Outgoing Libyan Prime minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh has admitted that he had made a deal to re-form the board of directors of the National Oil Corporation in exchange for solving the problem of the suspension of oil exports, in agreement with all the members of the new council who hail from different regions such as Zintan, Misrata, the South, Benghazi and the Oil Crescent region.
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The Libyan outgoing Prime Minister, Abdel Hamid Dbeibeh, said the appointment of the new board of directors for the National Oil Corporation (NOC) came in agreement with several political parties, denying that any deal was made to change the former board headed by Mustafa Sanalla.
Following the announcement of the lifting of force majeure on all fields and oil terminals in Libya by the National Oil Corporation (NOC), the oil tanker IBELA, carrying the Italian flag, entered to load and export a shipment through the Brega oil terminal of the Sirte Oil and Gas Company, according to NOC.
The new Chairman of the Libyan National Oil Corporation (NOC), Farhat Bengdara, stressed that the Corporation will not be biased to any party to the political conflict.
The Italian Embassy in Libya has welcomed the announcement of the resumption of oil production and export in Libya and the lifting of force majeure on all ports.
The newly assigned Chairman of the Libyan National Oil Corporation (NOC), Farhat Bengdara, has announced in a press conference the official assumption of his duties, replacing Mustafa Sanalla, who led NOC for about eight years.
Energy Committee of the Libyan Parliament affirmed neutrality of the oil sector and stability of the National Oil Corporation (NOC) represented in the Board of Directors, which represents all workers in the oil sector in Libya.
U.S. Ambassador and Special Envoy to Libya, Richard Norland, said Thursday his country “is following with deep concern developments surrounding the National Oil Corporation (NOC), which is vital to Libya’s stability and prosperity, and has remained politically independent and technically competent under the leadership of Mustafa Sanalla.”
An armed force deployed outside the National Oil Corporation (NOC) headquarters in Tripoli late on Wednesday, three witnesses said, after the chairman Mustafa Sanalla gave a speech rejecting a government decision to sack him.
U.S. Ambassador and special Envoy to Libya, Richard Norland said he and National Oil Corporation Chairman, Mustafa Sanalla, discussed in Tripoli “the critical importance to Libya and the global economy of restoring Libyan oil production immediately.”