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Libyan junior Zalaf Oil & Gas snaps up oil exploration permits

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With foreign oil majors still reticent to explore Libya's oil and gas potential, the NOC (National Oil Corp) has turned [...]

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Libyan junior Zalaf Oil & Gas snaps up oil exploration permits