Tripoli PM Aldabaiba decrees reorganisation of some security units following Ghnewa Kikly’s reported killing
May 14 Sami Zaptia

Tripoli PM Aldabaiba decrees reorganisation of some security units following Ghnewa Kikly’s reported killing

‎Tripoli based Libyan Prime Minister Abd Alhamid Aldabaiba issued a package of decrees that he described as "decisive within the measures to impose th...

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Dinar crashes as oilfields are closed by Petroleum Facilities Guards seeking improved pay
Feb 25 Sami Zaptia

Dinar crashes as oilfields are closed by Petroleum Facilities Guards seeking improved pay

The Libya dinar crashed further in value in the black-market against the major hard currencies as the security forces charged with guarding all of Lib...

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PFG blockade oil exports: labour dispute or political obstruction?
Jan 25 Sami Zaptia

PFG blockade oil exports: labour dispute or political obstruction?

By Sami Zaptia.London, 25 January 2021: The Petroleum Facilities Guards (PFG), the state recognized security force tasked with protecting Libya’s oil...

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Flights to oilfields allowed to resume by Hafter
Sep 26 Sami Zaptia

Flights to oilfields allowed to resume by Hafter

By Sami Zaptia.London, 26 September 2020: Flights to Libya’s eastern-based oilfields have been permitted to resume by Khalifa Hafter (commander of the...

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Aug 21 Sami Zaptia

NOC conditionally welcomes call for resumption of oil production and exports

By Sami Zaptia.(Logo: NOC).London, 21 August 2020:Libya’s state National Oil Corporation (NOC) today welcomed the call for the resumption of oil produ...

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The Hafter-aligned PFG announces resumption of the export of stored oil and gas
Aug 19 Sami Zaptia

The Hafter-aligned PFG announces resumption of the export of stored oil and gas

By Sami Zaptia.London, 19 August 2020:The head of the eastern-based and Khalifa Hafter-aligned Petroleum Facilities Guards (PFG), Naji Moghrabi, annou...

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Jan 8 Sami Zaptia

Belhaj denies charges of Libya terror attacks

By Sami Zaptia.Abdel Hakim Belhaj (File photo: REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal) London, 8 January 2019:Abdelhakim Belhaj has denied any involvement in any ter...

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After NOC names perpetrators, PFG abandons its extortion closure of Wafa oilfield airport
Sep 21 Sami Zaptia

After NOC names perpetrators, PFG abandons its extortion closure of Wafa oilfield airport

By Jamal Adel. Kufra, 21 September 2018:The Petroleum Facilities Guards (PFG), the state-aligned security body entrusted with guarding Libya's oil fac...

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Feb 25 Sami Zaptia

NOC declares force majeure at El-Fil oilfield

By Jamal Adel in Kufra and Jamie Prentis in Tunis.25 February 2018:The National Oil Corporation (NOC) has declared a state of force majeure at the El-...

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AGOCO's Beida oilfield back in production
May 9 Michel Cousins

AGOCO's Beida oilfield back in production

By Libya Herald staff. Oil tanks at Beida field (Photo: AGOCO)Tunis, 9 May 2017:The Benghazi-based Arabian Gulf Oil Company (AGOCO) has announced that...

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