Topic: Shukri Ghanem

NATO air raids shook Tripoli Thursday as the UN denounced crimes against humanity and war crimes during fighting between Moamer Kadhafi's forces and rebels seeking to topple the Libyan strongman.Libya's rebel leadership meanwhile welcomed the defection of former oil ...
The Libyan government denied reports that Moamer Kadhafi's wife and daughter had fled to Tunisia and that Oil Minister Shukri Ghanem had defected.Kadhafi's wife Sofia "is fine, in good health and she is in Tripoli," government spokesman Mussa Ibrahim ...
Libya's National Oil Corp will honour its contracts with foreign firms operating in the country, NOC chairman Shukri Ghanem said."We will honour all our engagements and contracts with the foreign oil companies that are working in Libya," Ghanem told a ...

Libyan oil output down by more than two-thirds

Libyan oil output is down by more than two-thirds from 1.6 million barrels per day to just 500,000 amid the uprising against Moamer Kadhafi's regime, National Oil Corporation boss Shukri Ghanem said Wednesday."Of course, the production is down ...
Libya's de facto oil minister says there's no need to change oil quotas at this week's meeting of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries.. Shukri Ghanem, the head of Libya's National Oil Corp., said at an international oil ...
The head of Libya's National Oil Corporation said Tuesday troubled oil giant BP was an "opportunity" for investors, after the company's shares fell by half since April."BP currently represent an opportunity for any investor," NOC president Shukri Ghanem told ...
Libya has delayed plans to raise its oil output capacity until 2017 because of budget constraints and the market situation, Oil Minister Shukri Ghanem said on Saturday. "Our plan was to reach three million barrels per day by 2012, but because of ...

Oil prices tumble on rising US stockpiles

Oil prices slumped Wednesday as data revealed larger than expected gains for energy stockpiles in the United States, the world's biggest crude consuming nation, dealers said.New York's main contract, light sweet crude for delivery in February, slid 3.24 ...
Oil prices rebounded on Tuesday as the market speculated about an OPEC output cut and a concerted interest rate cut by central banks to face a global financial crisis.New York's main contract, light sweet crude for delivery in November, climbed ...

Oil rebounds as Libya floats output cut

Oil prices rebounded on Tuesday after Libya called on crude producers to cut output to protect their incomes if the market continued trading at current levels.Crude oil futures have in recent days traded within a band of about 80-95 dollars a ...