brecorder_Libya is exporting 130,000 barrels per day (bpd) of oil as strikes at its main ports and fields coupled with domestic refinery demand keep shipments at a fraction of July's levels, the country's deputy oil minister said on Monday. A mix of militias, tribesmen and political minorities demanding a greater share of Libya's oil wealth and more political power have shut most oilfields and ports, cutting oil output from 1.4 million bpd five months ago.
Libya is in turmoil, with the government of Prime Minister Ali Zeidan struggling to control dozens of former militias that helped oust Muammar Gaddafi two years ago but have refused to give up their arms.
Production has risen to 224,000 bpd, from 172,000 bpd two weeks ago when protesters from the Amazigh minority ended a strike at the western Mellitah port, Deputy Oil Minister Omar Shakmak told Reuters.
Mellitah, located west of the capital Tripoli, is co-owned by Italy's Eni and state National Oil Corp (NOC).
But protesters demanding more autonomy for their eastern region are still blocking four key ports, keeping exports well below the OPEC producer's usual level.
Exports remain at around 130,000 bpd as NOC is diverting almost half of the remaining oil output from Brega port in the east to feed the 120,000-bpd Zawiya refinery, which supplies Tripoli with gasoline, he said.
Libya is in turmoil, with the government of Prime Minister Ali Zeidan struggling to control dozens of former militias that helped oust Muammar Gaddafi two years ago but have refused to give up their arms.
Production has risen to 224,000 bpd, from 172,000 bpd two weeks ago when protesters from the Amazigh minority ended a strike at the western Mellitah port, Deputy Oil Minister Omar Shakmak told Reuters.
Mellitah, located west of the capital Tripoli, is co-owned by Italy's Eni and state National Oil Corp (NOC).
But protesters demanding more autonomy for their eastern region are still blocking four key ports, keeping exports well below the OPEC producer's usual level.
Exports remain at around 130,000 bpd as NOC is diverting almost half of the remaining oil output from Brega port in the east to feed the 120,000-bpd Zawiya refinery, which supplies Tripoli with gasoline, he said.
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