Libya warns oil firms of dealing with Qatari-shared Glencore

CAIRO – 12 June 2017: Prime Minister of Libya’s transition government Abdullah al-Thinni urged chairman of the National Oil Corporation Nagi el-Maghrabi to take urgent measures to direct all Libyan oil companies to stop dealing with Glencore Plc.

The Anglo-Swiss multinational company is the only one selling Sarir and Mesla crude in Libya through al-Hariga oil port, as per a contract inked with the National Oil Corporation.

The Libyan premier warned all Libyan oil companies of dealing with Glencore Plc anymore.

The decision was taken after Maghrabi has unveiled Qatar’s destructive role in Libya, as it controls 19 percent of Glencore’s shares, charging the oil-rich Arab country with taking much money in return for marketing the Libyan oil.

Meanwhile, he accused Doha of funding terrorist groups in Libya, in addition to undermining the Arab national security.