Libya oil guards back NOC state oil company, preparing to reopen fields

By Ayman Al-Warfalli BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - Libya's oil guard brigades, which control Ras Lanuf and Es Sider, two major export terminals closed since 2014, are working with the unity government's state oil company, NOC, and preparing to reopen fields to pump crude again, a spokesman said on Thursday. The spokesman for Ibrahim Jathran's PFG forces did not give any details whether that would include reopening the two ports soon. The PFG position followed an announcement by the National Oil Co