(@FahadShabbir)Gunmen linked to Libya's oil facilities guard force have shut down four key fields in a major blow to production, the National Oil Corporation said MondayTripoli, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 20th Dec, 2021 ) :Gunmen linked to Libya's oil facilities guard force have shut down four key fields in a major blow to production, the National Oil Corporation said Monday. The NOC reported that output was slashed by "more than 300,000 barrels per day (bpd) due to individuals from the Petroleum Facilities Guard" shutting the Sharara, al-Fil, al-Wafa and al-Hamada fields. "Meeting our engagements towards refineries is therefore impossible and we are obliged to declare force majeure," NOC chief Mustafa Sanalla said in the statement. The NOC has repeatedly been forced to do this when armed groups have seized or blockaded oil infrastructure during Libya's conflict over the past decade. A spokesperson for the PFG, which usually employs local men to guard oil facilities, told AFP the latest move was because of a delay in salary payments to its personnel.

Source: Libya Today December 21, 2021 01:45 UTC