US oil companies return to Libya
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Occidental is the major winner of oil and gas licences in Libya, returning to the country after two decades.
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US private equity firm Colony Capital  buys Libyan oil company Tamoil  in a deal valuing it at 4bn euros.
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The Prime Minister's spokesman says BP will announce shortly that it is returning to Libya.
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Libya withdraws $1bn of unfrozen assets from the US after a trade embargo is lifted as a reward for giving up weapons of mass destruction.
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TRIPOLI, September 21 (IslamOnline.net &amp; News Agencies) - Libya has welcomed Washington&#39;s lifting of most of the economic sanctions slapped on Tripoli because of US charges of sponsoring terrorism, saying it was in the interest of both countries.
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The United States has lifted sanctions on Libyan air transport, an official in Tripoli said, the latest sign of warming ties between the two former foes.
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The Chevron Corporation said it had restored normal production levels at its Pennington oil fields in Nigeria after a militant attack forced the company to cut output earlier this month. Chevron shut off 15,000 barrels a day on May 1 from its offshore Funiwa oil field, which is connected to the Pennington export terminal, after the kidnapping of foreign oil workers by militants.
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Crude oil prices may fall this week as companies including Royal Dutch/Shell Group restart platforms and tankers resume shipments in the Gulf of Mexico after Hurricane Ivan
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The Bush Administration&#39;s announcement of the lifting of some US sanctions on Libya nudges Washington and Tripoli closer to resuming full diplomatic ties.
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The private equity firm Colony Capital agreed to acquire control of Tamoil of Libya for 4 billion euros ($5.4 billion). The Libyan government will retain 35 percent of the company, which operates refineries and gas stations, Colony said. Tamoil, based in Switzerland and owned by the Libyan government under the name Oilinvest B.V., owns three refineries â in Germany, Italy and Switzerland â and 2,500 gas stations in Italy.
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Libyan diplomats can travel freely in the United States, the State Department said Friday, the latest sign of thawing relations between the longtime antagonists.
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Moammar Gadhafi attempts to boost Libya's oil and gas output by bringing back a group of majors.
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SIRTE, Libya  - British Prime Minister Tony Blair arrived in Libya on Tuesday for talks with Muammar Gaddafi as oil giant BP sealed a major energy deal marking stronger British ties with the former outcast state.
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LONDON/NEW YORK  - Private investment firm Colony Capital LLC has agreed to buy a controlling stake in Libyan state-owned Tamoil in a deal that valued the Italy-based refiner at 4 billion euros ($5.4 billion) -- double earlier estimates.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair flew in to oil-rich Libya at the start of an African tour for talks with Moamer Kadhafi on a visit expected to see a major energy deal sealed.
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British energy giant BP is set to announce its return to Libya after an absence of 33 years, Prime Minister Tony Blair&#39;s official spokesman said Tuesday, shortly before Blair took off for the north African country.
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Export flows restored in south as US-backed Iraqi forces are deployed to protect oil facilities. BAGHDAD  - Authorities reopened the main export pipeline in southern Iraq on Monday after deploying