A truck carrying rebel fighters driving toward the oil refinery in Zawiyah, Libya, last week. Bob Strong/ReutersThe Scramble For Access To Libya’s Oil Wealth Begins -- New York Times
Even before Libyan rebels could take full control of Tripoli, Foreign Minister Franco Frattini of Italy said on state television Monday that the Italian oil company Eni “will have a No. 1 role in the future” in the North African country.
Mr. Frattini even reported that Eni technicians were already on their way to eastern Libya to restart production. But Eni quickly denied that it had sent any personnel to the still-unsettled region, which is Italy’s largest source of imported oil.
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