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Mabruk Oil Operations discusses its future projects

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During the annual meeting of the company , Mabruk Oil Operations Company along with the National Oil Corporation discussed the proposed budget for 2020, as well as the various projects the company intends to undertake this year.

The projects are represented in the technical aspect, such as the company’s original recoverable reserves, future production expectations, productivity and well maintenance at Al Jurf Oil field, Mabruk Oil Field rehabilitation plan, as well as the financial situation.

The security conditions facing them in carrying out their projects were reviewed. Morover, the observations of the establishments committee and the report of the monitoring board were discussed.

Chairman of National Oil Corporation Mustafa Sanallah called to give priority to training and qualification programs for scientific and technical cadres, according to the organization’s statement on its home page in Facebook.


Brega Petroleum Marketing Company: first monthly fuel distribution statement

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Within the framework of National Oil Corporation’s policy of promoting transparency in the oil sector, Brega Petroleum Marketing Company (BPMC) announces it delivered almost 700,000 metric tons of oil and gas fuel products to distribution companies across Libya in October, including approximately 275,000 metric tons of fuel to depots in eastern Libya, in proportion to the population.

Allocations of liquid petroleum gas (LPG), gasoline, kerosene, jet fuel, gas oil (diesel) and fuel oil were delivered by BPMC to depots in the main distribution regions, namely Benghazi, Misurata, Tripoli, Tobruk, Zawiya, Marsa el-Brega and Sarir, in addition to Khoms power station.

Chairman of the BPMC management committee, Emad Ben Koura, said, “As a subsidiary of NOC, BPMC operates on behalf of all Libyans. Its duty is to ensure that fuel is distributed across the country, and this is fully reflected in the figures we have released today.”

He added, “The fuel allocations by BPMC’s facility are made according to demand from the four independent distribution companies covering the needs of all regions of Libya and the available quantity of fuel. The statement also records supplies to power stations.”

Turkey may not send forces to Libya if conflict eases

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Turkey may hold off from sending troops to Libya if forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar halt their offensive against the internationally recognised government in Tripoli and pull back, the Turkish vice president said on Wednesday.

The Turkish parliament is due to debate and vote on a bill mandating the deployment of military forces to Libya on Thursday after Fayez al-Serraj’s Government of National Accord (GNA) requested support as part of a military cooperation agreement. ]

“After the bill passed from the parliament…it might happen that we would see something different, a different stance and they would say “okay, we are withdrawing, dropping the offensive”,” Fuat Oktay said in an interview with Andalou news agency. “Then, why would we go there?”

Oktay also said that Ankara hoped the Turkish bill would send a deterrent message to the warring parties.

Arab League warns against deployment of foreign fighters in Libya

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The Arab League urged the warring sides in Libya on Tuesday to make no act that might enable the deployment of foreign fighters in the North African country and worsen its conflict.

The Arab League’s council, its top body, met in Cairo after Egypt called for an emergency meeting on Libya, where eastern-based forces led by military commander Khalifa Haftar are trying to seize the capital Tripoli.

Turkey said it will seek parliamentary support for sending troops to Libya, and senior Turkish sources have said Ankara is also considering sending allied Syrian fighters as part of the deployment.

Egypt is one of Haftar’s foremost foreign backers. Turkey supports the internationally recognised government in Tripoli.

A statement issued by the Arab League’s council warned of “the gravity of taking any unilateral steps … in a manner that allows foreign military interventions and contributes to the escalation and prolongation of the conflict”.

Dissolution of current hygiene committee is demanded

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Municipalities of Central Tripoli, Souq Al Jum’aa and Hay Al-Andalus demanded the Presidential council (PC) to dissolve the current Hygiene Committee for failing to provide good services, as they put it.

In a statement Monday, the municipalities called for the reconfiguration of the Hygiene Committee with the membership of the concerned municipalities chaired by the Minister of Local Government.

They also asked for covering the accumulated debts on the municipalities, due to the delay in the disbursement of allocations by the current committee.

Misurata Port: the arrival of Korean cars

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Several car transport ships docked in the Port of Misurata in the past few hours, all imported from the Korean market, according to the port statement on its official Facebook page.

The ship SEA HILLNIS with about 2145 vehicles on board, followed by PASSAMA, carrying approximately 2700 vehicles on board, according to recent data from the Port Administration.

The port also received the ship KAIJIN importing 1435 cars, and five hours later VIKING DIAMOND with 2610 cars on board.

Libyan Army forces stands against infiltration attempt on Airport Road

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Spokesman of the Libyan Army, Colonel Mohammad Ganounou claimed that Haftar’s forces suffered Monday heavy losses after a failed advance on the Airport Road in their attempt to infiltrate into the capital.

More than 10 of Haftar’s forces were killed and 12 armed vehicles were destroyed in clashes against the Libyan Army forces, according to the Spokesman for the Libyan Army, Brigadier Mohammed Ganounou.

Ganounou explained in a press conference that an infantry force of Haftar’s forces tried to advance in the Airport Road, supported by four Emarati armored vehicles.

“Our forces dealt with them and made them suffer heavy losses,” he explained.

Turkey may send allied Syrian fighters to Libya

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Turkey is considering sending allied Syrian fighters to Libya as part of planned military support for the besieged government in Tripoli, senior Turkish sources said on Monday, potentially bringing more foreign influence into the complex conflict.

Two senior Turkish government officials and two security officials, who spoke to Reuters on condition of anonymity, said Ankara had not yet deployed any Syrian fighters to Libya.

“But evaluations are being made and meetings are being held on this issue, and there is a tendency to go in this direction,” said one official, adding no decision had been made on numbers.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a monitor, cited sources saying 300 Turkey-backed Syrian fighters had been sent to Libya while others were training in Turkish camps.

However, a spokesman for the Turkey-backed Free Syrian Army (FSA) on Monday denied that Ankara had made a request to send FSA fighters to Libya.

A military source within the FSA said the FSA was not being deployed to Libya, but that Syrian fighters in Syria and Turkey had signed up on an individual basis, for a salary, to work as “bodyguards” for a Turkish security company to protect bases and headquarters which Turkish forces will use in Libya.

144 people killed in traffic accidents

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Interior Ministry said that traffic accidents claimed the lives of 144 people and 310 injured others , including 161 with serious injuries, during the month of November.

It stressed that accidents have become a worrying concern for all members of society, draining material and human resources, not to mention the psychological and social problems it leaves behind.

South Tripoli: A hotel allocated to displaced people

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The General Authority for Endowments and Islamic Affairs allocated a building belonging to the municipal Council of the city in Abu Salim district, south of Tripoli, in order to accomodate families displaced by the clashes, according to a statement issued Monday on its official pages in Facebook.


The Authority noted that the maintenance and equipping of the hotel for the reception of displaced persons took a record time to be done in cooperation the Presidential Council member Ahmad Maiteeq along with Abu Saleem Municipality’s officials.