Libya Reports 7,000 Trucks Supplied with Diesel in Four Days

The Tripoli based Security Directorates Support Unit reported that the fuel stations under its supervision supplied diesel to nearly 7,000 trucks between 21 and 24 August.

It reported that the 24-hour supervision at five stations contributed significantly to easing the trucking crisis.

This included the setting up of mobile filling points off Airport Road by Brega Petroleum Marketing Company. Several reports say the very long truck queues have indeed disappeared.

An end to the fuel crisis?
It is hoped that these measures will alleviate the fuel crisis especially as Brega, continues to report of the arrival of fuel tankers at several Libyan posts across the country.

Brega is the National Oil Corporation subsidiary in charge of importing and distributing Libya’s fuel and cooking gas needs.

An easing on the black-market price of diesel?
The easing of the diesel supply problem should also have a positive knock-on effect on households, business and industry who rely on diesel to fuel their generators for electricity. The crisis has caused the price of a subsidised litre of diesel, nominally LD 0.15/litre from Brega, but widely traded and accepted for years on the black-market at around LD 1.80-2.00/litre – to shoot up to as high as LD 8.00/litre recently.