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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