After a hiatus of more than two weeks due to protesters blocking the facility over fuel shortages, Libya’s state-owned oil company has resumed production at the country’s largest oilfield on Sunday. The National Oil Corp. said in a terse statement that it lifted the force majeure at the Sharara oil field in the country’s south and resumed full production. Over the past two weeks, the company’s chief, Farhat Bengdara, and military officials from eastern Libya have been negotiating with the protest leaders, Fezzan Group. Barzingi al-Zarrouk, the protesters’ spokesman, announced that they had suspended their protest after they reached an agreement with the company. Libya has been in turmoil since a NATO-backed uprising toppled and killed longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi in 2011.

Source: Libya Today January 21, 2024 16:31 UTC