News Roundup - Wed, Jun 7, 2017 The Libya Observer The head of the National Oil Corporation, Mustafa Sanallah, told the Italian news network AKI that Libyan oil production has tipped to an output of 808 thousand barrels per day. Sanalla added that the NOC is expecting that number to rise to over one ... |
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South of Libya lawmakers declare formation of political bloc The Libya Observer Members of the High Council of the State and representatives of the southern region within the House of Representatives stated on Monday their intention to establish a new political bloc. The head of the new political bloc, Naji Mukhtar, said they ... |
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Bodies of seven African migrants recovered from truck in Libya
Twenty-eight others, including five women, were rescued on Sunday when the truck was discovered at Garabulli, a town some 50 km east of Tripoli.
FILE: A migrant is rescued from the Mediterranean sea by a member of Proactiva Open Arms NGO north of Libya on 3 October 2016. Picture: AFP.
TRIPOLI Seven African migrants died, apparently from suffocation, after being locked for two days in a refrigerated truck that was abandoned by people smugglers on the Libyan coast, officials said.
Twenty-eight others, including five women, were rescued on Sunday when the truck was discovered at Garabulli, a town some 50 km east of Tripoli that is a common departure point for migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean to Italy.
We got a call from a civilian who reported that he could hear voices coming from a truck, which he believed contained Africans, based on their language, said Adel Mostafa, an anti-illegal migration official in Tripoli.
The survivors said they had been left there by smugglers, according to Hosni Abu Ayana, a second official at the Tripoli detention centre to which they were brought. The migrants said the truck driver left the vehicle at the side of the road after unknown gunmen began firing at the tyres.
Libya is the main gateway for migrants trying to reach Europe by sea. The North African country slipped into turmoil after its 2011 uprising and migrant smugglers operate with impunity, packing people onto ill-equipped boats that often sink or break down.
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General view of a meeting of oil ministers of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting countries, OPEC, at their headquarters in Vienna, Austria, Thursday, May 25, 2017. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)
General view of a meeting of oil ministers of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting countries, OPEC, at their headquarters in Vienna, Austria, Thursday, May 25, 2017. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)
A M249 light machine gun used by Libyan rebels in the Western front line town of Gualish is seen at the entrance of the deserted town July 12, 2011. AFP PHOTO / MARCO LONGARI (Photo credit should read MARCO LONGARI/AFP/Getty Images)
A M249 light machine gun used by Libyan rebels in the Western front line town of Gualish is seen at the entrance of the deserted town July 12, 2011. AFP PHOTO / MARCO LONGARI (Photo credit should read MARCO
OPEC production grew in May as Libya, Nigeria recover
OPEC boosted its oil production in May as output recovered in Libya and Nigeria, two countries exempt from the group's recent deal to curb global supplies, new data shows.
The Saudi-led cartel put out 32.12 million barrels of oil a day last month, up by 270,000 barrels a day in the month before, according to an S&P Global Platts survey released on Friday. That marks OPEC's first monthly increase since it began slashing production earlier this year.
In Libya, daily oil production rose by 180,000 barrels to 730,000 barrels, with the bulk of the increase coming from a massive field that had stopped producing oil for months. Nigeria's daily output climbed by 80,000 barrels to 1.73 million barrels, as exporters began sending out shipments from its previously shuttered Forcados terminal.
"The biggest problem OPEC is facing is the return of oil from Libya and Nigeria, and accommodating them," said Andy Lipow, president of Lipow Oil Associates in Houston. "It just means there's more oil on the market."
Related: Shale oil on the rise, EIA says
In Iraq, oil producers raised daily output by 70,000 barrels to 4.43 million barrels. Those increases were offset by reductions in Algeria and Saudi Arabia, the Platts data show.
Related: OPEC weighs production cuts as shale surges
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Dubai, Jun 5:
Following suit, one of Libyas three rival governments has announced cutting diplomatic relations with Qatar, after four Arab countries severed ties.
Mohammed alDeri, the Libyan foreign minister of the interim Libyan government, accused Qatar of harbouring terrorism according to a Libyan official agency LANA.
The Interim government is affiliated with the internationally recognised House of Representatives and is based in eastern Libya.
Another internationally recognised Government of National Accord is seated in Tripoli and brokered by the United Nations. A third rival government is also based in Tripoli.
The eastern Libyan power players have always accused Qatar and Turkey of backing Islamists in Libya, including the Muslim Brotherhood.
Libya sank into lawlessness after the ouster and killing of longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi in 2011.
(This article was published on June 5, 2017)
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