Libyan oil corporation condemns security guards' threats to close oil field

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TRIPOLI, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- Libya's state-owned National Oil Corporation (NOC) on Sunday condemned security guards' threats to forcefully shut down a southern oil field.

"A group of so-called 'civilians' (30th Light Infantry Battalion) attached to the Petroleum Facilities Guard have physically threatened Al-Sharara oil field's employees to force them to halt operations," NOC said in a statement.

Local production has now continued without interruption thanks to the courage of local staff, the statement added.

The corporation warned on Saturday that closure of the oil field would cause a decline in Libya's daily oil output by some 315,000 barrels, while another oil field with a daily output of 73,000 barrels has already been closed.

The closure means a daily loss of 32.5 million U.S. dollars.

A group of protesters, who called themselves "Anger of Fezzan (southern Libyan region)," earlier on Saturday forced the closure of Sharara oil field in southern Libya.

They demanded rebuilding towns affected by armed conflicts and providing liquidity for local banks in the south that lack funds, local media reported.

Al-Sharara oil field, some 750 km southwest of the capital Tripoli, is the largest oil field in Libya. It boasts a daily output of 270,000 barrels of crude oil, more than a quarter of Libya's daily oil production.

The field has been attacked by militants several times and was once shut down by protesters. Enditem

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