The Libyan Petroleum Facilities Guard has stopped the exportation of crude oil amidst escalating violence in the divided country.
Spokesperson for the Petroleum Guard, Ali Al-Hasy, said in a statement that the group’s chief Ibrahim Al-Jadran instructed them to stop the export of oil from the port of Zueitina, east.
Zueitina will be closed until further notice and tankers seeking to load crude at the eastern port in the future must register with the National Oil Corporation (NOC), Al-Hasy explained.
The Tripoli-based NOC, which has been in charge at the Zueitina port, declared force majeure and said in a statement that the port was closed for all exports due to a “deteriorated security situation”.