Mohamed AlgarjThis investigation identifies an apparent roughly USD 3 billion reconciliation gap between production/export assumptions and reported central-bank receipts and calls for matched institutional data.
USD 3bn — apparent oil-revenue gap claimed by the post
The analysis
This investigation identifies an apparent roughly USD 3 billion reconciliation gap between production/export assumptions and reported central-bank receipts and calls for matched institutional data.
What the public record establishes
The linked records provide the institutional and numerical frame for this investigation. They support a documented reading, but do not automatically prove every causal claim or allegation. An apparent arithmetic gap is not evidence of missing money. Reconcile liftings, domestic use, swaps, timing, receivables, freight/quality differentials and fuel-import offsets before using the figure. Attribute every dataset and seek CBL, NOC and Libyan Foreign Bank comment.
What remains unanswered
The public-interest test is what the responsible institutions publish next: the underlying decision, transaction-level data, implementation record and a response that can be checked against the evidence in this energy file.
Editorial method: This investigation rebuilds the original calculation from the linked public records, preserves the source period and transaction stage, and separates documented figures from estimates, interpretation and allegations.
Mohamed Algarj