Libya’s fragile oil deal
Exports from Hariga are under threat again
LESS than a month after the end of a blockade of its main export port at Tobruk, fresh disruption of Libya’s brittle oil production may be on the way after the eastern parliament’s president complained to the UN about a controversial sales deal Tripoli has in place with Swiss-based trader Glencore. Agila Saleh, head of the House of Representatives (HoR) in Tobruk, wrote on 10 June to the UN objecting to a contract whereby Glencore handles exports for Tobruk’s Marsa el-Hariga terminal, responsible for the bulk of the country’s exports of 330,000 barrels a day. The letter has sent a fresh shudder through the diplomatic community, which had hoped a dispute between the HoR and its Tripoli-based
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