Libya’s national oil company said that its engineers and staff members will gradually return to work at secure fields and ports as a first step to restoring production processes, Anadolu Agency reported. The National Oil Corporation (NOC) added in a statement that the first phase of restoring operations will comprise the Brega and Hrega ports in the east, with the rest of the ports reopening in the second phase. The state-run company has begun arrangements for exporting oil through the secure ports, and crude carriers will arrive today to ship the available quantities of crude oil. The oil exportation fields and ports had been closed by Haftar for more than eight months, which resulted in $10 billion in losses for Libya’s economy. The National Oil Corporation expects production in the coming week to reach 260,000 barrels per day, compared to 90,000 barrels per day last week.

Source: Libya Today September 23, 2020 14:03 UTC