Libya's Oil Disruptions Widen as Two More Fields Halt Output
- El-Feel closed Sunday, Hamada being shut through Monday
- Sharara, nation’s biggest oil field, shut for about a week
The Zawiya oil refinery near Tripoli, Libya.
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Two more oil fields in Libya are being closed after an armed group took over pipelines to both deposits, further disrupting the OPEC nation’s plan to boost crude production.
El Feel, or Elephant, stopped production, Wessam Al-Messmari, an office manager for the Petroleum Facilities Guard that is protecting the field, said Sunday by phone. State-run National Oil Corp. declared force majeure at the deposit, according to a person familiar with the situation who asked not to be identified because the information isn’t public.