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Libya: Promising prospects remain unrealised

By Heba Saleh

Published: May 26 2009 05:25 | Last updated: May 26 2009 05:25

Although Libya’s promise as a vastly underexplored oil producer remains undimmed, experts say it is unlikely to meet its target of 3m barrels a day by 2012-2015.

The results of exploration undertaken by foreign companies since international sanctions on Libya were lifted in 2004 have so far yielded few sizeable finds.

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