As part of the inaugural Libyan-European oil and gas summit held in Vienna last week, Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) chairman Mustafa Sanalla met with representatives from leading oil and gas companies. He was accompanied by NOC Board member Abulgasem Shengheer, and the heads and specialists of a number of NOC affiliated companies. Individual meetings […]
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UN delivers Equipment to help deal with Explosive Hazards
Explosive remnants of war lead to devastating humanitarian consequences, causing injury, death and massive displacement of civilians across Libya. With limited resources, Libyan Security Institutions such as the National Safety Authority and Military Engineers carry out the critical and risky clearance work to reduce the impact of explosive remnants of war on civilians’ lives. In […]
Tags: Austria, de-mining, Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD), explosive remnants of war (ERW), featured, United Kingdom, United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS)
Austrian Firm back in business with Tripoli Medical Centre
By John Lee. The Austrian medical services company Vamed has reportedly signed a new maintenance contract with Tripoli Medical Centre (TMC). According to Libya Herald, the contract ends a four-year absence for Vamed from Libya. More here from Libya Herald.
Tripoli’s Quality of Living Ranking …
By John Lee. Tripoli has been ranked in 218th place in Mercer's 2018 Quality of Living Survey. This puts it just ahead of Niamey in Niger and Bamako in Mali, and just behind Dhaka in Bangladesh and Antananarivo in Madagascar. Vienna again retains the top spot; Zurich and Auckland follow in second and third places, […]
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UN training on Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD)
UN enhances capacity of Libyan Security institutions to deal with the threats of explosive hazards The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) has successfully completed the delivery of a two-week training course on Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) for 16 Libyan National Safety Authority (NSA) and Military Engineers from Tripoli and Benghazi. The two-week training of […]
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NOC Chairman meets with OMV
On Wednesday 21 June 2017, Mustafa Sanalla, NOC Chairman, held a meeting with Johann Pleininger, the Executive Officer for Upstream (Exploration and Production) of Austria's OMV. The meeting was attended by Abulgasem Shingheer and Elamari Mohamed Elamari Members of the Board of Directors, Mr. Nasser Zumit Chairman of the Management Committee of Zueitina Oil Company […]
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Benghazi Cement Plants to be Rehabilitated
By John Lee. The Libyan Cement Company (LCC) has said that damage to its two plants in Benghazi has been significant, but believes they can be brought back into production by summer 2018. The factories, in Hawari district, were caught up in the battles between the Libyan National Army (LNA) and militia groups in March […]
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Libya "an Attractive Place for OMV to do Business"
By John Lee. The Chairman of the National Oil Corporation (NOC), Mustafa Sanalla, along with the NOC Board of Directors, met with Dr. Rainer Seele, Chairman and CEO of the Austria's OMV, recently in Vienna. They discussed various topics including technical studies aimed at increasing reserves and production capacity at Libyan oil fields. Seele told […]