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Libya news and analysis, tenders, contracts awarded, commentary and economic data.
Libya News
Waha gauges contractor interest in new oil production facilities
Firms to hand in expressions of interest by mid-September
Tripoli restarts $54bn energy cities plan
Scheme re-activated after six month delay
Mellitah gauges interest in offshore gas production expansion
Applications to prequalify submitted for design deal on 29 July
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BP plans more Libya offshore exploration work
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Vossloh wins Libya rail contracts
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BP firesale creates Middle East opportunities
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HSBC looks for Libyan refinery partner
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Libya aims to build $500bn in projects by 2020
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Gulf contractors look to diversify
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One child survives Afriqiyah Airways crash in Tripoli
Libya Analysis
Gaddafi bankrolls Libya's development
If Tripoli sticks to its spending plans for development, the country will be transformed into an economic powerhouse
Remittance flows remain resilient throughout the financial crisis
Remittances by Arab migrant workers to home economies were less impacted than feared in 2009
Afriqiyah Airways
The Tripoli-based carrier is expanding ahead of its planned merger with Libya’s flag carrier
Opec reflects on its history
The organisation has grown to become a major cog in the world economy, a position that is unlikely to change soon
Libya Special Reports
Special Report: Healthcare
Rapid population growth and an increase in chronic diseases in the GCC, together with the roll-out of compulsory insurance, has caused demand for healthcare services to soar in recent years. Governments have responded with an unprecedented wave of hospital and clinic building
Special Report: North Africa
The countries of the Maghreb have ambitious development plans to meet the needs of their rapidly growing populations
Special Report: Construction – As materials costs continue to fall steel still commands a high price
Clients launching projects in the GCC, acutely aware of how desperate contractors are for work, have been quick to exploit the economic slump, pressing for lower costs and shorter delivery times
Special Report: Oil & Gas - South Korean firms dominate MEED's GCC contractors survey
US companies lose the top spot on contract wins in the region
Libya Data
Financial crisis highlights need for Middle East and North Africa to diversify
The economies of the Middle East and North Africa region were better placed than many in the world to weather the global economic downturn but their need to stimulate sustainable growth is no less pressing
Middle East and North Africa states are coping with financial crisis
Masood Ahmed, director of the International Monetary Fund Middle East and Central Asia department, assesses the prospects for the Middle East and North Africa as the region recovers from the downturn
Maghreb weathers the economic downturn
Strong hydrocarbon revenues in Algeria and Libya and more resilient production sectors in Morocco and Tunisia helped bring the diverse Maghreb economies through the credit crisis relatively unscathed
Libya Tenders
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