National Oil Corporation

National Oil Corporation ( NOC) is a Libyan state-owned company with headquarters in Tripoli. The company was founded in 1970. From the NOC subsidiary of the company Waha Oil Company ( WOC ) is the largest oil companies, followed by Arabian Gulf Oil Company ( AGOCO ), Zuetina Oil Company ( ZOC ), and Sirte Oil Company (SOC ).

The National Oil Corporation produced more than three-quarters of the 1.6 million barrels of crude oil a day Libya (February 2011).

Subsidiaries

  • Azawia Refining
  • Rasco
  • Brega
  • AGOCO
  • Sirte Oil Co.
  • Jowef Oil Technology
  • National Drilling Co.
  • North Africa Geophysical Exploration Company
  • National Oil Fields and Catering Company
  • Tamoil
  • Waha Oil Co.

Situation of the National Oil Corporation during the uprising in Libya in 2011

On March 10, said a spokesman Agaco that the NOC subsidiaries have connected with headquarters in Benghazi the rebels and that they wanted to send the proceeds of the oil produced to get the opposition National Transitional Council. As the port of loading, the oil terminal in Tobruk, east of Benghazi could serve.

About Shukri Ghanim, Chairman of the NOC, told Al Jazeera he is " escaped " on February 17. After the recapture of Ras Lanuf by Libyan military on March 12, AP reported that he has asked the Italian oil company Eni SpA for help in extinguishing a fire in the local refinery.

Types of business entity Ra's Lanuf
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