{"id":424430,"date":"2017-10-02T18:41:45","date_gmt":"2017-10-02T18:41:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/10\/02\/militants-shut-down-libyan-oil-field\/"},"modified":"2017-10-02T18:41:45","modified_gmt":"2017-10-02T18:41:45","slug":"militants-shut-down-libyan-oil-field","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/10\/02\/militants-shut-down-libyan-oil-field\/","title":{"rendered":"Militants shut down Libyan oil field"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-268148\">\n<div class=\"post-header post-tp-1-header\">\n<div class=\"single-featured\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/libya-oil-field.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content clearfix single-post-content\">\n<p>An armed group has shut down one of Libya\u2019s largest oil fields in the south of the country since yesterday evening.<\/p>\n<p>Al Sharara oil field was pumping over 200,000 barrels of oil before its latest closure.<\/p>\n<p>Militias have frequently subjected Libya\u2019s oil production fields and export terminals to blockades in recent years, but production recovered significantly this summer when it topped one million barrels per day.<\/p>\n<p>This latest blockade of the Sharara oil field is a fresh reminder that the country\u2019s oil production is often at the mercy of armed groups.<\/p>\n<p>It also throws Libya\u2019s recent production boom \u2013 which is crucial to state-revenues \u2013 into another period of uncertainty.<\/p>\n<p>State-run National Oil Company (NOC) told Reuters news agency that it is \u201cworking towards a swift re-start of production,\u201d and that it does not negotiate with what it termed \u201cterrorist blockaders\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>A Libyan oil news Facebook page has published a statement attributed to the armed group which allegedly shut down production.<\/p>\n<p>The statement features a list of demands including salaries, economic development in southern Libya, as well as fuel and cooking gas supplies.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: BBC<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An armed group has shut down one of Libya\u2019s largest oil fields in the south of the country since yesterday evening. Al Sharara oil field was pumping over 200,000 barrels of oil before its latest closure. Militias have frequently subjected Libya\u2019s oil production fields and export terminals to blockades in recent years, but production recovered [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-424430","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-world"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Militants shut down Libyan oil field - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/10\/02\/militants-shut-down-libyan-oil-field\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Militants shut down Libyan oil field - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"An armed group has shut down one of Libya\u2019s largest oil fields in the south of the country since yesterday evening. 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