Increased security fears force BP staff to quit Libya

By DAILY MAIL REPORTER

PUBLISHED: 16:23 EST, 12 May 2013 | UPDATED: 16:23 EST, 12 May 2013




Exit: BP is withdrawing staff from Libya

BP said it was withdrawing staff from Libya on Sunday night just weeks after warning it is reconsidering plans to drill for oil due to increased worries about safety.


The oil giant said some non-essential staff would leave Libya after the government voiced concerns about deteriorating security in Tripoli.


Libya had refused to give any ground over requests by international oil firms operating in the OPEC producer to bring in their own foreign security staff at its oil fields.


BP said: ‘We are taking some non-Libyan staff out of Tripoli following advice by the foreign office.’


The British embassy said on Friday it was also cutting staff due to growing unrest in the capital, where armed groups seized two government ministries last month to raise the profile of a number of causes.



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