Dec 5 Sami Zaptia

Libyan Oil Sector Disintegration Brings New Dangers, Crisis Group Warns

Libya's oil sector could fall into total disintegration the Crises Group reports (Photo: Archives). Tunis, 5 December 2015:The Libyan oil sector is pl...

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Dec 14 Nigel Ash

NOC shuts down Es Sider and Ras Lanuf export terminals and declares "force majeure"

By Libya Herald reporters. Es-Sider terminal shut down as NOC declares force majeure (Photo: archive)Tripoli, 14 December 2014:As fighting continues o...

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Dec 4 Nigel Ash

Will end of Amazigh blockade spell end to power cuts?

By Taziz Hasairi and Nigel Ash.Tripoli, 4 December 2013:The power cuts that have once again been plaguing Western Libya may be about to end, with a de...

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NOC sending second tanker to try and break Tobruk export blockade: report
Nov 11 Nigel Ash

NOC sending second tanker to try and break Tobruk export blockade: report

By Libya Herald Staff.  The British Falcon - reported by Bloomberg to be heading to Tobruk to break the export blockade (Photo Klaus Bombel, FleetMon....

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Nov 4 Nigel Ash

Striking teachers blockade Zawia refinery

 By Ashraf Abdul Wahab.Tripoli, 4 November 2013:A week-long teachers’ strike in Zawia has overflowed into a blockade of the town’s refinery.This morni...

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May 20 Michel Cousins

Mellitah gas complex attacked

By Ahmed Elumami.The Mellitah gas compression and pumping plant  (Photo: Greenstream B.V.)Tripoli, 20 May 2013:The Mellitah oil and gas complex, 22 ki...

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May 18 Nigel Ash

Zeidan says some "economic institutions" will relocate to Benghazi

By Hadi FornajiTripoli, 18 May 2013:The upsurge in violence in Benghazi comes as the government is redoubling efforts to head off federalist sentiment...

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Major fire erupts at bed mattress factory in Benghazi
Oct 13 George Grant

Major fire erupts at bed mattress factory in Benghazi

By Maha Ellawati.Benghazi, 13 October:A huge fire broke out at a bed mattress-manufacturing factory in Benghazi yesterday, forcing residents living ne...

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