NOC: 'Ghanem back next week'

'Not AWOL': Libya's NOC says chairman Shorki Ghanem is still in charge

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By Eoin O'Cinneide

 23 May 2011 07:55 GMT

Shokri Ghamen is still chairman of Libya's National Oil Corporation and will return to the Tripoli office at the weekend, a source within the beleaguered company claims.

The high-profile de facto oil minister is also currently in Tunis and has been in contact with the company he is widely reported to have quit as recently as last week, sources within NOC told Upstream today.



The claims come amid fresh reports citing a Tunisian government official that the former prime minister has abandoned besieged Libyan leader, Muammar Gaddafi, and left his post at NOC.



When quizzed on the current whereabouts of Ghanem, one source at the oil company told Upstream: "Mr Ghanem is not here now," continuing:…

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