⁍ Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) lifted force majeure on what it deemed secure oil ports and facilities on Saturday.

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⁍ But it said the measure would remain in place for facilities where fighters remain.

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⁍ On Friday eastern Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar said his forces would lift their eight-month blockade of oil exports.

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– An eastern Libyan commander said Friday his forces would lift their eight-month blockade of oil exports but did not say if they would leave the facilities they control. Haftar’s Libyan National Army and allied forces including mercenaries from Russia’s Wagner Group hold some of Libya’s largest oil fields and export ports, and the Libyan National Oil Corporation had already rejected any return to operations until they left the facilities, citing the safety of its staff. “Force majeure continues in oil fields and ports where the presence of fighters from Wagner and other armed groups that obstruct the activities and operations of NOC is confirmed,” the oil company said in a statement, per Reuters. The eastern forces’ blockade of oil exports has cost $9 billion in lost revenue for Libya so far this year. It was unclear whether he had wider support in the western camp to agree on a deal to resume energy production.