Complexities of Future Energy Investment in Libya
July 5th, 2012
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), some very interesting analysis of what Libya’s upcoming elections may mean for international investors: Libya’s citizens will head to the polls July 7 in the first national elections since the October 2011 ousting of former leader Moammar Gadhafi. The upcoming election will select a prime minister, Cabinet and a constituent authority that […]
Read more »A Libyan View On National Oil Companies
November 3rd, 2010
Via McKinsey Quarterly, an in-depth interview with Dr. Shokri Ghanem, chairman of Libya’s National Oil Corporation, about the future of energy pricing, the operation of national oil companies, and their changing relationship with the international oil majors: “…Since the day in 1968 when Dr. Shokri Ghanem took a post at Libya’s Ministry of Petroleum, he […]
Read more »North Africa
December 22nd, 2009
Via his blog, here are Mark Mobius’ interesting thoughts on North Africa’s investment potential: “…most international sanctions against the country [Libya] were lifted in 2004, and in 2006, the U.S. removed Libya from its state-sponsored terrorism list on which Libya had stayed for 27 years. Since then, Libya has attracted a wave of interest from […]
Read more »Italy, Russia: Together In Tripoli
January 9th, 2009
Via Robert Amsterdam’s fine blog, an interesting analysis of Italy’s ENI’s efforts to penetrate the Libyan market in partnership with Gazprom. As the article notes: A few days ago, the CEO of the Italian energy group Eni told everybody he felt calm and “serene” with regard to Gazprom’s decision to cut off all gas flowing […]
Read more »Sandstorm Arising? Doubt Over Libya’s Ability to Double Oil Output
October 11th, 2008
Via Reuters, an interesting report on some doubt which is arising over Libya’s ability to achieve its goal of almost doubling output within four years. As the article notes: “…Tripoli wants to increase output to 3 million barrels of crude oil per day by about 2012 from 1.7 million now, raising extra revenues to help […]
Read more »Libya
September 18th, 2008
Via The Oil Drum, an excellent analysis of Libya’s oil production and consumption patterns, plus some projections going forward. As the article notes: “…The country’s oil production has steadily increased since sanctions where lifted, now approaching 1.9 Mb/d. In the first part of September 2008, Libya received an official visit from US secretary of state […]
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