Adds statement by Libya's National Oil Corp, backgroundCAIRO, July 23 (Reuters) - Libya's National Oil Corporation (NOC) aims to bring back production to 1.2 million barrels per day (bpd) in two weeks, NOC said in a statement early on Saturday. Current oil production is at 860,000 bpd, compared with 560,000 bpd before resuming production, NOC added. "NOC is striving to increase production and bring it back to its normal rates of 1.2 million barrels per day in two weeks," according to the statement. The Libyan oil ministry had said earlier that production is at more than 800,000 (bpd) and will reach 1.2 million bpd by next month. The country's oil exports at times last year reached 1.2 million bpd.
