Libyan oil production to return to normal following resolution of dispute

Tribes loyal to former rebel Khalifa Hifter shut down oil fields and ports in eastern Libya recently over a dispute with the transitional government.
Libya oil
Farhat Bengdara, the new chief of Libya's National Oil Corporation who was appointed by the Tripoli-based Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah, gives a press conference outside the corporation's headquarters in the capital Tripoli on July 14, 2022. - MAHMUD TURKIA/AFP via Getty Images
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Libyan Minister of Oil Mohamed Oun said Wednesday that oil production will return to normal soon in the North African country. 

In an interview with the Qatar-based Libya Al Ahrar TV, Oun said he expects Libya’s oil production to return to its “natural level” within a week or 10 days. When pressed by the presenter to provide a numerical figure, he said more than a million barrels per day. The Ministry of Oil posted the interview to its Facebook page. 

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