Pakistan Looks to Import Crude Oil from Libya to Diversify Supply

Pakistan is encouraging its refiners to consider buying crude oil from Libya to diversify its oil supply amid the Middle East crisis, Pakistani Petroleum Minister Ali Pervaiz Malik says. Ali Pervaiz has met with Khalifa Rajab Abdulsadek, Minister of Oil and Gas of Libya, on the sidelines of an energy event in Saudi Arabia to discuss strengthening cooperation in the oil and gas sector. During the meeting, the Pakistani minister told his Libyan counterpart that the South Asian country had encouraged its refineries to explore the possibility of importing…