లిబియా: కూర్పుల మధ్య తేడాలు

 

వియంటు ఉత్తరాన సాదా విస్పోటనం కలిగిన అగ్నిపర్వత లక్షణాలతో నిండి ఉంది. 1950 వ దశకంలో చమురును కనుగొన్న తరువాత లిబియాలో చాలా పెద్ద భూగర్భ జలం కనుగొనబడింది. ఈ జలాశయంలోని నీరు గత మంచు యుగం, సహారా ఎడారికంటే ముందు కాలం నాటిదని భావిస్తున్నారు.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_562.html |title=Fossil Water in Libya |publisher=NASA |accessdate=5 February 2013 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130218110002/http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_562.html |archivedate=18 February 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> ఇక్కడ అర్కెను నిర్మాణాలు ఉన్నాయి. ఇవి గతంలో అగ్నిపర్వత ముఖద్వారాలని భావించబడ్డాయి.<ref name="CigoliniOthers2012a">Cigolini, C, C Laiolo, and M Rossetti (2012) ''Endogenous and nonimpact origin of the Arkenu circular structures (al-Kufrah basin-SE Libya)'' Meteoritics & Planetary Science. 47(11):1772–1788.</ref>

[[File:Bouri NC 41 DP4 platform.jpg|thumb|The [[Eni|ENI]] Oil Bouri DP4 in the [[Bouri Field]]]]

The Libyan economy depends primarily upon revenues from the [[Petroleum industry|oil sector]], which account for over half of GDP and 97% of exports.<ref name=star-oil /> Libya holds the largest proven oil reserves in Africa and is an important contributor to the global supply of light, [[sweet crude]].<ref name=eia-libya>{{cite web|title=Libya – Analysis|url=http://www.eia.gov/countries/cab.cfm?fips=LY|publisher=U.S. Energy Information Administration|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121209221421/http://www.eia.gov/countries/cab.cfm?fips=LY|archivedate=9 December 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref> During 2010, when oil averaged at $80 a barrel, oil production accounted for 54% of GDP.<ref>[https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PETR.RT.ZS?locations=LY World Bank, Oil Rents as % of GDP] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130151035/https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PETR.RT.ZS?locations=LY |date=30 January 2018 }}</ref> Apart from petroleum, the other natural resources are [[natural gas]] and [[gypsum]].<ref name=opec-libya/> The [[International Monetary Fund]] estimated Libya's real GDP growth at 122% in 2012 and 16.7% in 2013, after a 60% plunge in 2011.<ref name="star-oil">{{cite web |title=Oil production boosts Libya economy, instability hampers reconstruction |url=http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Business/Middle-East/2012/Oct-20/192086-oil-production-boosts-libya-economy-instability-hampers-reconstruction.ashx |publisher=The Daily Star |date=20 October 2012 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130209165315/http://dailystar.com.lb/Business/Middle-East/2012/Oct-20/192086-oil-production-boosts-libya-economy-instability-hampers-reconstruction.ashx |archivedate=9 February 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>