Libya’s Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah has requested an increase in fuel supplies to stabilize distribution and meet the necessary demands, amidst severe shortages in Tripoli.
This request was communicated in a letter from the State Minister for Cabinet Affairs, Adel Jumaa, to the Chairman of the National Oil Corporation, Farhat Bengdara.
The communication highlighted discussions from a Wednesday meeting led by Dbeibah, focused on the results of a committee established by the Prime Minister’s Decision No. 46 of 2023.
This committee is tasked with exploring alternatives for fuel subsidy reform.
The meeting also reviewed the fuel distribution mechanisms to stations, following severe congestion and the closure of some stations which had not received their allocated fuel supplies.
The fuel crisis in Tripoli has led to long queues at distribution stations, as reported by Brega Oil Marketing Company, which also announced the arrival of several shipments to Libyan ports to help alleviate the situation.
On Wednesday, Dbeibah directed the reopening of closed fuel stations in the capital and mandated their operation around the clock.
Subsequently, Fouad Ali Mohammed Rahim, the head of Brega Oil Marketing Company, was suspended from his position and subjected to an administrative investigation.
The Libyan National Oil Corporation *(NOC) has denied rumours circulating on social media that one of its national tankers docked at a port in occupied Palestine.
The corporation described the rumour as an attempt to cause confusion. The corporation affirmed that its specialized management is continuously and accurately monitoring the movement of tankers and shipping operations through modern and reliable monitoring and navigation systems around the world, including the Mediterranean basin.
The Qatari website Arabi 21 had earlier reported, citing oil tanker tracking websites, that the Libyan oil tanker “Anwar al-Nasr” had docked at Haifa port in Israel coming from Tripoli. However, the tanker was actually scheduled for a trip between Tripoli and Cyprus to transport fuel, not Israel.
