Libya News and Interests

[dukkha]

[dukkha]

[anatta]

Libya delays long-awaited election
https://news.yahoo.com/libya-vote-im...095705238.html
he election, intended to go hand-in-hand with parliamentary polls, was part of a United Nations-led peace process, yet the UN's special envoy Jan Kubis resigned just weeks before the ballot.

Among the controversial candidates were Kadhafi's son Seif al-Islam, whom the International Criminal Court accuses of war crimes, and eastern military chief Khalifa Haftar, who led a failed assault on Tripoli.

Interim prime minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah's candidacy also sparked controversy as he had pledged not to run as part of his original leadership bid.

"Every single faction in Libya has an issue with one of these three candidates," said Claudia Gazzini, a Libya expert at the International Crisis Group think tank.

"So they tried to stop these candidates from running using legal means, but failing that there seems to have been an informal agreement between some factions not to let the elections go forward," she told AFP.

[TTQ64]

updates for events/culture /terrorism/nation building -all things related to Libya that aren't necessarily current events;
but are of interest/comments.
Thanks to staff for the accommodation!
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East Libyan forces launch air strike against rivals in central desert
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-li...-idUSKBN14F0QV
Forces loyal to Libya's eastern government said they had carried out an air strike against opponents in the central Jufra region on Monday.

Ahmed al-Mismari, a spokesman for the eastern-based Libyan National Army (LNA), said the strike had targeted a camp used by the Benghazi Defence Brigades (BDB), a force that the LNA has previously clashed with.

The LNA and the BDB are on opposite sides of a conflict in which two loose and shifting alliances have battled for power in Libya since 2014, aligning themselves with rival governments in Tripoli and the east.

In recent months the LNA, led by Field Marshall Khalifa Haftar, has made military gains in Benghazi and Libya's Oil Crescent region, provoking several attempted counter-attacks by his rivals.

STILL NOBODY GAF ABOUT YOUR LIBYA LIES

[TTQ64]

Libya expects more oil production after pipeline reopening Dec. 22, 2016
http://www.ogj.com/articles/2016/12/...reopening.html
Libya’s National Oil Corp. said an oil pipeline that had been shut down for more than 2 years has reopened in western Libya.

NOC estimated the reopening of the pipeline along with increasing production from two oil fields could supply an additional 270,000 b/d of crude oil within 3 months. The reopened oil fields were Sharara and El Feel.

Libya’s current production fell to less than 300,000 b/d at times during 2016. Analysts noted that it remains uncertain if Libya will get additional oil to the world market. The nation’s oil production fell from a peak of more than 1.6 million b/d after Moammar Gadhafi death in 2011.

Increased Libyan production could complicate an attempt by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries attempt to support oil prices. OPEC plans to cut cartel production by 1.2 million b/d starting in January 2017. Libya and Nigeria were exempted from that agreement.



The fields could add 175,000 b/d to Libya’s output within 1 month, NOC estimated, adding that volume could grow to 270,000 b/d in 3 months. OPEC reported Libya produced almost 575,000 b/d during November.
Libya oil production moves up to 685,000 bpd ! Jan 1

NOC Chairman Mustafa Sanallah issued a news release saying the pipeline and fields were reopened without any “payoffs” or “backroom deals.”

Libya has the largest oil reserves in Africa and the tenth largest globally. Since 2011, when country's longtime leader Muammar Gaddafi was toppled, Libyan oil production had dropped from 1.65 million barrels per day to 250,000 in August 2016.

GET THIS TRASH OUT OF CURRENT EVENTS................ITS SOO 2008!

[anatta]

GET THIS TRASH OUT OF CURRENT EVENTS................ITS SOO 2008!

you are dumber then ever . its not in current events

[McRocket]

This is the second thread I have seen you start about Libya?

Why do you care so much about it?

[AProudLefty]

This one you talking about?

do me a favor then. there is a thread I started in Off Topics called "Libya News and Interests"
I may have posted on it this year ? -but it's back many pages and I cent find it manually
I recall starting it on Jan 1st - but not what year

I am computer stupid ( just another old guy) but if you could find it and bump it for me i'd consider it
a favor.. I tried the "search" function but it never works for me.. TY

[Hawkeye10]

This is the second thread I have seen you start about Libya?

Why do you care so much about it?

The Dying West caused this problem for no good reason, that is one reason to pay attention to the results, which are catastrophic.

[Hawkeye10]

This is the second thread I have seen you start about Libya?

Why do you care so much about it?

The Dying West caused this problem for no good reason, that is one reason to pay attention to the results, which are catastrophic.

[dukkha]

This one you talking about?

yes! thank you very much.. i need to update

[Hawkeye10]

Boy Europe would have been so better off energy wise had the West not destroyed the place in a fit.

[dukkha]

This is the second thread I have seen you start about Libya?

Why do you care so much about it?

Long story. It goes back to 2011 when me and BAC
( who may be deceased - but a member here) got hip to the fact the No Fly zone imposed by the UN was being used as an excuse to regime change Qadaffi- thanks to Hillary/Rice.

I became interested in the people and the ongoing civil war -11 years still going on

[dukkha]

Boy Europe would have been so better off energy wise had the West not destroyed the place in a fit.

Libya is pumping light crude, but many fields are in disrepair due to the civil war. Their national oil company is marvelous -even shares the revenues with both sides

[Hawkeye10]

Long story. It goes back to 2011 when me and BAC
( who may be deceased - but a member here) got hip to the fact the No Fly zone imposed by the UN was being used as an excuse to regime change Qadaffi- thanks to Hillary/Rice.

I became interested in the people and the ongoing civil war -11 years still going on

Dont forget the Brits and the French, this disaster was a team effort