Category: North Africa

Fields responsible for the bulk of Libya’s oil exports will be forced to halt production within a month unless a blockade is lifted on the port of Marsa el-Hariga, according Continue Reading

Libya may be forced to cut oil production within days if a stand-off between eastern and western factions that has prevented loadings at the Marsa al-Hariga port continues, an official Continue Reading

The odds of a Libyan oil revival are diminishing amid intensifying conflict between factions that is crippling production and exports. After failing to sell a cargo independently of Libya’s National Continue Reading

The authorities that control the eastern half of Libya moved Tuesday to block oil exports from areas under their control, escalating a fight over petroleum revenue that threatens a fragile Continue Reading

The Islamic State militant group (ISIS) has taken to selling chickens and eggs in the streets of its de-facto North African capital as its cash reserves continue to be damaged Continue Reading

Libyan oil workers at the the Zawiya oil installation. A tanker with oil from eastern Libya returned with its cargo to the North African country after the United Nations blacklisted Continue Reading

Libya’s National Oil Corporation has ambitious plans to restore output to pre-2011 levels after years of violence and disruption, officials said. Oil output is now less than a quarter of Continue Reading

U.N. Support Mission in Libya reminds all parties to respect the sanctity of oil, the country’s main source of revenue. Pictured, Libyan rebels at the western gate of Ajdabiya on Continue Reading

Authorities in eastern Libya pledged to export more crude oil soon, two days after shipping their first cargo in defiance of a national unity government based in Tripoli. A representative Continue Reading

A government based in eastern Libya has shipped its first cargo of crude in defiance of authorities in the capital Tripoli, a bold move that could deepen the divisions that Continue Reading