Libya's Biggest Western Oilfield Restarts, East in Stalemate

Libya produces around a third of its output from its western fields so if El Sharara and El Feel reached full capacity the country could be exporting 400,000 bpd in addition to the 80,000 bpd Libya has been exporting from offshore fields, which have not been affected by strikes.

TALKS IN THE EAST COLLAPSE

Libyan media reported over the weekend that protesters in the east have reached a deal to reopen export terminals from Monday while demanding a number of conditions to be met within three months.

But the spokesman for the protesters denied the reports.

"There is no deal and the port terminals in the east from Es Sider, Ras Lanuf to Brega and Hariga are closed for exports until the protesters demands are met. The government has not responded to our demands," Osama al-Oreibi told Reuters.

Al-Oreibi is the spokesman for the federalists in the "Brega political office", headed by Ibrahim al Jathran, who is seeking a bigger role in the oil industry.

Industry executives say stoppages in the west are led mainly by the powerful Zintan tribe, a major rebel group that has become influential within government-financed army units and could be flexing its muscles for a bigger political role.


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