Libya's crude oil production has fallen below 300,000 barrels a day after disgruntled tribesmen forced the largest oil field in western Libya to halt production, state-owned National Oil Corp. said Tuesday.
Libya
's
crude oil production has fallen below 300,000 barrels a day after disgruntled
tribesmen forced the largest oil field in western
Libya
to
halt production, state-owned National Oil Corp. said Tuesday.
Workers at Sharara, which normally accounts for about 20% of
Libya
's
production, shut down the facility Sunday following threats by desert nomads.
Oil Minister Adbel Bari el-Arousi and NOC head Nouri Berruien visited the field
Monday to meet workers in an attempt to resolve the crisis, but returned to
Tripoli
"without reaching an agreement," NOC said in a statement posted on
its website.
"We came to clarify future plans set by the ministry for the region's
development and prosperity, but they refused to meet us for reasons unrelated
to the sector...Our production on this day is less than 300,000 barrels a day
due to the strikes," NOC said.
The production halt is the latest disruption to output in the Organization of
the Petroleum Exporting Countries member. Three months of labor protests this
year shut in the majority of the country's crude production.
An official who spoke on condition of anonymity told The Wall Street Journal
earlier Tuesday that the nomads' demands included the granting of the Libyan
nationality, which he said may have been refused because some come from
neighboring countries.
However, the official said production could soon restart. Unlike disruptions in
central
Libya
, he
said the present stand-off is likely to be resolved before long.
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