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Libya resumes oil exports from east: national firm
TRIPOLI, July 11, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – Libya is resuming oil exports from its
eastern production heartland, its National Oil Corporation said Wednesday
after a showdown between the war-torn country’s rival authorities.
The internationally recognised NOC was handed back control of four
terminals in the oil crescent on Wednesday morning, it said in a statement,
adding that “production and export operations will return to normal levels
within the next few hours”.
Exports from all four of the region’s ports had been suspended after
military strongman Khalifa Haftar’s self-styled Libyan National Army (LNA)
seized them from a rival militia in June.
BSS/AFP/MSY/1516 hrs