Libyan gunmen occupying #Oil ports begin exports
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Gunmen who have been seizing oil ports in eastern #Libya said on Saturday they had started exporting oil, bypassing the Tripoli government, with their first shipment going to a North Korean-flagged tanker. Officials at state-run National Oil Corp (NOC) confirmed earlier on Saturday that the tanker was docked at the Es-Sider port, which is under the control of a group demanding autonomy and a greater share of Libya’s oil wealth. “We started exporting oil. This is our first shipment,” a spokesman for the group, which has seized Es-Sider and two other ports, said. read more