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State-sanctioned fuel smuggling cost Libya $20bn over three years – report

Policy body calls for western-backed investigation into oil officials known to be at heart of illegal enterprise

The Guardian - UK · Nov 12, 2025

Italy's Eni signs $8 billion Libya gas deal as PM Meloni visits Tripoli

Italian energy company Eni and Libya's National Oil Corporation (NOC) signed an $8 billion gas production deal on Saturday aimed at boosting energy supplies to Europe despite the insecurity and political chaos in the North African country.

Reuters · Jan 28, 2023

Libya says oil exports resumed after monthslong hiatus

Libya's National Oil Corporation says it resumed oil exports, ending a monthslong hiatus

The Independent UK · Jul 20, 2022

Libyan oil firm chief denounces Tripoli’s move to replace him

The National Oil Corporation claims Tripoli government forces stormed its headquarters to install new director.

Al Jazeera · Jul 14, 2022

Libyan parliament rejects Tripoli's move to sack state energy firm head

The energy committee of Libya's eastern-based parliament on Thursday rejected a government move to sack the head of National Oil Corporation (NOC), deepening a power struggle for control of the energy firm whose exports fund the entire state.

Reuters · Jul 14, 2022

Libya's NOC chief ignores government order firing him

The head of Libya's National Oil Corp (NOC), Mustafa Sanalla, ignored a government order sacking him on Wednesday as he returned to Tripoli from Islam's haj pilgrimage, but said he would make a speech later.

Reuters · Jul 13, 2022

Libya's GNU to Replace Oil Chairman Sanalla

Libya's Government of National Unity (GNU) moved to replace the National Oil Corp (NOC) chairman and board on Tuesday as control over the state energy producer was drawn further into a complex political standoff between rival factions. According to the text of the decision confirmed to Reuters by a GNU…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 13, 2022