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29 Apr 2014

Second Tanker Docks at Hariga Since Reopening

A second tanker has berthed at Libya's eastern Hariga port to load oil from its storage tanks since it reopened under a deal between the government and protesters, an oil official said on Tuesday. The port, located in Tobruk near the border with Egypt, is one of four export terminals to restart work as part of the agreement to end the blockade. "Hariqa port received today the second shipment and the loading process of 850,000 barrels will start within hours and will finish tomorrow," port terminal manager Rajab Abdulrasoul told Reuters. A first tanker had loaded around 900,000 barrels. State-run National Oil Corp (NOC) on Monday lifted force majeure, a contractual waiver, on the port of Zueitina. It is unclear when the first tanker will arrive there.

27 Apr 2014

Libyan's Zueitina Port To Open After Damages Assessed

Libya's eastern oil port of Zueitina, which had been occupied by rebels as part of an eight-month oil blockade, will reopen after damage at its facilities has been assessed, the country's justice minister said on Sunday. Salah al-Merghani also told reporters in the eastern city of Benghazi that a committee to investigate oil corruption had been formed, as agreed under a deal between the government and rebels to end a blockade of eastern oil ports. The reopening of four oil export terminal has been delayed with the rebels accusing the government of not fulfilling all parts of the deal, such as paying financial compensation. Under the…