Archive
Overcoming difficulties … Releasing the required funds for budgets … Providing support to the Libyan South at all levels … The main points at the meeting of the NOC’s Chairman with the Vice President of the National Unity Government
On the evening of Wednesday, March 31, 2021, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, Eng. Mustafa Sanalla, received the Vice President of the National Unity Government, Mr. Ramadan Ahmed Boujnah, accompanied by Dr. Khaled Al-Mabrouk Abdullah, Minister of Finance, Counselor Dr. Yusef Al-Hamali and his accompanying delegation.
At the beginning of the meeting, Eng. Mustafa Sanalla welcomed the gentlemen, stressing that the National Oil Corporation was honored by this visit, which indicates the government’s awareness of the importance of the sector in supporting the stability and development of Libya and also indicates the government’s support for the national unity of the oil sector.
During the meeting, the challenges and difficulties facing the oil sector were discussed, and the losses incurred by the sector as a result of the instability of the security situation were mentioned, as Eng. Mustafa Sanalla stressed that the oil sector needs the necessary support to pay the obligations of service companies and the need to release the budgets required to accelerate the work Maintenance of damaged pipelines and tanks as a result of previous wars and repeated closures in oil ports that the oil sector exposed to previously.
Many topics were also dealt with, the most important of which was the discussion of developing the explored parts in the southern regions and how to put them on production in the possible way, discussing the fuel crisis and effective solutions to deliver fuel to our people in the south, in addition to discussing the refinery project, and the establishment of a cooking gas extraction plant in the Sharara field in order to provide and meet the citizens’ needs for gas. The Vice President of the National Unity Government also listened to NOC’s plan to establish an oil clinic in the south.
Mr. Ramadan Boujnah, Vice President of the National Unity Government, and Dr. Khaled Al-Mabrouk Abdullah, Minister of Finance, stressed the need to overcome all difficulties in order to support the oil sector, work to facilitate procedures and allocate the required budgets that the National Oil Corporation needs, as well as emphasize the importance of the sector in increasing national income and stimulating the private sector associated with oil operations and its contribution to creating job opportunities to reduce the unemployment rate throughout the country.
At the end of the visit, the Vice President of the National Unity Government and the Minister of Finance, accompanied by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, toured NOC headquarters to inspect the damage caused by the bombing that targeted the National Oil Corporation building on September 10, 2018, and to see the building rehabilitation works.
