Libya's Largest Oilfield Resumes Production Following Protests

An agreement brokered by the Libyan National Army led to the suspension of protests and the resumption of full production.

Libya's largest oilfield, the Sharara, has resumed production after a more than two-week halt due to protests over fuel shortages.
The National Oil Corp. lifted the force majeure, a legal maneuver that releases a company from its contractual obligations due to extraordinary circumstances, and resumed full production.
The protests were led by the Fezzan Group from the desert town of Ubari, located about 950 kilometers south of the capital, Tripoli.
Negotiations over the past two weeks between the company's chief, Farhat Bengdara, military officials from eastern Libya, and the protest leaders led to an agreement that suspended the protests.
The agreement was brokered by the Libyan National Army, commanded by powerful military general Khalifa Hifter, whose forces control Libya's east and much of the south.