Libya says 5 foreign oil firms working to restore ops

Five international oil companies have returned to Libya and are working on getting operations running again, the head of the ruling interim council’s stabilisation team, Aref Ali Nayed, said on Friday.

The five companies include Italy’s Eni , Nayed told reporters at a meeting on Libya in Paris with donor groups and foreign experts.

“I think at least five companies have come back,” he said.

“The ones that have existing infrastructure … many are already back. They have sent in advanced crews and teams to re-start (for example) the refinery in Ras Lanuf or Eni’s Mellitah gas infrastructure.”