintershall resumed oil production in Libya as of 23/24 February in concession 96...

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Second bombing of Sarir pipeline thwarted
Feb 20 Nigel Ash

Second bombing of Sarir pipeline thwarted

By Jamal Adel.Tunis: 20 February 2015:A probable second attempt to blow up the Sarir Oil pipeline as been foiled after a member of the Petroleum Facil...

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Zueitina forecasts low profit gains for 2015 without stability in Libya
Feb 4 Newsdesk1

Zueitina forecasts low profit gains for 2015 without stability in Libya

By Libya Herald staff.Tripoli, 4 February 2015:Zueitina Oil Company (ZOC) has predicted that without stability in Libya its profits are unlikely to in...

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Sidra oil tank fires have so far cost Libya $100 million
Dec 28 Nigel Ash

Sidra oil tank fires have so far cost Libya $100 million

By Libya Herald Reporters.Benghazi and Tripoli, 28 December 2014:The fires that have blazed in five of Sidra’s 21 oil storage tanks have so far consum...

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