(Bloomberg) — Libya shut down its biggest oil field on Monday and warned of further outages as a wave of demonstrations against the prime Minister engulfs the OPEC member’s energy industry. “The NOC has always stressed the importance of neutralizing the oil sector and avoiding the political conflicts in the country,” it said in a statement. The shutdowns are the latest in a series of disruptions to hit Libya amid the worsening political crisis. They come at a delicate time for both oil-dependent Libya and also for global commodity markets. Dbeibah is resisting calls from some lawmakers to resign after they declared former interior minister Fathi Bashagha as prime minister in February.

Source: Libya Today April 18, 2022 09:00 UTC