Today, Tuesday, the Prime Minister and Chairman of the Supreme Council for Energy Affairs, chaired by Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, discussed the National Oil Corporation’s plan to increase oil and gas production, and reviewed ongoing projects in subsidiaries and international partnerships with global expertise in gas exploration, alternative energy, and fighting carbon emissions, in the presence of all members, and with the participation of the Committee to follow up the implementation of the extraordinary budget of the National Oil Corporation.
Dbeibeh praised the efforts of workers in the oil sector to revive a number of stalled projects implemented through local competencies, the most important of which are the maintenance of the Mellitah complex, and the operation of the Ras Lanuf complex that has been suspended for years.
The meeting agreed on the need to unite efforts with all state institutions in the oil and gas sector, in order to increase oil and gas production, and to develop cooperation and partnership with international companies in this field to transfer expertise and qualify local cadres, and the need to increase disclosure and transparency of all operational and catering expenses.
The need to activate the work of the International Audit Office contracted by the Audit Bureau to review the expenditures of the National Oil Corporation during the past years was emphasized.