Category: North Africa

Libya’s Azzawiya Oil Refining Company has suspended its operations for lack of feedstock amid the continued blockade of oil ports that has led to the shutdown of several fields, Reuters Continue Reading

Economic losses resulting from the blockades of Libyan ports used by the National Oil Corporation of Libya ( NOC ) have surpassed $930 million , the NOC reports. In January Continue Reading

Libya is producing about 204,000 bpd of crude oil at the moment, an unnamed source has told Bloomberg, as a blockade of the country’s export terminals and several fields enters Continue Reading

The U.N. envoy to Libya said on Tuesday there was a “genuine will to start negotiating” between rival military factions as they planned to meet for the first time for Continue Reading

Eni’s joint venture with the Libyan National Oil Corporation is losing 155,000 barrels of oil per day of production because of the continued blockade of oil export terminals and fields, Continue Reading

A resumption in fighting in Libya is threatening to unravel efforts to end a nearly decadelong crisis in the North African country, less than two weeks after foreign backers of Continue Reading

The destabilization of Libya after the ousting of longtime dictator Muammar Khadaffi has created an unstable country where states support a proxy in the continuing civil war. The recent focus Continue Reading

As the Libyan National Army’s blockade of the country’s oil ports enters a second week, the urgency with which European oil traders are seeking alternatives to fill the 1 million Continue Reading

Libya is facing the risk of its oil production grinding to near full stop if a blockade of its export terminals and several fields continues, the chairman of the country’s Continue Reading

Libya’s oil production took a nosedive to less than 300,000 bpd last week, from over 1 million bpd following a blockade of its main oil export terminals, which has in Continue Reading

Libya’s oil sector is facing a catastrophic situation as production is poised to fall to just 72,000 b/d “very soon” if the blockade led by the self-styled Libyan National Army Continue Reading

Eastern Libyan military commander Khalifa Haftar sought on Sunday to open a new front by moving forces towards the city of Misrata, which is allied to the country’s internationally recognised Continue Reading

Migrants are seen at the Anti-Illegal Immigration Agency in Tajora shelter center in Tripoli, Libya April 24, 2019. (Reuters) Dozens of illegal migrants held in centers in western Libya have Continue Reading

 Libya’s oil production has fallen by almost 80% since forces loyal to self-styled General Khalifa Haftar of the Libyan National Army imposed a blockade on the OPEC producer’s five key Continue Reading

Chairman of the National Oil Corporation (NOC) Mustafa Sanallah [Photo: Archive] Libya’s oil output will collapse “within days” to the lowest level since the 2011 civil war as a blockade Continue Reading

Libya: Haftar Shifts Strategy from Oil ‘Protector’ Shutting off Libya’s oil was always General Khalifa Haftar’s trump card to play when the time was right. That time is now, with Continue Reading

General Khalifa Haftar has shut off more than half of Libya’s oil exports, and the National Oil Company (NOC) has declared force majeure, taking a whopping 800,000 barrels per day Continue Reading

Libya’s National Oil Company has confirmed that is has lost virtually all of its oil production, at 1.2 million barrels per day of oil production, and $77 million in daily Continue Reading

The U.S. Embassy in Libya said on Tuesday that the country’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) should be allowed to immediately resume oil operations that were suspended over the weekend after Continue Reading

Libya’s oil output will collapse “within days” to the lowest level since the 2011 civil war as a blockade of its export terminals has forced a rapid shutdown of production Continue Reading

Tribal groups loyal to General Khalifa Haftar have blocked oil exports from eastern Libyan ports and have also seized several oil fields in the south ahead of peace talks between Continue Reading

OPEC member Libya was producing between 1.15 million and 1.20 million b/d last week before the blockade began. Libyan crude production averaged 1.06 million b/d in 2019, according to S&P Continue Reading

As world powers back a cease-fire in Libya to end months of fighting, a recent injection of mercenaries by rival foreign backers threatens to unravel efforts to establish a long-term Continue Reading

Libya’s oil operations have been dealt a blow during the last 24 hours, after local Libyan tribes, allies of Libya’s General Haftar’s LNA, disrupted production at the El Feel and Continue Reading

Countries struggled at an international peace summit for Libya struggled on Sunday to draw eastern military commander Khalifa Haftar back into diplomacy, days after he quit talks and more than Continue Reading

When top American and European officials gather in Berlin for a one-day summit on Sunday, they will try to persuade Libya’s warring sides — and their main international backers — Continue Reading

What’s behind the fight for Libya? Libya’s warring rival factions are joining major powers in Germany in a renewed push to secure a ceasefire to halt the civil war. The Continue Reading

Foreign powers agreed at a summit in Berlin on Sunday to shore up a shaky ceasefire in Libya, but the meeting was overshadowed by blockades of oilfields by forces loyal Continue Reading

World leaders at a Libya conference in Berlin did not discuss possible sanctions for violations of an international arms embargo, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Sunday. Speaking at a news Continue Reading

World leaders agreed on a final communique at the Libya conference in Berlin, one summit participant told Reuters on Sunday, without giving details. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and United Nations Continue Reading

 Libya’s oil sector could go into a tailspin with two-thirds of its total crude oil production of around 1.20 million b/d at risk after its key oil ports were suspended Continue Reading

International backers of the two main sides of the conflict in Libya agreed to support a cease-fire and uphold an embargo on the arms and financing that are fueling the Continue Reading

 OPEC member Libya was producing between 1.15 million and 1.20 million b/d last week before the blockade began. Libyan crude production averaged 1.06 million b/d in 2019, according to S&P Continue Reading

Oil exports from eastern and central Libyan oil ports will be shut from Saturday resulting in the loss of 700,000 barrels a day, a source at state oil firm NOC Continue Reading

The closing of Libya’s oil ports is “a huge step” by the Libyan people, the spokesman of Libyan forces loyal to eastern-based commander Khalifa Haftar said on Friday. Spokesman Ahmed Continue Reading

While the truce could put the Libyan National Army’s push to seize the capital on hold, it raises the risk that oil exports will be used as a negotiating tool…. Continue Reading

Brokered talks between Libya’s two main warring parties, the Libyan National Army and the U.N.-recognized Government of National Accord, have ended without an agreement after LNA leader Khalifa Hifter refused Continue Reading

Head the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) in Tripoli, Fayez al-Sarraj, and Benghazi-based General Khalifa Haftar who is now warring for control of the capital, were actually in the Continue Reading

Libya’s warring rival leaders will hold peace talks in Moscow on Monday alongside representatives from Russia and Turkey, Russian news agencies cited the Russian Foreign Ministry as saying.  The talks Continue Reading

Both of Libya’s warring factions accused each other of violating a ceasefire proposed by Turkey and Russia, as fighting continued around the capital, Tripoli, on Sunday.  The Turkish and Russian Continue Reading

East Libya based forces led by Khalifa Haftar said on Thursday they would continue in their military campaign against rival forces in the capital Tripoli, appearing to reject a call Continue Reading

European leaders warned Libya’s internationally recognized prime minister on Wednesday against allowing Turkish troops on Libyan soil or agreeing to a natural gas deal with Turkey to avoid worsening the Continue Reading