Libyan rebels to sell oil to Qatar http://www.upstreamonline.com/live/article250029.ece

A senior Libyan rebel official said Qatar had agreed to market crude produced from east Libyan fields that are no longer in the control of Muammar Gaddafi."We contacted the oil company of Qatar and thankfully they agreed to take all the oil that we wish to export and market this oil for us," Reuters quoted Ali Tarhouni, a rebel official in charge of economic, financial and oil matters, as telling reporters."Our next shipment will be in less than a week."State-owned Qatar Petroleum said it had no comment.Small, energy-rich Qatar became the first Arab nation to begin patrolling a UN backed no-fly zone on Friday and has urged Gaddafi to quit to avoid more bloodshed.