LIBYA

Petroleum Ministry Abolished 

As part of a major restructuring of the cabinet, Libya's General People's Congress (parliament) last week consolidated the 18 secretariats (ministries) into 10 thereby abolishing several secretariats including that of Petroleum. Although there is as yet no clear idea of the final disposition of the functions of the Secretariat of Petroleum, it is assumed that they will be assigned to other related secretariats, with the possibility of an...