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Libya
New NOC boss Bengdara courts Russia's Zarubezhneft via AGOCO

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Farhat Bengdara, newly appointed as chairman of the Libyan state National Oil Corp (NOC).
Farhat Bengdara, newly appointed as chairman of the Libyan state National Oil Corp (NOC). © Reuters Marketplace - Reuters Pictures Archive

Russia's state-owned oil company has been invited to dispatch a delegation to Benghazi to visit the head office of AGOCO, the NOC subsidiary that operates the Sarir and Messla fields. This rapprochement, discreetly supported by Khalifa Haftar, is a source of great concern to Washington and other Western nations.

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