Libya's oil production has jumped to 900,000 barrels a day--its
highest in more than year--after the country's largest field
restarted, a top oil official said Wednesday.
This despite lingering disruption in the North African nation,
with two rival governments now claiming control.
A spokesman for the state-owned National Oil Co. said Libya's
overall oil production is now around 900,000 barrels a day after
the resumption of the Sharara oil field Monday added about 200,000
barrels a day.
The facility had shut last week after rockets fell near the
oil-port complex it supplies.
Production hadn't reached that level since July 2013, when
rebels and protesters shut key oil ports and fields. Deals with the
government this summer led to a gradual increase of production
despite fighting in the country's largest cities in Tripoli and
Benghazi.
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