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Friday, April 12, 2013
Concerns over oil field security in Libya could affect operations, yet despite that fact the Libyan government has decreed that it will not allow any foreign security at its oil fields. In a statement posted on its website, the NOC quoted its chairman, Nuri Berruein, as saying Libya “will not allow foreign security presence of any form at oil installations.”
The Berruien comments quoted on the NOC website were attributed to a meeting between the NOC chairman and a delegation from BP. The British oil firm delegation was in Libya to discuss the security situation at its oil sites.
BP, a year or so back, had big plans for Libyan drilling however it suspended all operations in 2011 due to the civil war in the country and as yet has not really resumed operations. In May 2012 the company said it planned on returning to its exploration operations in Libya and in August said it planned to award the contract for geological surveys, as its tender for the contract closed on August 14. However, the attack on its In Amenas gas plant in Algeria has given the company pause and it has called for an assessment of a security situation in Libya.
NOC quoted BP security official Derek Porter as saying another delegation would travel to Libya next week for more talks on security. The delegation will most likely investigate Libya’s claims that it beefed up oil security in light of the Algeria attack.
The NOC statement quoted Oil Minister Abdelbari al-Arusi as saying: “The security situation continues to improve, despite being amplified by the media.”
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