Haftar recaptures major oil ports, set to boost exports

Libya’s eastern-based military commander Khalifa Haftar says his forces recaptured the key oil ports of Es Sider and Ras Lanuf, as well as a petrochemicals factory and the nearby Harouge storage tanks, Bloomberg reports. “Haftar’s recapture of the two terminals will help boost the OPEC country’s oil exports to 550,000-600,000 barrels a day within days, Riccardo Fabiani, a London-based senior analyst at consultants Eurasia Group, said in an emailed report.”