Libya’s eastern-based government said yesterday it may announce a force majeure on oil fields and ports citing “repeated assaults on the National Oil Corporation (NOC),” Reuters reports. The government in Benghazi is not internationally recognised, but most oil fields in the major oil producing country are under the control of eastern Libyan military leader Khalifa Haftar. The government said it may also temporarily relocate the NOC’s headquarters to one of the “safe cities such as Ras Lanuf and Brega, both of which are controlled by the eastern-based government. The NOC is currently located in Tripoli under the control of the internationally-recognised Government of National Unity (GNU). READ: Libya: Dozens of unidentified bodies found in Tripoli  The NOC denied in an earlier statement that … Continue reading Libya’s eastern-based gov’t says it may announce force majeure on oil fields, ports