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Libyan crude prepares to load from eastern port
Libya's eastern Marsa el Brega terminal is preparing to export a cargo of crude despite an oil blockade, according to a shipping source and tracking data. The Front Jaguar tanker, chartered by ExxonMobil, is at the terminal to load a 600,000 bl cargo of Brega grade crude. This would be the first cargo exported from one of Libya's five eastern terminals since 1 September, when a 600,000 bl cargo left nearby Zueitina. Libya's eastern-based government ordered an oil blockade on 26 August in response to an attempt to replace the central bank governor. This has seen Libya's production fall from almost 1mn b/d to around ... (full story)