Crude oil production increased to around 592,000 barrels on 11 January, according to National Oil Corporation (NOC) figures, a slight rise on previous days.

Pan-Arab newspaper Al-Hayat says the pro-federalist group which recently tried to receive a tanker at Es Sider port is seeking to sell up to five million barrels of oil at below market prices.

Libya's crude oil production levelled off at around 550,000 barrels on 8 January, days after output jumped following the reopening of the Sharara field.

Singapore-based EMAS has contracted First Subsea to supply equipment to a floating storage and offloading (FSO) unit at the offshore Bouri field.

A statement by the oil company formed by federalists in eastern Libya claims it will “fully ensure the security” of ships entering the Es Sider port, a day after a tanker was prevented from reaching the port.

Libya's crude oil production rose above half a million barrels on 6 January thanks to rising output at the newly-reopened Sharara field.

A Turkish company has denied claims that one of its vessels had recently tried to reach a port under the control of a pro-federalist group, while criticising the response of the Libyan authorities.

A report in the Canadian press claims the group headed by Ibrahim Jadhran, which controls several key oil ports, has signed a $2m (LD2.5m) contract with a Canadian lobbyist to push for greater autonomy for eastern Libya.

The National Oil Corporation (NOC) says that oil output on 5 January was 465,325 barrels, an increase made possible by the reopening of the Sharara field, which pupmed 205,191 barrels.

The National Oil Corporation (NOC) says that the Libyan Navy intervened on 5 January to prevent an oil tanker from entering Es Sider port, one of several under the control of pro-federalist groups.

Limited output has resumed at one of Libya's largest oil fields after talks between local protesters and the defence minister.

A delegation from western Libya planning to negotiate a reopening of oil ports was reportedly stopped by an armed group when travelling eastwards, and told they could only continue with permission from Ibrahim Jadhran.

Oil and gas minister Abdelbari al-Arusi has discussed plans with the National Oil Corporation (NOC) to move the body's headquarters to Benghazi.

The National Oil Corporation (NOC) says France’s Total and UK-based BP are both set to resume exploration off the Libyan coast.

The National Oil Corporation (NOC) says Algeria’s Sonatrach has made another gas discovery in the Ghadames basin of western Libya.