Apr 12 Callum Paton

Protestors blockade Zawia oil terminal

By Callum Paton.Tripoli, 12 April 2014:Protestors demonstrating against the government and the General National Congress (GNC) have blockaded Zawia oi...

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Feb 16 Michel Cousins

Separate polling for oil workers

By Ahmed Elumami.Tripoli, 16 February 2014:Provision has been made for workers in the oil industry who are far from home on Thursday to vote in the Co...

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Jan 19 Michel Cousins

Libya and Cyrenaica – challenge for national identity

Dear Editor,In several weeks, we will celebrate the third anniversary of the Libyan Revolution, which replaced one of the world’s most despotic regime...

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Sep 26 Nigel Ash

Former NTC president Jalil attends GNC Crisis Committee: report

By Hadi Fornaji.Mustafa Abdul Jalil reportedly attended GNC Crisis CommitteeTripoli, 26 September 2013:It has emerged that yesterday’s meeting of the...

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May 29 Michel Cousins

NOC will move to Benghazi: PM

By Ahmed Elumami. On the move? The NOC headquarters in Tripoli.Tripoli, 29 May 2013:The Prime Minister has confirmed that the National Oil Company (NO...

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Apr 8 Michel Cousins

Sudan and Libya discuss mineral exploration

By Farah Waleed and Hadi Fornaji.Tripoli, 8 April 2013:Sudan’s State Minister of Oil Faisal Hamad Abdala flew in to Tripoli on Sunday for talks on joi...

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Government warns against disrupting state work
Dec 28 tomlittle

Government warns against disrupting state work

Demonstrators interrupted production at the Sharara oil field in Obari earlier this monthTripoli, 28 December:The government last night launched a sti...

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No decision on NOC Benghazi move until after new government is formed
Oct 16 George Grant

No decision on NOC Benghazi move until after new government is formed

By George Grant.Tripoli, 16 October:No decision will be made on whether or not to develop the National Oil Corporation’s Benghazi branch until after t...

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Plans to develop NOC Benghazi branch put on hold following protests in Tripoli
Oct 11 George Grant

Plans to develop NOC Benghazi branch put on hold following protests in Tripoli

By George Grant.Workers from the NOC in Tripoli complained that the plan represented an unacceptable shift towards federalism in Libya.Tripoli, 11 Oct...

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Federalists halt production at eastern oil terminals
Jul 6 Nigel Ash

Federalists halt production at eastern oil terminals

Tripoli, 6 July 2012:Armed Cyrenaica federalists have halted pumping at five oil terminals in the east of the country in a protest against the allocat...

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