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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Oilfields partially resume after ex official released in libya - Caught on Camera

A worker checks pipes and valves at Sharara oilfield [File: Ismail Zitouny/Libya]

Production at Libya’s Sharara and al-Fil oilfields has resumed after being shut down as part of a protest against the arrest of a former finance minister, according to officials.

The two oilfields began operating on Saturday evening, with production at Sharara returning to normal levels by Sunday morning after Faraj Bumatari, the former finance minister, was released, according to Libya’s oil ministry and the minister’s tribesmen.

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