
Tuesday, December 29, 2015
Libya’s NOC based in Tripoli issued a statement emphasizing its right to take legal action against any party that tries to export crude or crude products from Libya without its permission.
The statement from the Tripoli NOC comes days after the announcement that NOC in the east entered into an agreement to export crude to Egypt.
The Tripoli NOC told Bloomberg that it reserved “all rights to hold any party responsible for the entire legal liabilities and consequences arising thereof [crude export without its consent].”
The two rival governments recently signed a UN-brokered deal to form a unity government. Which NOC will reign in the unity government remains to be seen, however the NOC in the west has secured the support of several trading firms and the country’s largest foreign producer ENI.