Tripoli: Libya’s National Oil Corporation announced on Sunday the closure of production at a major oil field in the country’s south, declaring a "force majeure". "On Saturday... the Al-Fil field was subjected to arbitrary closure attempts, due to the entry of a group of individuals and the prevention of the field’s workers from continuing production," the NOC said on Facebook. It added that the field was shut down on Sunday -- marking the second closure in a matter of weeks -- "making it impossible for the NOC to implement its contractual obligations". The firm said it "is obliged to declare a state of force majeure" and would no longer be able to provide crude to the Mellitah complex on the country’s northwestern coast. The move underlines the extent of divisions in the war-wracked country as observers fear a renewed descent into violence.

Source: Libya Today April 18, 2022 02:38 UTC