The National Oil Corporation (NOC) intends to launch a training program for about 7,000 graduates of majors in petroleum, earth sciences and chemical engineering, from 51 Libyan cities, to qualify them to work in the oil and gas industry, as announced on Tuesday.

The NOC indicated that the training program will be officially launched on July 15 in several Libyan cities, while the first batch of graduates will begin training on July 30, provided that the training program continues for a period of six months inside Libya, according to the NOC Facebook page.

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