Libya oil map 2020-Dahra

Direct award of oil field contract comes back to haunt NOC and partners


Issue 506 - 24 May 2024 - By John Hamilton | 7 minute read

The direct award of a large oil field redevelopment contract to a small local group with no known track record has prompted allegations of corruption and raised potentially awkward questions for international companies involved in the Dahra field.

It has also had serious political repercussions, as minister Mohammed Aoun was dismissed in March after going public with his concerns about the deal.

African Energy has scrutinised government reports and correspondence between officials and Halliburton to get a sense of what has gone wrong.

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