Two Libyan ports have been forced to stop loading oil after protests calling for Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah to step down spilled over into the OPEC member’s energy sector.
State-run National Oil Corp. on said Sunday it was declaring force majeure on loadings at Mellitah in western Libya after “a group of individuals” stopped production at El Feel, a 65,000-barrel-a-day field that feeds the port.
Zueitina export terminal in eastern Libya has also stopped operations due to demonstrations against Dbeibah, according to people familiar with the matter. One tanker near the port was barred from loading 1 million barrels, two of the people said.
