04.07.13
Libya is losing $50 million a day because of industrial action at oil sites according to the Chairman of the General National Congress’ Energy Committee, Naji Al-Mukhtar.

07.07.13
The country’s oil fields and export terminals are set to reopen tomorrow, following talks between the oil ministry and protestors.

02.07.13
Oil Minister, Abdulbari Al-Arusi has been in talks with Russian oil companies on a trip to Moscow.

04.07.13
If Libya covered just 0.1% of its land mass with solar panels, it could generate around five times the amount of energy from solar power that it currently produces in crude oil according to research published in the journal Renewable Energy.

30.05.13
The Prime Minister has confirmed that the National Oil Company (NOC) will move to Benghazi. “We will start to build a headquarters for the National Oil Corporation in Benghazi soon, and most of the staff will be transferred to it,” he announced at a press conference on Wednesday.

30.05.13
Malta is running courses for Libyans on fire-fighting and rescue at aircraft crashes. A first batch of Mellitah Oil & Gas staff has just finished training at the island’s International Safety Training College (ISTC).

04.05.13
The government is to phase out fuel subsidies within the next three years, according to oil minister Abdulbari Ali Abdel-Hadi Al-Arusi.

25.04.13
Libya is drafting particular legislation that will allow the country to launch a licensing round before the end of the year, Abdelbari al-Arusi, Oil Minister, informed the Financial Times recently.

15.04.13
Libya is close to issuing tenders for two new solar plants and aims to get a fifth of its power from renewable sources by 2020. Until now, Libya has relied almost entirely on its oil and gas reserves for its energy needs.

05.04.13
Urgent discussions have been under way in Tarhuna in the face of growing water shortages.

20.03.13
Waha Oil Company has awarded a contract to Zulal Water Technology as they will carry out three turnkey reverse osmosis water plants for the Gialo, Waha and Essider oil camps.

20.03.13
Libya’s electricity deficit will be shored up with an interim project this summer, which promises to put an end to the country’s power cuts.

20.03.13
Waha Oil Company has awarded a contract to Zulal Water Technology (ZWT) as they will carry out three turnkey reverse osmosis water plants for the Gialo, Waha and Essider oil camps.

03.03.13
Eni’s (Greenstream) Mellitah Gas Complex, a joint venture with Libya’s National Oil Cooperation (NOC), has reopened today after being forced to shut down yesterday due to armed clashes by militias guarding it, LANA reports. It was announced this morning that the Libyan Army had temporarily taken over the task of guarding and securing the gas pumping complex in Mellitah, about 60 km west of Tripoli.

07.02.13
General Electricity Company of Libya (GECOL) has awarded a number of contracts, with a combined value of €100 million, to Siemens, the global powerhouse in electronics and electrical engineering, for the inspection, service, upgrade and maintenance of two existing power plants, ensuring reliable and efficient power supplies to the cities of Khoms and Ruwais.

A Libya high-level delegation headed by the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy Dr Muhammad Ali participated in the meetings of the Executive Office of the Arab Ministerial Council for electricity which held in Doha. Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Iraq, Qatar, Egypt and Sultanate of Oman also participated in the meetings.