Libya's biggest oil ports shut as clashes cut crude output

Cairo

LIBYA halted exports from two of its biggest oil ports and reduced production from some fields after clashes threatened to reverse the North African country's progress in reviving crude output and sales.

Shipments from Es Sider, the country's largest oil port, and Ras Lanuf, its third-biggest, have been suspended until the security situation improves and workers return to the facilities, Jadalla Alaokali, a board member of Libya's National Oil Corp (NOC), said.