Tagged With Chris Stephen
22 September 2023
Former executives and a successor company are accused of complicity in Sudanese war crimes in what is now South Sudan
15 August 2023
Peace means progress for Libya’s upstream, but disruption is never far away
17 April 2023
Industry takes fresh look at moribund, risky or questionable gas and LNG projects
10 February 2023
Despite previous security concerns, Eni enters JV with Libya's NOC for major hydrocarbons development
19 October 2022
A new deal heats up simmering clash over exploration rights
20 July 2022
A figure from the Gaddafi era has replaced the NOC’s top man. Initial consequences have been positive for output, but uncertainty and risks remain
20 June 2022
Questions over the oil minister's competence are another new low for the crisis-racked North African producer
28 April 2022
The Biden regime is back in the global policeman role as it tries to keep oil flows up
24 February 2022
After a year of relative calm, chaos has returned to Libya with the cancellation of planned elections and the emergence of two rival prime ministers
4 January 2022
A cancelled poll and strikes cast a shadow over the North African producer’s 2022 ambitions
13 December 2021
Despite the continuing threat that the country’s security situation could implode, oil firms are keen to get going again
13 September 2021
Tug-of-war to steer Africa’s largest oil reserves risks stalling the country’s recent upstream progress
14 June 2021
Relative stability is bolstering the North African nation’s rehabilitation programme, although significant investment challenges remain
4 June 2021
PE Media Network’s Libya Investment Forum will provide all the information companies need to get involved
27 November 2020
The Tripoli administration moves against its own central bank to try to prevent another blockade
29 September 2020
Production could ramp up quickly, but the countdown is already ticking on another round of shutdowns
21 August 2020
Ankara extends timeframes of controversial activities off the Greek and Cypriot coasts, upping the chances of military confrontation
4 August 2020
National Oil Corporation reports its lowest production since the blockade started in January as external forces gear up for clash over Sirte basin oilfields
25 June 2020
The deployment of the Yavuz in a section of the Mediterranean claimed by Cyprus pushes the region closer to open conflict
16 June 2020
The Erdogan regime is further shaking up the East Mediterranean geopolitical and energy landscape
20 March 2020
A swift resolution to the blockade looks unlikely as fighting continues in Tripoli and the UN searches for a new mediator
31 January 2020
The NOC chief wants assistance to get the country exporting oil again
12 November 2019
Sceptical Western investors adopt wait-and-see attitude even after Algeria’s interim government agreed a draft hydrocarbons law
22 October 2019
Instability continues to derail oil authorities’ attempts to persuade IOCs to return
16 September 2019
The devastating attacks on Saudi Arabia's oil sector have left the kingdom and its allies dazed
29 August 2019
President Emmanuel Macron of France has offered himself as a broker in the US-Iran Gulf standoff, but the chances of an agreement are small
5 August 2019
Western military protection for its tankers is expanding, but unconventional tactics remain a threat
24 July 2019
The fate of the Sharara field has become entwined with a campaign for better basic services for the inhabitants of southern Libya
13 June 2019
Uncertainty over the fate of Tripoli and recent statements by the government there are sending negative messages to IOCs
23 May 2019
Political turmoil is unsettling Algeria’s energy sector and its IOC investors
3 April 2019
The latest military moves leave the government in Tripoli increasingly under siege
5 March 2019
Warlord Khalifa Haftar has captured the country's largest oil field, putting a new question mark over the fragile oil recovery
28 February 2019
The cornerstone of the country's energy reforms aims to tempt foreign firms wary of setting foot in the Egyptian market
28 February 2019
Importing gas may seem counterintuitive, but a deal to do just that is part of the country's gas renaissance
28 February 2019
February's oil and gas conference in Cairo attracted firms from around the world for one simple reason: Egypt's gas sector is booming
18 January 2019
Eni leads a return to oil exploration in Libya for the first time since the 2011 Arab Spring revolution
10 January 2019
The oil recovery will continue, if the civil war and political spats allow it
5 October 2018
An IS attack on the Tripoli HQ of Libya’s battered oil industry has presented the sector with its sternest test yet
3 July 2018
The latest battle for Libya’s key oil ports—the fourth in as many years—leaves vital infrastructure destroyed and the country’s production recovery in jeopardy
8 May 2018
The company is set to benefit from shale in the Middle East despite having shunned it elsewhere
12 April 2018
The country's energy sector has big ideas for the future—if the creaking political establishment will approve them
2 March 2018
The head of the country's National Oil Corporation is succeeding in pushing output higher against the odds, only for its ubiquitous militias to push it back down again
2 January 2018
There's plenty for companies to mull over in the latest European directive aimed at cleaning up the financial sector
26 September 2017
Output has soared and the state firm is targeting another 30% increase by year-end. Politics remains the big obstacle
8 August 2017
A lack of leadership continuity in Algeria's energy sector is a product of the FLN's struggle to retain political power
4 August 2017
A new energy minister and a new Sonatrach investment plan are still not enough to make Algeria attractive to IOCs
15 June 2017
NOC output growth plans threatened by renewed dispute
10 April 2017
As the latest battle in the Sirte basin shows, Libya's output recovery remains hostage to the country's politics
10 April 2017
Haftar's recapture of the oil crescent and the GNA's disintegration have prompted renewed efforts by Tobruk to sell its own oil
