VOL. XLVI

No 39

29-September-2003

LIBYA

Libya Aims For 3Mn B/D Output And Wants Return Of US Oil Firms

Libyas strategic goal is to raise oil production from 1.2mn b/d (according to MEES estimates its output in August averaged 1.4mn b/d MEES, 22 September) to 3mn b/d over the next 15 years, according to the countrys Foreign Minister Abdurrahman Muhammad Shalgham in an interview with the Financial Times published on 22 September. He added that Tripoli would be seeking US technology to help achieve...