Brega Petroleum Marketing Company (BPMC) and the National Oil Corporation (NOC) has sent fuel supply for the third time in December to Libya’s southern region to meet the demands of Fezzan Anger Movement, said Mohamed Rahil, member of BPMC board of directors, on Saturday.
Rahil urged the southern region’s citizens and security entities to ensure security for the vehicles transferring the fuel to continue the supply.
He said the NOC and BPMC met the demands of Fezzan Anger Movement that seized on Dec. 8 el-Sharara oil field, demanding the government to supply the southern region with basic needs such as food and fuel.
Citizens of the southern region have been complaining about the shortage of fuel, and about fuel prices that exceeded LYD 3 per liter despite being in an oil-rich country.
Further, some international reports pointed out that due to the lack of security in the southern region, a great amount of fuel and goods are being smuggled by gangs with profits estimated at €10 billion.
Hence, NOC and BPMC have launched a comprehensive plan to deliver fuel and fight smuggling in the south.
As part of their plan, a truck convoy, was dispatched on Dec. 18, carrying around 3.8 million liters of vehicle fuel, 1.2 million liters of diesel, and 80 tons of liquefied gas (cooking gas) from the Misurata warehouse to the south of the country, according to NOC.
In order to guarantee the delivery of fuel to the people of the south and to prevent its use in smuggling, BPMC concluded an important agreement with the elders and municipalities of the region, to work in the framework of a partnership and calculate fuel quantities for distribution on a daily basis.
