Ending the sit-in at Al Hariga Oil Port and the return of crude export operations to normal
The National Oil Corporation announces the resumption of crude export operations at Al Hariga Oil Port after a group of young people ended their sit-in inside the port, which lasted for days. This came after a meeting held by the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Oil Corporation, Mr. Mustafa Sanalla and Mr. General Manager of Human Resources Development Department at NOC with a representative of the youth carried out a sit-in at the port.
The National Oil Corporation has listened to all the demands of the protesting youth, which were represented in their request to obtain suitable job opportunities. NOC has expressed its understanding of the legitimacy of the demands, and its reservations about the means by which their demands were expressed, explaining to the youth the great technical and economic consequences of the oil closure.
At the same time, NOC emphasized its full support for the peaceful demands and its keenness to provide suitable job opportunities for these young people and other graduates in all parts of the country, through the programs for preparing and qualifying graduates, which the management of the National Oil Corporation supervises to implement during the coming period.
During the meeting, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Oil Corporation communicated with the protesting youth and conveyed to them the NOC’s understanding of their demands and its keenness to provide suitable job opportunities for them and others. He thanked them for their response to ending the sit-in, their understanding of the difficult working conditions that the oil sector is going through, their bias towards the country and their keenness to give priority to the public interest, and to maintain the continuation of oil production and export in support of their country’s economy.
Issued in: Tripoli
National Oil Corporation
15/09/2021