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Mercury Public Affairs has picked up a one-year agreement to handle strategic communications, media relations, digital services and government relations duties for the Libyan National Oil Company.
Former Louisiana Republican Senator David Vitter, a partner at Mercury, will spearhead the push.
The state-owned energy company is in the midst of a rebuilding and modernization drive in the aftermath of years of political upheaval in Libya.
It has opened an office in Houston to bolster its links to US talent and connections to energy services companies that are needed to revamp LNOC’s upstream, midstream and downstream sectors.
Mercury’s Feb. 21 agreement with LNOC has not yet gone into effect.
The firm did receive a $30K fee, which included a one-time $5K compliance charge, to cover the first month of work.
Omnicom owns Mercury.
Moran Global Strategies has signed a six-month $240K agreement with Uganda to enhance its political and economic ties with the US.
APCO has signed on to provide strategic communications, media relations and stakeholder engagement to promote the culture of Uzbekistan.
Corcoran Partners has agreed to perform a “turnkey political communication, public relations, and strategic advisory campaign” on behalf of Abdullah Al-Lafi, Deputy President of the Libyan Presidential Council.
BGR Government Affairs is providing lobbying and PR services in the US for the Korea Nuclear Association for International Cooperation.
Florida’s Sniper Advertising Services has an oral agreement to provide digital and social media services for Israel.
