"The efforts of the House of Representatives and the Libyan government to reopen the oil fields and ports were successful, after the 'Oil Crescent' bloc announced its agreement to lift the blockade imposed on oil facilities," Bashagha said on Twitter on Tuesday. The country has de-facto two prime ministers at the moment � Dbeibah, who was elected in a UN-brokered election, and Bashagha, selected by the eastern-based Libyan House of Representatives. In recent years, blockades of Libya's major oil fields have become more frequent as several armed groups declared themselves the so-called Libyan Petroleum Facilities Guard. These militants demand that NOC pay them for guarding oil facilities. Libya has the largest crude oil reserves in Africa and oil is the main source of income for the country.

Source: Libya Today May 11, 2022 09:21 UTC