Libya ... no oil exports from Ras Lanuf
Ship docks at Libya's Ras Lanuf but oil terminal stays shut
BENGHAZI, June 1, 2015
A ship importing cement has docked at Libya's Ras Lanuf port but the oil export terminal will stay shut, a port official said.
State oil firm NOC declared force majeure, a contractual waiver for Ras Lanuf and the neighbouring Es Sider oil port, in December when fighting between forces allied to Libya's two governments erupted in the area.
The cement ship had docked at Ras Lanuf's commercial non-oil port, staying four days to discharge its load, the official said, but added: "There are no oil exports from Ras Lanuf."
The fighting near Es Sider ended in March when a force belonging to a rival government in Tripoli pulled out its forces after trying to take the ports held by forces loyal to the internationally-recognised government.
But repeated attacks by Islamic State on oilfields connected to the two ports led NOC to declare force majeure in March for a dozen oil facilities in central Libya. --Reuters
