Libyan government will use all means, including military force necessary, if the independent sale of oil in the country's main port, in order to prevent striking security guards, Prime Minister Ali Zeidan said on Thursday.
A major challenge in the government, the largest port strikes in Libya to promote oil production and exports, the North African country's economic lifeline, ousted veteran leader Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, the lowest level since the Civil War.
Libyan supply disruption has helped push oil prices, the highest level since April with Egyptian security forces in neighboring countries and conflicts between demonstrators, killing hundreds of people in this week's unrest.
Libyan officials and protesters said they have been running out of patience, as the country lost billions of dollars, and its oil exports more than halved in the past few weeks.
Zeidan Prime Minister said that the protesters leader Ibrahim, who is al-Jathran oil facilities Guard area manager, wants to sell the Libyan state oil independent national oil company (NOC).
"Head protesters hope to export oil for their own groups, they do not want to make concessions," Zeidan told a news conference.
"If you pick up any oil tanker port, and then we will use any means to stop it," he said. He added that this may involve the army, navy or air force.
Mainly in the eastern part of Libya, has been pushing for greater autonomy since the beginning of the uprising against Gaddafi protests.
Es Sider and Ras Lanuf hitting strikes and other major oil-exporting site armed guards, demanding higher wages. No comments immediately from the demonstrators, who did not publicly threatened to separate the sale of oil.
Libya's production decreased export of 500,000-600,000 barrels per day higher than the country's production capacity of 160 million barrels, accounting for 1.5% of global oil production over.
Libyan supply disruption has been exacerbated in Iraq, Nigeria and southern Sudan as well as lower export disruption from Russia, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan, have suffered heavy losses in European oil buyers.
There are many western Libya professional joint projects such as the Italian ENI many companies reported lower sales this year, and higher financial loss, citing unrest in Libya.
Billions of losses
Oil Minister Abdelbari al-Arusi at the same news conference that, in addition to all Libyans protest in the western zawyet export port is closed.
"Libya has lost $ 160 million in oil sales from July 25 until today," al-Arusi said. "We've lost a lot of our customers, they are now looking for other suppliers," he added.
OPEC member Libya earlier in the week to tell its customers, which can make any promises to deliver crude oil next month strike paralyzed the main terminal.
On Thursday, officials said the strike was weakening the main facilities, although at least some hope that the dispute will be resolved this week.
"We will use force to prevent any NOC into waters without a contract with the tanker," Libya's defense minister Abdullah Al-Thani, the same news conference.
 



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