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Libya Oil Port Ships First Cargo Since 2014 as Fighting Ebbs
A tanker sailed from Libya with a crude cargo bound for Italy after a halt in fighting between rival armed forces enabled the OPEC country to resume exports from its third-largest oil port for the first time since 2014. The Seadelta left the port of Ras Lanuf with 781,000 barrels of crude, Nasser Delaab, petroleum operations inspector at Harouge Oil Operations, said by phone. The tanker earlier had to interrupt the loading and move offshore due to a clash over control of the terminal. The ship left as Libya struggles to form a unified national government amid a five-year conflict over energy resources and political power. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-09-21/libya-oil-port-ships-first-cargo-since-2014-as-fighting-ebbs
Libyan oil terminals set to reopen
Libya is finally set to recommence oil exports from long shuttered key terminals in the east of the war-torn country. The National Oil Corporation (NOC) has reached a deal with the Petroleum Facilities Guards who have been blockading four terminals including Ras Lanuf, Sidra and Zuetina since December 2014. Oil output in Libya has quartered following five years of a bitter civil war to around 400,000 barrels a day. The reopening of the ports could see that figure climb quickly. http://splash247.com/libyan-oil-terminals-set-to-reopen/
Libya's PFG to Lift Terminal Blockades
Petroleum Facilities Guard has blocked terminals for months. Ras Lanuf, Es Sider terminals damaged by fighting. Libya's Petroleum Facilities Guard (PFG) will start lifting a blockade on eastern oil terminals over the next three days, though a resumption of exports will depend on the state of the ports, a spokesman said on Friday. The PFG, which protects Libya's oil terminals and fields, has blockaded the major eastern terminals of Ras Lanuf, Es Sider and Zueitina for months, and promises earlier this year to reopen them have so far come to nothing. Labour disputes, political conflict and security threats have crippled Libya's oil output over the past three years. Production in the OPEC member state has been fluctuating at less than a quarter of the more than 1.6 million bpd reached in 2011, the year an uprising toppled Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. Ras Lanuf and Es Sider, Libya's biggest export terminals, have a combined potential capacity of 600,000 barrels per day (bpd), but both facilities have been damaged by fighting. http://174.128.194.76/news/blockades-terminal-libyas412931.aspx
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