BENGHAZI: Libya’s recognised government has appointed a second official to head state-run National Oil Corp (NOC), it said yesterday as it vies with a rival government for control of the vital oil sector.
The Opec producer has had two governments and parliaments since August when a group called Libya Dawn seized Tripoli after a month-long battle with a rival group, forcing the recognized Prime Minister Abdullah Al Thinni to move to the east.
Last month, Thinni appointed Al Mabrook Abu Seif as new NOC chairman. In a second step, he named Mohamed Al Arabi as deputy chairman, according to a decree published on a government website.
The rival government in Tripoli has named its own oil minister Mashallah Zwai and kept the NOC chairman Mustafa Sanallah in place.
REUTERS
