TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Striking workers who have cut Libyan oil output by over half want more power for the country's eastern region, Oil Minister Abdelbari al-Arusi said in a television interview.
Oil production has fallen to 665,000 barrels per day (bpd) due to a month-long disruption by armed security guards that led to the closure of major export ports, down from 1.55 million bpd before Libya's 2011 civil war, he told al-Hurra channel.
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