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Libyas oil output fell below its own consumption as fighting spread to Mellitah, a region that hosts the countrys fourth largest oil port, the state petroleum company said.
National Oil Corp. already this month declared force majeure at two export terminals, Es Sider and Ras Lanuf, after an attempt by Islamist militias to capture them. Force majeure is a legal status that protects a company from liability when it cant fulfill a contract for reasons beyond its control.
National Oil yesterday reported clashes in the Mellitah area, Libyas westernmost oil port. There is no damage to the facilities till this hour, and the port of Mellitah is still open, said Mohammed Elharari, the spoksman of the company, by phone in Tripoli, without giving an estimate for the nations current oil output.
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The U.S. Energy Information Administration estimates Libyas consumption was 239,000 barrels of oil a day in 2013. The last estimate of the countrys production, on Dec. 15, was 350,000 barrels a day, according to two people with direct knowledge of upstream operations.
Sitting on Africas largest oil reserves, the North African country produced about 1.6 million barrels a day before the 2011 rebellion that ended Muammar Qaddafis 42-year rule.
National Oil Corp. is following with deep concern the events that happened over past two days in the region of Mellitah and their implications for the oil and gas complex, the NOC said in a statement on its website yesterday.
Libya is divided after its internationally recognized government, led by Abdullah al-Thinni, sought refuge in the countrys eastern region after Islamist militias took over Tripoli about five months ago. Omar al-Hassi set up a rival government in the capital with the backing of Islamist militants. Thinni announced plans this month to assert his governments control of oil payments made by foreign companies, prompting the Islamist forces backing his rival to try to seize the oil terminals protected by the Petroleum Facilities Guard.
The current picture of ports and producing facilities is a harbinger to dangerous consequences should the crisis not be solved soon, NOC said, and called on rival forces to spare the petroleum industry, the livelihood of all the Libyans.
The fighting near Mellitah also affected gas exports to Italy, by curbing gas production at the offshore Bahr Essalam field, one of the two reservoirs that feed the sub-sea pipeline that takes the fuel across the Mediterranean Sea, according to NOC. The other field is Wafa, onshore, according to documents on the website of Eni Spa, the Italian pipeline operator.
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Libya Oil Output Drops as Fighting Spreads to Third Oil Port
Eric Holder ; Building Community Trust Tour with Attorney General
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WASHINGTON Christians are raising concern afterAttorney General Eric Holderissued an internal memo last week within the United States Department of Justice announcing that it is to now interpret federal law as prohibiting discrimination against transgenders for employment opportunities.
The Department announced thedevelopmenton Thursday, meaning that it is heretofore open to bringing legal claims on behalf of those who state that they have been turned down for employment or let go from their jobs because of their gender identity.
Attorney General Holder announced today that the Department of Justice will take the position in litigation that the protection of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 extends to claims of discrimination based on an individuals gender identity, including transgender status, it wrote.
The Department had previously come to the conclusion that the laws prohibition on sex discrimination does not apply to those who seek to identify as the opposite sex. Thursdays announcement reverses that decision.
The federal governments approach to this issue has evolved over time, the memo written by Holder stated. In 2006, theDepartment stated in litigation that Title VII s prohibition of discrimination based on sex did notcover discrimination based on transgender status or gender identity per se.
In 2012, the Equal Employment OpportunityCommission ruled that discrimination on the basis of gender identity is discrimination on the basis of sex, he continued. More recently,the president announced that discrimination based on gender identity is prohibited for purposes of federal employment and government contracting.
Holder said that in studying case law surrounding the matter and developing jurisprudence on the subject he determined that the Civil Rights Act extends to transgendered persons because an employees genderidentification is as a member of a particular sex, or because the employee is transitioning, or hastransitioned, to another sex.
This important shift will ensure that the protections of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 are extended to those who suffer discrimination based on gender identity, including transgender status, he commented in a press release issued by the office of public affairs. This will help to foster fair and consistent treatment for all claimants. And it reaffirms the Justice Departments commitment to protecting the civil rights of all Americans.
But some are concerned overthe announcement, stating that it could pose a problem with Christian organizations and others who wish to run their businesses and ministries in accordance with their beliefs.
The limited exemptions in Title VII mean that applying this theory nationwide would require employers with legitimate concernssuch as religious organizations and child care centersto hire men who pretend to be women and women who pretend to be men, stated Peter Sprigg,Senior Fellow for Policy Studies at the Family Research Council. Parents are deeply concerned that giving a special status to transgender persons will lead to troubling situations for their children, and religious leaders are left unsure how this arbitrary new rule will affect hiring within their ministries.
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Macau Democrat is being Monitored Prior to Xi Jinpings Visit
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