Protesters in Libya threaten to shut down oil and gas facilities


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  • Thursday, 11 Jan 2024

FILE PHOTO: A view of the Mellitah Oil and Gas complex is seen, 100 km (60 miles) west of Tripoli March 4, 2013. REUTERS/Ismail Zitouny/File Photo

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Protesters have 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 ends on Friday.

The group called the Corruption Eradication Movement said in a video statement online that it would "stop the pumping of gas from the Mellitah complex", a joint venture between Libya's National Oil Corporation (NOC) and Italy's Eni.

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