Hassan Al-Warfali (Benghazi)
Oil exports from key Libyan ports remain halted and production remains low across the country amid a standoff between rival political factions over control of the central bank and oil revenues, engineers said yesterday.
Some supplies are being increased for local electricity generation, the engineers added.
Libya’s oil production has fallen by more than half from normal levels since the start of the confrontation last month to oust the governor of the Central Bank of Libya.
In response, factions in eastern Libya called for a complete shutdown of oil production.
Exports remained halted at the ports of Sidra, Ras Lanuf, Hariga, Zueitina, Brega and Sirte, engineers said, adding that the Arabian Gulf Oil Company, a subsidiary of Libya’s National Oil Corporation, had ordered an increase in production at its fields to supply a power station at Hariga port.
The National Oil Corporation said days ago that the Arabian Gulf Oil Company, which operates the Sarir, Messala and Nafoura fields, produced 139,000 barrels per day on August 28, down from 290,000 barrels per day on July 20.
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