The National Oil Corporation in Libya announced today the resumption of crude oil exports in a number of oil fields and ports, after they were closed for three months. "The Maltese-flagged tanker Matala is docked in Sidra oil port and is set to ship crude oil to Italy," said the corporation on Facebook. Production has resumed at the Waha Oil Company fields, at a rate of 70,000 barrels per day, and the Nafoura, Tibesti and Al-Ghani fields of the Harouge Oil Operations Company, as well as the Nafoura and Al-Bayda fields of the Arabian Gulf Oil Company, it added. The announcement that exports were to resume was made on Monday, after the lifting of force majeure on oil ports and fields. The oil sector in Libya has witnessed a wave of closures of oil fields and ports by tribal groups in the south, centre, south west and east of the country since 17 April.

Source: Libya Today July 21, 2022 11:49 UTC