Libya’s oil exports decreased by 81% last week

reported by Mehr News Agency, the data of the Kepler analytical company showed that due to the cancellation of the shipments of the Libyan state oil company at the same time as the crisis related to the control of the central bank and the oil income of this country, the export of Libyan oil decreased by 81% last week.

The political deadlock in Libya started last month when factions in the west of Libya attempted to oust the head of the country’s veteran central bank, and this caused the factions in the east of Libya to stop. to announce oil production.

Kepler data showed that Libyan oil export terminals exported an average of 194 thousand barrels of crude oil per day last week, which is about 81% less than the previous week. . This country had exported more than one million barrels of oil daily two weeks ago.

Although the two Libyan legislative bodies agreed last week to jointly appoint the head of the central bank within 30 days, the situation is still unstable and uncertain.

The UN Support Mission in Libya, which is trying to resolve the crisis in this country, announced on Tuesday (20 September) that it will facilitate negotiations from Wednesday in Tripoli will resume.

Informed business sources also announced that the state-owned Libyan oil company, which manages the country’s fossil fuel resources, did not declare a state of emergency for all cargoes at the terminal and since then It has only been used to supply single cargo.

Libya, before the beginning of the central bank crisis in this country, on September 2 (Monday, 12 September) to produce crude oil in the oil field Alfil and on the 7th of August (Wednesday, 17 August) declared a state of emergency for exports from Sharara Square. .

Reuters reported that the National Oil Company of Libya last week exported several cargoes from the S field Cider canceled.