Libya Hopes Rare Benghazi Oil Conference Will Mend Rifts

Libya Hopes Rare Benghazi Oil Conference Will Mend Rifts
Mustafa Sanalla, the chairman of state oil firm NOC, attends Benghazi International forum and Exhibition of Oil and Gas in Benghazi, Libya October 24, 2018. Esam Omran Al-Fetori/Reuters
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BENGHAZI, Libya—Libya held a rare oil conference in the eastern city of Benghazi on Oct. 24 as its state oil firm NOC reached out to a region home to a parallel government backing a rival oil firm.

The “Benghazi Oil and Gas Exhibition and Forum” is the first international business conference in Libya’s second-largest city since 2014 when it turned into a battlefield.