Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Oil ports closed and Brig Ras Lanuf in frontline

London. .- The oil port of Ras Lanuf and Briga, located in eastern Libya, remain closed due to violence in the last week by fighting between rebels and the forces of President Muammar Gaddafi, said a source Reuters port authority. For its part, a rebel informant cautioned against Gadhafi attack oil fields is "wounded lion" as part of its offensive to regain control of cities that have fallen into the hands of opponents on both sides of the country .

Meanwhile, other sources confirmed that the oil ports of Tripoli and Zawiya Joms-in the west and Benghazi and Tobruk, in the east, remain open, despite the difficulties. "The downloads are very slow due to lack of manpower and personnel, but they are operating," he said. "Many ports seem to be closed but it is not, and it is very unlikely that an owner wants to go there to check it out.

Thus, with respect to insurers, are classified as a war zone since last Thursday," he added, in reference to the flow of contradictory information coming from Libya. The markets expect oil exports from the Arab country are reduced drastically due to internal conflict. Before Feb. 15, when popular uprisings broke out, Libya produced 1.6 million barrels a day, which currently are out of production by one million, according to the International Energy Agency.

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