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NOC to open US Office to support $20bn Spending Prog

21st November 2017
in Investment, Oil & Gas
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By John Lee.

National Oil Corporation (NOC) Chairman Mustafa Sanalla has announced the NOC will open an office in Houston, Texas, as it embarks on an ambitious $20 billion spending program to restore production capacity over the next three years.

“The Houston office puts America’s world-class equipment manufacturers and oil field service providers at the center of our purchasing strategy,” said Sanalla. “And it will locate NOC’s only external office at the heart of the US oil industry. Nobody should underestimate what an important strategic choice this is for us.”

“The United States prevented the attempted illegal export of crude oil by Ibrahim Jadhran and his criminal network in March 2014. When it really counted, the US showed it is the guarantor of NOC’s integrity and the unity of the state of Libya. And the US is playing a vital role today protecting Libya’s oil industry against interruptions in supply.”

Speaking at the Transatlantic Economic Forum, hosted by the US Chamber of Commerce and John Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, Sanalla earlier in the week discussed the key governance and security threats that need to be addressed if Libya’s natural resources are to help unify and stabilize the country.

“Libya is fixable,” he said:

“We are now concentrating on achievable goals -- harnessing the capacities of NOC and the other state agencies to counter blockades; stepping up anti-smuggling efforts; pushing for the reform of the Petroleum Facilities Guards (PFG); establishing employment policies that work; and, finally, and most important, since the entire Libyan population depends on it, ensuring adequate investment in Libya’s oil production.”

“These goals support the United Nations action plan and the Windsor Principles we agreed last month, the most important of which is that the exploitation of Libya's oil and gas resources shall be for the benefit of all Libyan people, regardless of location. When I meet with US manufacturers and suppliers I will insist on the design of intelligent local content, environmental protection and community relations projects – it is especially important that work done by foreign companies in Libya must also provide local economic opportunities.”

“We hope next year to increase production. We hope to improve security and cut down the rate of interruptions. We hope to secure new investment. We hope a political solution will be reached. We hope to finalise and pass our new Petroleum Law. What we hope for 2018 is progress.”

While in Washington, Sanalla met with Senator Christopher Murphy, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and senior officials from the National Security Council, the State Department, the Energy Department and the Department of Commerce.

(Source: NOC)

Tags: American Chamber of CommercefeaturedInfrastructureJohn Hopkins School of Advanced International StudiesNational Oil Corporation (NOC)Petroleum Facilities Guard (PFG)Transatlantic Economic ForumUnited States

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