Libyan Gas Industry
Article from: OGEL 2 (2005), in National and International Issues in Natural Gas Development
Abstract
The gas sector in comparison with other related sectors is emerging as an important force in Libya and its neighbouring countries. Libya has been exporting LNG since 1971, and it was the second country in the world after Algeria in 1964 to become an LNG exporter. The El-Brega LNG plant was described as the largest single investment in gas processing in the world in the mid 1960s, and the first in the world to employ the refrigeration process to liquefy gas enhanced by air products and chemicals. Recently, the Libyan gas sector has been given particular attention by the Libyan Government, ...