Libya's oil ministry has reached agreement with the country's army chief and defence and interior ministries to secure exporting terminals, Oil Minister Abdelbari Al-Arusi said, after several protests have caused shipping disruptions.
Oil installations have become a focal point of protests in OPEC member Libya in the wake of July polls that ushered in the North African country's first elected authorities.
The administration is still struggling to impose order on a vast and divided country awash with arms and militias after the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi in late 2011.
"We have agreed with the defence minister, chief of staff and interior minister to secure the oil ports and the army has sent a force to the port (of Zueitina)," Arusi told Reuters.
He said oil exports from the eastern Zueitina terminal, should resume in coming days after the port was closed down because of protests that began last month.
"The technicians in Zueitina need two days to empty the pipes from the water flowing in them when the oil stopped pumping, at which time, when the government provides us with the security they have promised us, oil pumping and exports will resume," he said.
No oil has been shipped...
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