Libya to shortlist 3 partners for Zawia refinery

ROME, April 19 (Reuters) - Libya will soon shortlist three companies for a project to double capacity of a 120,000 barrel-per-day Zawia refinery, the head of Libya's OPEC delegation Shokri Ghanem said on Saturday.

Ghanem said about six companies have applied for the project which would include setting up a 50-50 joint venture.

"We think we will take a decision in the next two months," he told reporters on the sidelines of the International Energy Forum in Rome.

(Reporting by Svetlana Kovalyova; Editing by Ruth Pitchford)