Libyan Production Levels Out After Attacks and Protests

• Thursday, 20th August 2015
• by Egypt Oil & Gas

Libya’s state oil firm, the Arabian Gulf Oil Co (AGOCO), announced that it is now producing at a stable rate of 220,000 b/d, reported Reuters. This is 50,000 b/d lower than from June thanks to the closure of the...

Libyan Chaos Threatens More Oilfields and Exports to Italy

• Thursday, 30th April 2015
• by Egypt Oil & Gas

Libyan protesters have shut down an eastern gas field and threaten to close the western Wafa oil and gas field, which would stop gas exports to Italy, a spokesman for state oil firm NOC said on Wednesday. The closure ...

Protests in Algeria Against Shale Gas Drilling

• Sunday, 15th March 2015
• by Egypt Oil & Gas

Thousands of Algerians demonstrated Saturday against plans to drill for shale gas in the south of the country. Organizers say more than 1,000 demonstrators protested in Ouargla, a city 466 miles south of Algiers. Anot...