The Zawiya oil refinery, which provides a large proportion of Tripoli's fuel needs, restarted operations on 30 November after a fresh protest by wounded fighers again disrupted production.

The recently-appointed Minister of Oil and Gas plans to create a new Benghazi-based entity in charge of refining and petrochemicals, while exploration and production will remain based in Tripoli.

Officials from the National Oil Corporation (NOC) have held a meeting with Indonesia's Medco over its exploration programme in Libya.

Canadian oil and gas explorer Canoel says it is in the process of setting up an office in Tripoli.

Energy services company says it is exploring new lines of business in post-revolution Libya, which it says "has presented many difficulties but also many opportunities."

The new Minister of Oil and Gas, Abdelbari al-Arusi, has held meetings with a delegation from Egypt's Petromaint.

Mohamed Magarief, the president of Libya’s national assembly, has reportedly promised to relocate the head office of the Zueitina Oil Company from Tripoli to Zueitina.

A group of employees from Waha Oil, one of Libya's largest crude producers, held a sit-in protest on 13 November over working conditions.

Canada's Calmena Energy Services says it expects both of its drilling rigs in Libya to recommence work before the end of the year.

The head of Sharjah-based Crescent Petroleum says the company is "looking at entering" Libya in the future.

The Libyan Investment Authority (LIA) has reportedly expressed an interest in the Petit Couronne refinery in France.

Workers at the Zueitina Oil Company have written a letter to Libya's national assembly saying that they were not the cause of a recent sit-in which disrupted operations at the port.

A group of workers from the Al Rahila Oil Services company in Benghazi protested last week against 'marginalisation' by Tripoli, and demanded that the National Oil Corporation (NOC) headquarters be transferred to Benghazi.

Spain's Repsol, a partner in Akakus Oil Operations, says it plans to start exploratory drilling in eastern Libya early next year.

Waha Oil, one of Libya's largest crude producers, says it aims to double its output to 600,000 barrels per day (bpd) by 2017.