Canada-based slickline equipment and services company Innovative Wireline Solutions (IWS) has signed a sales agreement with Libya’s Arrawafed Oil Services Company for the purchase of slickline trucks.

German firm RWE Dea signed a modified exploration and production-sharing agreement (EPSA) with the National Oil Corporation (NOC) on 24 November in Tripoli, according to the Jamahiriya News Agency (JANA).

Punj Lloyd, an Indian engineering and construction firm, has won a $63m engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract from Libya’s Harouge Oil Operations for a storage complex at Ras Lanuf, Punj Lloyd announced in a 24 November press release.

Indonesian state-owned hydrocarbons company Pertamina has expressed interest in acquiring another oil block in Libya, the Jakarta Post, an Indonesian daily,has reported. Details on where the block could be located have yet to be released.

British oil firm BP is expected to begin drilling in the Ghadames basin as part of a seven-year exploration agreement in Libya,  according to the Independent on Sunday, a UK newspaper. The report was issued on 14 November and did not provide a source for the update.

The National Oil Corporation (NOC) has announced that a petroleum engineering training programme for 1,000 Libyans will begin on 5 December, according to the Pan-African News Agency (PANA).

Waha Oil Company has discovered oil in three exploration wells, the National Oil Corporation (NOC) announced on 7 November. The 6R1-59, 6P1-59 and UU1-17 wells are all located in the Sirte Basin.

The National Oil Corporation (NOC) announced on 11 November that it had launched the first fully Libyan-owned petroleum engineering project, at the North Jalu and NC98 fields south of Benghazi.

Oil company Tamoil, in which the Libyan Investment Authority (LIA) holds a controlling stake, said on 12 November that it would close a refinery in Italy, Reuters reported.

Indonesian energy company Medco Energi says it will ramp up capital expenditure over the next three years, with a field in Libya’s Area 47 planned to see a portion of the increase, Petroleum Africa has reported.

The National Oil Corporation (NOC) has announced that the Waha Oil Company has discovered additional oil reserves in the Sirte basin, in a well located approximately 80 km south-east of Marada.

The National Oil Corporation (NOC) says that oil has been discovered in two wells in the Murzuq basin by the Turkish Petroleum Overseas Company (TPOC).

Libya’s Al Inmaa Pipeline Company and Turkish building firm STFA have concluded an initial partnership agreement for the production and installation of oil and gas pipelines, Al Jamahiriya has reported.

Prime Minister Al Baghdadi Ali Al Mahmoudi said Libya would co-invest in a new refinery project at Skhira in Tunisia, Reuters has reported.

Libya-based oil company Mabruk Oil Operations (MOO) has opened a pre-qualifying round for engineering, procurement, supply, construction and commissioning (EPSCC)  bids for the Dahra and Gharian reservoirs in its onshore oilfield. MOO says that pre-qualification documents and materials are due by 3 November.