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TotalEnergies still battling to get Libyan green light for Hess stake in Waha

Ten months after announcing it had increased its stake in Waha via the purchase of half of Hess's shares in the concession, the French oil major is still struggling to get Libya's oil ministry to give the deal its green light. [...]

Published on 19.09.2022 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Abdelhamid Dabaiba
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Farhat Omar Bengdara
Hess
Khalifa Haftar
Libyan National Army
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Mustafa Sanalla
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Patrick Pouyanne
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The new president of the NOC, Farhat Omar Bengdara.

Libya
Turkish-Libyan offshore prospecting deal makes waves

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Spotlight | Libya, Russia
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Mustafa Sanalla has been dismissed from the National Oil Corp (NOC).

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Subscribers only Energy, Politics 01.07.2022

Mustafa Sanalla, head of National Oil Corp (NOC).

Spotlight | Libya
Total has eyes fixed on Hess's Waha concession

French major Total is currently in advanced negotiations with the US oil company over its Libyan concession, but Tripoli could yet scupper the process. CEO Pouyanné is aiming for other concessions in Libya, home to Africa's largest oil reserves and where oil is very light.

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Washington watches as Tehran negotiates with Niamey for 300 tonnes of uranium

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Behind the scenes of Mamadi Doumbouya's offensive on Russian miner Nordgold

Libya
TotalEnergies still battling to get Libyan green light for Hess stake in Waha

Libya
ENI comes up short as battle between oil minister and NOC ensues

Libya
TotalEnergies in discussions to extend Waha licence

Libya
TotalEnergies sparks tensions by choosing Basalt as its security provider

Libya
NOC dangles carrots in hope of striking deal with Halliburton

Libya
Honeywell UOP joins project to resurrect Fezzan refinery

Inner circles | Libya
New NOC boss Bengdara brings in his own people

Libya
Turkish-Libyan offshore prospecting deal makes waves

Spotlight | Libya, Russia
West worried as AGOCO-Zarubezhneft rapprochement picks up pace

Libya
NOC boss Mustafa Sanalla down but not yet out despite his sacking

Libya
Dabaiba and Haftar in secret negotiations to replace NOC boss Mustafa Sanalla

Spotlight | Libya
Total has eyes fixed on Hess's Waha concession