Efforts ongoing to revive the development of Libya's NC7 field
Despite widespread opposition to a potential deal, this new development brings back the Eni-led consortium to the fold and could draw major political battles in the coming weeks.
A month after the suspension of Minister of Oil and Gas Mohamed Aoun, the Government of National Unity (GNU) Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dabaiba and National Oil Corporation (NOC) Chairman Farhat Bengdara are now actively pursuing the file of the NC7 gas field in the Hamada Basin.
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