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Chaos the new normal for Libya’s oil sector
7 October 2024
Hopes for a recovery by the North African oil producer remain in tatters
Letter from Stockholm: Lundin trial could set corporate precedent
22 September 2023
Former executives and a successor company are accused of complicity in Sudanese war crimes in what is now South Sudan
Explorers return to Libya despite fragile security
15 August 2023
Peace means progress for Libya’s upstream, but disruption is never far away
Global gas market reawakened by ‘Russia effect’
17 April 2023
Industry takes fresh look at moribund, risky or questionable gas and LNG projects
Eni makes strategic gamble with Libya gas project
10 February 2023
Despite previous security concerns, Eni enters JV with Libya's NOC for major hydrocarbons development
Turkey reignites East Med boundary dispute
19 October 2022
A new deal heats up simmering clash over exploration rights
Gunpoint exit for Libya’s Sanalla
20 July 2022
A figure from the Gaddafi era has replaced the NOC’s top man. Initial consequences have been positive for output, but uncertainty and risks remain
No end in sight to Libyan stasis
20 June 2022
Questions over the oil minister's competence are another new low for the crisis-racked North African producer
US tries to ease Libyan tension
28 April 2022
The Biden regime is back in the global policeman role as it tries to keep oil flows up
Libya’s oil industry faces renewed turbulence
24 February 2022
After a year of relative calm, chaos has returned to Libya with the cancellation of planned elections and the emergence of two rival prime ministers
Libya starts the year on an uncertain note
4 January 2022
A cancelled poll and strikes cast a shadow over the North African producer’s 2022 ambitions
IOCs plot risky Libya return
13 December 2021
Despite the continuing threat that the country’s security situation could implode, oil firms are keen to get going again
Political row threatens Libya’s oil recovery
13 September 2021
Tug-of-war to steer Africa’s largest oil reserves risks stalling the country’s recent upstream progress
Libya boosts output target
14 June 2021
Relative stability is bolstering the North African nation’s rehabilitation programme, although significant investment challenges remain
Opportunities abound in Libya
4 June 2021
PE Media Network’s Libya Investment Forum will provide all the information companies need to get involved
Libya scrambles to protect output recovery
27 November 2020
The Tripoli administration moves against its own central bank to try to prevent another blockade
Libyan barrels’ return may be temporary
29 September 2020
Production could ramp up quickly, but the countdown is already ticking on another round of shutdowns
Turkey doubles down on upstream adventurism
21 August 2020
Ankara extends timeframes of controversial activities off the Greek and Cypriot coasts, upping the chances of military confrontation
Libyan production languishes under ‘illegal blockade’
4 August 2020
National Oil Corporation reports its lowest production since the blockade started in January as external forces gear up for clash over Sirte basin oilfields
Turkey drills in troubled waters
25 June 2020
The deployment of the Yavuz in a section of the Mediterranean claimed by Cyprus pushes the region closer to open conflict
Turkey strengthens Libyan position
16 June 2020
The Erdogan regime is further shaking up the East Mediterranean geopolitical and energy landscape
Libya oil port shutdown drags on
20 March 2020
A swift resolution to the blockade looks unlikely as fighting continues in Tripoli and the UN searches for a new mediator
Libya’s Sanallah calls for external help
31 January 2020
The NOC chief wants assistance to get the country exporting oil again
IOCs retain Algerian caution
12 November 2019
Sceptical Western investors adopt wait-and-see attitude even after Algeria’s interim government agreed a draft hydrocarbons law
Libya’s oil caught in the middle
22 October 2019
Instability continues to derail oil authorities’ attempts to persuade IOCs to return
Iran seeks to read Trump's mind
16 September 2019
The devastating attacks on Saudi Arabia's oil sector have left the kingdom and its allies dazed
EU hopes against hope on Iran
29 August 2019
President Emmanuel Macron of France has offered himself as a broker in the US-Iran Gulf standoff, but the chances of an agreement are small
Iran plays naval cat-and-mouse game in the Gulf
5 August 2019
Western military protection for its tankers is expanding, but unconventional tactics remain a threat
Libya's Sharara restarts after brief force majeure
24 July 2019
The fate of the Sharara field has become entwined with a campaign for better basic services for the inhabitants of southern Libya
Libya sends out warning signs
13 June 2019
Uncertainty over the fate of Tripoli and recent statements by the government there are sending negative messages to IOCs
Waiting for the dust to settle in Algeria
23 May 2019
Political turmoil is unsettling Algeria’s energy sector and its IOC investors
Libya's oil fields fall into Haftar's hands
3 April 2019
The latest military moves leave the government in Tripoli increasingly under siege
Eastern forces expand Libyan energy sector grip
5 March 2019
Warlord Khalifa Haftar has captured the country's largest oil field, putting a new question mark over the fragile oil recovery
Egypt lures in IOCs
28 February 2019
The cornerstone of the country's energy reforms aims to tempt foreign firms wary of setting foot in the Egyptian market
Egypt's gas paradox
28 February 2019
Importing gas may seem counterintuitive, but a deal to do just that is part of the country's gas renaissance
Egypt's gas gold rush
28 February 2019
February's oil and gas conference in Cairo attracted firms from around the world for one simple reason: Egypt's gas sector is booming
Libya's stepping stone to normality
18 January 2019
Eni leads a return to oil exploration in Libya for the first time since the 2011 Arab Spring revolution
Militant conflict to constrain Libya's oil resurgence
10 January 2019
The oil recovery will continue, if the civil war and political spats allow it
One step forward, two back in Libya
5 October 2018
An IS attack on the Tripoli HQ of Libya’s battered oil industry has presented the sector with its sternest test yet
Conflict cripples Libya's oil sector
3 July 2018
The latest battle for Libya’s key oil ports—the fourth in as many years—leaves vital infrastructure destroyed and the country’s production recovery in jeopardy
Total's new MENA adventures
8 May 2018
The company is set to benefit from shale in the Middle East despite having shunned it elsewhere
Algeria's expansion strategy
12 April 2018
The country's energy sector has big ideas for the future—if the creaking political establishment will approve them
Libya's oil output restrained
28 March 2018
Investment is needed to boost production capacity
Libya's seesawing oil production
2 March 2018
The head of the country's National Oil Corporation is succeeding in pushing output higher against the odds, only for its ubiquitous militias to push it back down again
Mifid II ensures all change for energy firms
2 January 2018
There's plenty for companies to mull over in the latest European directive aimed at cleaning up the financial sector
How much longer can Libya's NOC defy political gravity?
26 September 2017
Output has soared and the state firm is targeting another 30% increase by year-end. Politics remains the big obstacle
Algerian change—again
8 August 2017
A lack of leadership continuity in Algeria's energy sector is a product of the FLN's struggle to retain political power
More work to do for Algeria
4 August 2017
A new energy minister and a new Sonatrach investment plan are still not enough to make Algeria attractive to IOCs
Eastern Libya tries to wrest control of oil supply again
15 June 2017
NOC output growth plans threatened by renewed dispute
Libya's unending oil war
10 April 2017
As the latest battle in the Sirte basin shows, Libya's output recovery remains hostage to the country's politics
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