Libya Restarts Oil Exports From Biggest Port

Libya has restarted oil exports from its biggest port, Es Sider, for the first time since the end of a year-long blockade, which is a boost to the central government struggling with a wave of clashes in the capital. The OPEC member's oil production has risen in the past few weeks to about 560,000 barrels a day as ports in the east have resumed work under a deal with a group of federalist rebels, adding to a crude market that is already well supplied. But in a reminder of the risk...

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