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06-01-14

Oil production in Libya's El Sharara field resumes

(MENAFN) Oil production at the southern El Sharara field in Libya restarted with an output of 60,000 barrels per day (bpd) after a blockade ended, Arab News reported. Protesters have been casuing disruptions to production that have brought down the country's output to around 250,000 bpd from 1.4 million bpd. Libya remains in turmoil as the government struggles to rein in dozens of militias that helped topple leader Muammar Gaddafi in 2011 but kept their guns and continue to make political and financial demands.