Jul 10 Sami Zaptia

Libya lifts force majeure on its oil exports – report and analysis

By Sami Zaptia.(Logo: NOC).London, 10 July 2020:Libya’s state National Oil Corporation (NOC) announced that it had today lifted its force majeure on a...

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Jul 8 Sami Zaptia

NOC fails to force unblocking of oil exports at Es Sider port, thwarted by its own Petroleum Facilities Guards

By Sami Zaptia.(Logo: NOC).London, 8 July 2020:Libya’s state National Oil Corporation announced today that it had failed in its attempt to force the r...

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Jul 8 Sami Zaptia

Oil blockade and lack of budget may reduce Libya’s oil production permanently

By Sami Zaptia.(Logo: NOC).London, 8 July 2020:Libya’s oil production and exports, suspended in January this year by the Petroleum Facilities Guard (P...

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Jul 7 Sami Zaptia

Russia’s Wagner may booby-trap and plant air defences in Libya’s oilfields: Sanalla

By Sami Zaptia.(Logo: NOC).London, 7 July 2020:In a lengthy interview on Libyan television last night, National Oil Corporation (NOC) chairman Mustafa...

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Jul 1 Sami Zaptia

NOC clarifies type of deal under discussion to end oil blockade – discounts numerous reports

By Sami Zaptia.(Logo: NOC).London, 1 July 2020:Following intense and varied speculation yesterday about potential ‘‘wealth redistribution’’ deals of L...

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Jun 11 Sami Zaptia

El-Feel oilfield shutdown again - only days after it was reopened

By Sami Zaptia.(Logo: NOC).London, 11 June 2020:Libya’s state National Oil Corporation (NOC) confirmed yesterday that its El-Feel oilfield has been fo...

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Jun 10 Sami Zaptia

Sharara field reopens and is shut down again within hours by a different militia: NOC

By Sami Zaptia.(Logo: NOC).London, 10 June 2020:In a farcical scene that embodies the state of post-Qaddafi militia Libya since 2011, the National Oil...

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Jun 9 Sami Zaptia

A day after UNSMIL welcomed the reopening of two Libyan oilfields, and called for the reopening of all its oilfields – NOC announces Sharara field is closed again

By Sami Zaptia.(Logo: NOC).London, 9 June 2020:A day after UNSMIL welcomed the reopening of Libya’s Sharara and El-Feel oilfields – the country’s stat...

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Mar 4 Sami Zaptia

NOC lifts Sharara force majeure

By Sami Zaptia.(Logo: NOC).London, 4 March 2019:Libya's National Oil Corporation (NOC) has lifted the force majeure status on the Sharara oilfield fol...

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Dec 11 Sami Zaptia

NOC declares force majeure at Sharara oilfield due to militia occupation at daily cost of US$ 32.5 million

By Sami Zaptia.(NOC)London, 11 December 2018:Libya's National Oil Corporation (NOC) declared a state of force majeure at the Akakus operated Sharara o...

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