Libya’s Oil Output Plunges as Cease-Fire Talks Come Up Short

  • Biggest field Sharara halted after armed group shut pipeline
  • Libya’s output dwindles to its lowest in more than eight years
Crude Oil Jumps on Libya Export Blockage, Iraq Disruptions
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Libya’s eastern strongman kept virtually all of the nation’s oil fields shut, in a show of defiance after world leaders failed to persuade him to sign a peace deal ending the OPEC country’s civil war.