Libya

Now at the helm of the National Oil Corporation (NOC), former prime minister Shukri Ghanem is pressing the accelerator on modernisation of the energy sector following a period of... 2006-07-03

It's been a long time coming, but it may well have proved worth the wait; Libya's removal from Washington's list of state sponsor of terrorism (leaving a convenient space for newly... 2006-05-19

The timing of the normalisation of relations, just days after Tripoli announced a new oil licensing round, suggests that the Libyan authorities will seek to make capital out of the... 2006-05-19

Libya is on course for a massive current account surplus in 2006, though BMI's US$17bn surplus forecast is around US$2.5bn lower than the IMF's latest projection because of different... 2006-05-18

The Libyan authorities will draw selective comfort from some of the findings from the IMF's assessment of the economy under the Article IV programme, released in April. Though the... 2006-05-08

Yet another landmark in Libya's ongoing international rehabilitation was marked by the resumption of cover by US Eximbank on March 23, which extends export credit guarantees for US... 2006-04-04

With BMI raising its oil price forecast for the Opec basket by US$5/b to US$51.3/bbl in 2006, Libya's public finances will prove healthier than previously expected. With crude prices... 2006-03-10

On 6 March, it was announced that former prime minister and key reformist Shukri Ghanem had been replaced by his former deputy, the more conservative Dr Ali Baghdadi Mahmudi. This... 2006-03-08

With oil prices rising above US$67/bbl in early February, suggesting another strong year for crude markets, there is a clear upside risk to our oil revenue forecasts for Libya. Production... 2006-02-13

After a strong Q3, when oil prices were driven upwards by the temporary loss of 10% of US refining capacity following Hurricane Katrina, prices fell markedly in Q4. The trend - which... 2006-02-06