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Spotlight | Libya
Tobruk still excluded from oil business

Despite its attempts to control crude oil exports (MC 1178), the eastern NOC (National Oil Corporation) still has not the slightest authority over the main Cyrenaican oil assets. The port of Marsa El-Hariga, despite being adjacent to Tobruk, and the [...]

Published on 26/11/2015 at 04:30 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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