Newly-released official figures, which claim that Libya exported some 1.2 million bpd of crude during the first half of 2013, emphasise how far production has plummeted since July.

Italian firm Enerco Distribuzione has signed a contract worth €78m (LD130m) to distribute gas to 900,000 housing units in Tripoli and the Jebel Nafusa area, with similar projects planned in other regions.

The NOC says the refinery in western Libya reopened on 13 November after being closed by a protest.

Gas exports to Italy have been halted by Amazigh demonstrators, while ttankers have not yet been able to dock in Tobruq, the NOC told the Libya Monitor on 13 November.

A self-declared parliament for eastern Libya says it has set up a new oil and gas company in Tobruq, where a tanker due to load crude oil was recently turned away due to a "security threat".

UK energy firm BP is reported to be in negotiations to cooperate with a Libyan state-owned oil company on its onshore concessions in the Ghadames basin.

Lower oil output in Libya contributed towards a 22% annual drop in third-quarter profits at Spain's Repsol, which has been hit by disruption in the south-west of the country.

Companies attempting to buy oil from ports under the control of separatists would be committing a criminal offense, says the interim government.

Speaking to the Libya Monitor, the National Oil Corporation (NOC) has denied reports that the Mellitah oil and gas facility in western Libya has been closed by Amazigh protesters.

Abdullah al-Thanay has attempted to negotiate a deal with protesters who have forced the closure of one of Libya’s largest oil fields.

The terminal in Tobruq has yet to export any oil since lifting force majeure last week, the National Oil Corporation (NOC) told the Libya Monitor, while the Sharara field in south-west Libya remains closed.

The National Oil Corporation (NOC) says it has lifted force majeure status on crude shipments from the Hariqa terminal, in Tobruq, which it said resumed work this morning.

US energy firm Hess, which is a partner in Waha Oil, saw its third-quarter results affected by lower production in Libya.

Prime minister Ali Zeidan says that two new oil refineries are planned for Tobruq and Ubari, areas which have both been affected by strikes and protests.

The Mellitah terminal remains open but the Sharara oil field is still closed, the National Oil Corporation (NOC) told the Libya Monitor, with output now between 250,000 and 300,000 barrels per day (bpd).