(Reuters) - A tanker has started loading crude at Libya's eastern port of Hariga for the first time in nearly nine months, after a federalist group agreed to re-open the port last week, a state oil company official said on Wednesday.
The tanker Aegean Dignity arrived on Tuesday and more tankers were on the way, according to National Oil Corp. and shipping sources.
"The ship is loading at Hariga. It will load about 900,000 to 1 million barrels," the official said.
NOC lifted force majeure on Hariga at the end of last week after a federalist group led by Ibrahim al-Jathran agreed to re-open two eastern ports.
The second port, Zueitina, is still not under government control though oil workers have been allowed entry.
The Petroleum Facilities Guard have not been able to take control yet, the head of the PFG said on Tuesday, as the negotiating committee had not given them an official go-ahead. The reason for the delay was not clear.
Jathran's forces are still blocking Libya's largest terminals, Es Sider and Ras Lanuf, pending a negotiation over the division of the country's oil revenues.
Various federalist groups and local tribal leaders would like a portion allocated specifically for the eastern region, historically called Cyrenaica.
From 1 January 2013 to 30 November 2013, NOC exported 248.6 million barrels of crude oil, or 71 percent of its total oil production, it said in a statement on its website.
About 59.7 million barrels, or about 17 percent of its output, were exported while 43.5 million barrels, or 12 percent of total output, went to the country's refineries.
On average, Libya produced 1.05 million barrels of crude oil a day during the 11-month period. (Editing by Anthony Barker and Jason Neely)
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