AFTER THE annus mirabilis that was 2005,Libya has come back to earth with a thud in 2006.The two competitive-bid licensing rounds launched last year succeeded in pulling in investment from blue-chip oil companies,many of which expected the country to sustain the momentum with an accelerated upstream and downstream investment programme this year.Instead,the oil sector has been plunged into confusion.The third instalment of National Oil Corporation's(NOC0exploration and production sharing agreement(Epsa-40licensing rounds,originally planned for March,failed to materialise amid rumours that the authorities were losing faith in the Epsa model.Frequent disagreements between the energy ministry,headed by Fathi bin Shet-wan,and NOC under Abdulla EI-Badri had deteriorated into a protracted battle for influence over the direction of energy policy.
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机译：在发生了2005年的大年青之后，利比亚在2006年大放异彩。去年发起的两轮竞标许可轮次成功吸引了蓝筹石油公司的投资，其中许多公司希望该国能够维持下去但是，石油部门却陷入混乱。美国国家石油公司（NOC0）的第三批勘探和生产分成协议（Epsa-40许可回合，原定于3月份进行，但未能在谣传中有关当局对Epsa模式失去信心的情况下，这一事实得以实现。由法塔希·本·谢万（Fathi bin Shet-wan）领导的能源部与阿卜杜拉·伊·巴德里（Abdulla EI-Badri）领导下的国家石油公司之间的频繁分歧已演变成一场旷日持久的争夺战，对能源政策方向的影响。
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