Oil, Gas & Mining
05-05-2014
The National Oil Corporation (NOC) reports that its crude exports in March were around half of January levels.
02-05-2014
The council of the Wahat region town has reportedly closed the Raqouba oil field, and threatened to shut two more, because the government did not reserve it a parliamentary seat.
30-04-2014
The Zueitina oil port, which recently had its force majeure status lifted, is preparing to receive its first tanker since closing last summer.
30-04-2014
The head of the Wahat division of the Petroleum Facilities Guards (PFG) says all fields in the region are under control, days after an Ajdabiya militia reportedly tried to seize sites near Jalu.
30-04-2014
Both energy firms saw their first-quarter results hit by ongoing disruption in Libya.
30-04-2014
The Hariqa terminal in Tobruq has loaded 850,000 barrels of oil in its second shipment since reopening earlier this month.
29-04-2014
The "Jazeera Battalion" has reportedly tried to seize control of several fields in the Wahat region, but failed after being confronted by a local security force.
29-04-2014
The National Oil Corporation (NOC) has lifted force majeure at Zueitina, while the port's owner says it is "baffled" by government comments about technical problems at the terminal.
28-04-2014
The justice minister says the government is working "night and day" to implement an agreement to reopen rebel-held oil terminals, and will investigate oil finances.
25-04-2014
Pro-federalist group warns that Es Sider and Ras Lanuf will remain closed until Tripoli implements a deal agreed earlier this month, while leaders in Sebha criticise the government's handling of the crisis.
24-04-2014
The oil and gas minister, Omar Shakmak, says the new office will improve decentralisation.
24-04-2014
A government spokesman says that the Zueitina port, which has seen its reopening delayed to technical difficulties, will restart "within a month".
23-04-2014
The Chief Officer of the vessel that loaded oil from a rebel-controlled port in March has arrived back in Pakistan.
22-04-2014
The spokesman of the National Oil Corporation (NOC) told the Libya Monitor that the Sharara and Elephant oil fields have not yet reopened, while technical difficulties contiue to delay the reopening of the Zueitina port.
21-04-2014
The justice minister cited technical difficulties caused by the long closure of the terminal, but suggested plans to reassert government control over the port have not been hindered.


