Reuters has said that protesters who have threatened to shut down two oil and gas facilities near the Libyan capital Tripoli have extended the deadline by 24 hours for talks with mediators.
The spokesman for the protesters, a group called the Corruption Eradication Movement, Salem Mohamed, as saying that they decided to extend the deadline to continue negotiations with the six-person mediation team.
Salem said that there was a consensus during the negotiations on their demands, except one point – the dismissal of the chairman of the National Oil Corporation (NOC) Farahat Bengdara, adding that if an agreement wouldn’t be reached, especially the dismissal of Bengdara and the cancellation of all his decisions, the Mellita complex and Al-Zawiya refinery would be closed on Saturday afternoon.
Protesters threatened to shut down two oil and gas facilities near the Libyan capital Tripoli, with one group that is campaigning against corruption issuing a 72-hour ultimatum that ended on Friday for the government to respond to its demands.
On last Sunday, the NOC declared force majeure on Sharara crude production, citing the shutdown of the field by local protesters. It said in a statement that the force majeure measures went into effect on Sunday (January 07) and will go on until the shutdown is lifted.
