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A workshop was held at the Arabian Gulf Oil Company to present the plan to develop explorations in the Hamada field

This Monday morning, in the National Oil Corporation building, a workshop was held between a team from the National Oil Corporation and a team from the Arabian Gulf Oil Company. The Corporation’s team included Abu Al-Qasim Al-Shibani Shanqeer, a member of the Board of Directors for Exploration and Production, directors of the relevant departments and follow-up engineers, and from the Gulf Company, a member of the Management Committee for Exploration, Production and Information Abu Bakr Bin Amer and specialists from the relevant departments attended.

The workshop aimed to present a plan to develop oil and gas discoveries in concession MN7A in the Hamada field, which is located in the middle of the south of Ghadames Basin, about 500 km south of Tripoli. The main features of this plan were presented, which stipulates the production of the field in two stages: Production rates of up to 25 thousand barrels per day will be pumped to the 18 inch line belonging to the Gulf Company and from there to the Zawiya refinery. 

After the start of oil production with a period not exceeding two years, it will start targeting gas fields to produce approximately 250 million cubic feet of gas per day, which will be treated in the field and then pumped through a 32-inch line (Al Wafa – Mellitah).

The Minister of Oil continues his meetings to discuss the oil fields closures, and the ministry confirms that the resumption of production will be within days

The Minister of Oil and Gas in the Government of National Unity, Mohamed Aoun, continued to hold his meetings to discuss the status of closures in oil fields and ports and to try to reach a final agreement. The ministry confirmed that the resumption of oil production would be within days.

Aoun held a meeting this evening with officials of the Supreme Council of Elders and Notables of Libya, in which they discussed the situation and treatment of closures away from blackmail and bargaining, and working to neutralize the sector from conflicts, political entanglements, and regional and private interests.

The minister had met yesterday, Sunday, with officials of the Committee to address the closures, who contacted notables and dignitaries in the areas adjacent to the oil operations and stood on their most important demands, stressing that they are in the process of reaching a final agreement that puts an end to the repeated closures crisis.

The Libyan Investment Authority succeeds in obtaining a court ruling preventing the seizure of its assets in France

The Libyan Investment Authority succeeded in obtaining a court ruling issued by the Paris Court banning Siba Plast company from seizing its assets in France and canceling the seizures that were made against the institution.

The Libyan Investment Authority clarified that this case began in 2014, after a ruling was issued by the Arbitration Chamber in Tunisia against the Libyan state in favor of the Tunisian Siba Plast company. In the year 2021, a seizure order was issued by the execution judge at the Paris Court of First Instance, and the Libyan Investment Authority received a notification of seizure of its assets in France, which the institution rejected by submitting its defenses before the court.

She added that the Court of First Instance in Paris decided this year 2022 to reserve the case for judgment after the institution submitted the defense memorandum, to rule this month to cancel the seizures that were made against the institution.

Bashagha calls on the people of the Oil Crescent region to resume oil exports

The Libyan Prime Minister-designate, appointed by the House of Representatives, Fathi Bashagha met today, Sunday, with the people of the Oil Crescent region, to listen to the problems and obstacles and how they suffer from marginalization, injustice and deterioration in their standard of living and services.

During the meeting, Bashagha stressed the need to resume oil exports in accordance with disciplined legal mechanisms that guarantee the integrity and transparency of managing oil revenues in a fair manner for all Libyans.

Dbeibeh asks the Ministry of Finance to quickly implement the decision of supporting the National Oil Corporation

The Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity, Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, asked the Ministry of Finance to quickly implement Cabinet Resolution No. 384 of 2022 regarding supporting the National Oil Corporation and treating the Corporation and its subsidiaries a special treatment to contribute to increasing Libyan oil and gas production.

Dbeibeh said that the National Oil Corporation is the main supplier to the Libyan treasury by extracting and selling oil, which is the only source of oil.

He stressed the officials of the Ministry of Finance of the need to implement the program to support the National Oil Corporation smoothly and without putting bumps and obstacles, pointing to the importance of developing oil facilities and increasing Libyan production of crude oil to meet the needs of the global market, as well as exploiting our wealth and direct support for development.

The National Oil Corporation confirms that several sites in the Zawiya refinery were subjected to varying damage due to armed clashes in the city

The National Oil Corporation confirmed in a statement today, Saturday, that several sites in the Zawiya refinery were subjected to varying damage due to the armed clashes that occurred on Friday evening, and revealed that preliminary statistics had recorded damage to 29 sites in the refinery, including oil derivatives tanks.

In its statement, the National Oil Corporation called on everyone to exercise restraint and to distance oil installations from any armed actions that would endanger the lives of workers and harm the already dilapidated infrastructure of the oil sector, noting that the Zawiya oil complex had been subjected to severe and repeated damage as a result of the armed clashes that occurred next to it. During the past years, which has led and continues to endanger the lives of users and threaten the safety of operations and the safety of assets and facilities.

Husni Bey: “The value of support in Libya reaches 60 billion dinars and the average family cost is 3500 dinars per month”

The businessman, Husni Bey, said that the total support in Libya reached about 60 billion dinars, noting that the average cost of one family of this support is approximately 3500 dinars per month, reaffirming that support is only a legitimate smuggling and theft.

Husni Bey explained that fuel and electricity support exceeds 50 billion dinars annually, in addition to 10 billion dinars between medicines, water and environment, or a total of 60 billion dinars for 7 million Libyans.

He added that the cost of one individual reaches 700 dinars per month, with an average of 3500 dinars per month for each family consisting of five individuals, in addition to the cost of salaries and investments that make the cost of one family of support up to 5000 dinars per month.

Dbeibeh promises the police officers to implement Law No. 6 regarding their salaries and this is the salary schedule for the employees of the Ministry of Interior according to this law

During his visit to the Ministry of Interior today, Saturday, the Prime Minister of the National Unity Government, Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh,  assured the police that the government will work during the current year to implement Law No. 6 on their salaries in appreciation of their exceptional efforts.

The law No. 6 of 2019 regarding the police force, which was approved by the House of Representatives, stipulates that the salaries of employees of the Ministry of Interior will be increased according to rank and job grade, so that the salary of Major General ranges from 3775 dinars to 4,425 dinars, the brigadier general is between 3450 dinars and 4100 dinars, and the colonel is between 3125 dinars and 3775 dinars. The Lieutenant colonel’s salary is between 2,850 dinars and 3,400 dinars, and the major’s is between 2,575 and 3,125 dinars, and the captain’s is between 2,300 and 2,850 dinars.

The law also stipulates that the salary of a first lieutenant ranges between 2075 dinars and 2525 dinars, a lieutenant’s is between 1850 dinars and 2300 dinars, the chief of staff’s is  between 1625 dinars and 2075 dinars, the corporal’s is between 1450 dinars and 1800 dinars, the deputy corporal’s is between 1275 dinars and 1625 dinars and the policeman’s ranges between 1100 dinars and 1450 dinars.

The Public Prosecution imprisoned the former official in charge of monitoring the agricultural and livestock sector in the municipality of Zliten

The Chief Prosecutor of the Public Prosecutor’s Office had earlier initiated investigation procedures regarding the crimes of forgery of official documents, embezzlement, and appropriation of public funds allocated for surveillance. The evidence was based on the orientation of the behavior of the observer of the agricultural sector in the municipality towards depriving the sector’s employees of the job benefits and financial rights assigned to them, and in particular holding them without legal basis, from enabling the employees from the financial allowances allocated to them and disposing of the corresponding financial values ​​without right to his interest under the statement of accrued rewards.

The evidence-gathering procedures also resulted in proving the misappropriation of heavy agricultural machinery, as well as electricity supply equipment intended for the sector by the accused. Thus, the investigator decided to order his pretrial detention and proceed with the request to complete the rest of the procedures.

Thwarting an operation to smuggle shipments of medicines, cosmetics and tobacco through the southern gate of the city of Al-Bayda

As part of the national campaign for consumer protection, the inspectors of the Food and Drug Control Center, Al-Bayda Branch – Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar, in cooperation with the Municipal Guard, the Support and Patrols Branch in the Eastern Region, and in cooperation with the security of the Al-Bayda District, announced the seizure of 5 trucks loaded with foodstuffs, chips and other tobacco, cigarettes smuggled from the State of Syria.

During the inspection, it was found that there was a large amount of smuggled medicines that were hidden behind the boxes of chips. When inspecting the rest of the trucks, it became clear that there were also Indomie boxes that were smuggled in one way or another. When the truck carrying tobacco was inspected, quantities of expired skin medicines and cosmetics were found in boxes of perfumes.

All necessary seizure and legal measures have been taken to deceive these seized items, and the owners of the goods have been seized and referred to the prosecution.