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发帖数: 729 | 1 ENI leads Libya oil race, rebels warn Russia,China
By Svetlana Kovalyova and Emma Farge
MILAN/LONDON, Aug 22 (Reuters) - Italian oil company Eni led the charge back
into Libya on Monday as rebels swept into capital Tripoli, hailing the end
of Muammar Gaddafi's rule and warning Russian and Chinese firms of contract
revisions.
Gaddafi's fall will reopen the doors to the country with Africa's largest
oil reserves. New players such as Qatar's national oil company and trading
house Vitol are set to compete with established European and U.S. majors.
"We don't have a problem with western countries like Italians, French and UK
companies. But we may have some political issues with Russia, China and
Brazil," Abdeljalil Mayouf, information manager at Libyan rebel oil firm
AGOCO, told Reuters.
The comment signals the potential for a major setback for Russia, China and
Brazil, which opposed tough sanctions on Gaddafi or pressed for more talks,
and could mean a loss of billions of dollars worth of oil exploration and
construction contracts in the African nation.
Shares in European firms -- Eni , Austria's OMV and France's Total -- rose
by 3-5 percent, despite a modest fall in the price of oil LCOc1, on hopes
the firms would be able to quickly re-establish output from Libya.
Italy's Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said staff from Eni, top producer
in pre-war Libya, had arrived to look into a restart of oil facilities in
the country's east as fighting between government troops and the rebels
continued in Tripoli in the west.
"The facilities had been made by Italians, by (oilfield services group)
Saipem , and therefore it is clear that Eni will play a No. 1 role in the
future," Frattini told state TV RAI.
Before the war, OPEC member Libya produced about 2 percent of global oil
output or 1.6 million barrels per day, and it has reserves to sustain that
levels of production for 80 years.
A Reuters poll forecast it would take up to a year to restore Libyan output
to at least 1 million bpd and up to two years to get back to pre-war levels.
"It will be some time before Libyan oil production resumes ... However, the
prospect of resumed output from Libya will remove some of the political risk
premium in the oil price," said Caroline Bain at the Economist Intelligence
Unit.
AGOCO said that it was technically ready to start oil output in its two
eastern fields, with capacity of 250,000 bpd.
"We have taken care of the maintenance. We have Libyan oil companies and can
start anytime if security is approved. We can start without the foreign
companies," said Abdeljalil Mayouf, information manager at AGOCO.
He added that security forces hired from the former Libyan army were already
present at the fields and the firm was waiting for their clearance to start
production.
BIG LOSERS
About 75 Chinese companies operated in Libya before the war, involving about
36,000 staff and 50 projects, according to Chinese media.
Russian companies, including oil firms Gazprom Neft and Tatneft , also had
projects worth billions of dollars in Libya. Brazilian firms such as
Petrobras and construction giant Odebrecht were also in business there.
Apart from Italian officials, other European politicians and oil companies
were more reserved in comments on Libya.
"We are observing the current situation and further developments very
closely. At the moment we are not holding any bilateral talks with the (
National) Transitional Council," a spokesman for Austria's OMV said.
Other major player in pre-war Libya France's Total and Germany's Wintershall
declined comment.
Analysts and industry observers have said Eni and Total could emerge as the
big winners in post-war Libya due to their countries' heavy support for the
rebels.
Big support from Qatar as well as oil trader Vitol, neither producers in
Libya before the war, may also guarantee a chunk of reserves and influence
goes to new players.
"Qatar will be a big player. Vitol might be an important one. Shell (RDSa.L)
is also looking to boost its role," said a Western risk consultant with
knowledge of negotiations. Shell and Vitol declined to comment.
Most global oil majors have taken a much more cautious approach to events in
Libya. BP said it was planning to return to explore but gave no timeframe.
"We fully intend to return to Libya to fulfil our contract when conditions
allow," said a spokesman for BP, which did not have production in Libya
before the war.
U.S. companies such as Marathon , ConocoPhillips , Hess , Occidental pulled
out of Libya at the start of the year and have had little direct involvement
in the events there since then.
"They are just sitting and waiting and trying to figure out who will run the
place," said the risk consultant who is advising some U.S. firms on Libya.
(Additional reporting by Svetlana Kovalyova, Sarah Young, Emma Farge,
Writing by Dmitry Zhdannikov, editing Richard Mably) | C*******d
发帖数: 15836 | | C***J
发帖数: 7594 | 3 TG在利比亚的利益结束了。
毛子应该没问题， 卖的就是TG. | A*Q
发帖数: 1579 | 4 中国是干苦力的，本来就没有多大的利润，没多大损失。
象石油相关的，中国没有什么项目，还是勘探阶段。 | l*****o
发帖数: 9235 | | t******t
发帖数: 15246 | 6 反对派是不是觉得只有英国法国才有战斗机，信不信TG去传播共产主义，用毛泽东思想
去武装底层人民 | k**0
发帖数: 19737 | 7 hehe, 放心，利比亚反对派就是做个样子给西方看，新来的哪敢得罪UN五常/五流氓 | x****u
发帖数: 12955 | 8
About 30 years too late for that.
【在 t******t 的大作中提到】
: 反对派是不是觉得只有英国法国才有战斗机，信不信TG去传播共产主义，用毛泽东思想
: 去武装底层人民
| y***i
发帖数: 11639 | 9 应该不会受损。因为原来就没在那里开采石油。
【在 l*****o 的大作中提到】
: 中国公司利益受损，工人失业，看老将开心的。
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