Libya's Oil Export Capacity Rises as Zueitina Port Reopens
- Protesters reopen pipeline to Zueitina in eastern Libya
- Zueitina started loading crude on tanker, the first since May
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Libya’s crude export capacity increased as Zueitina, an oil port in the eastern region, resumed loadings after a five-month halt due to protests, a workers union said.
Zueitina began Thursday loading 600,000 barrels of crude on the Sea Faith tanker, the port’s workers union president, Ramadan Lefkaih, said by phone. The shipment, bound for Italy, is the first since May, when protesters seeking jobs at state-run National Oil Corp. shut the pipeline that supplies Zueitina with crude. The protesters agreed to reopen the export route after being promised jobs, Lefkaih said.