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Libya oil output gets lift

Fields combined for 60,000 bpd.

By Daniel J. Graeber

TRIPOLI, Libya, June 16 (UPI) -- Two Libyan oil fields resumed deliveries to a key refinery in the country following a court order on political stability, two state energy companies said.

State-owned National Oil. Co. said production resumed at the southern El-Feel field. Authorities at Sirte Oil confirmed oil was flowing from the Zilten oil field in the east of the country, the Wall Street Journal reported Sunday.

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Libyan oil production has slumped considerably from its pre-war peak of about 1.4 million barrels per day. Oil output has suffered amid internal political rivalries in a country working to rebound from years of dictatorship under Moammar Gadhafi.

Resumption of production from the two fields follows a court order that shot down the election of Ahmed Miitig as the next prime minister. Acting Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thani refused to recognize the Islamist leader's appointment.

El-Feel and Zilten combine for around 60,000 barrels of oil per day and feed the Brega oil terminal in Libya.

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