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In a statement, members of the Libyan Petroleum Facilities Guard announced the closure of all fields, valves and oil and gas tankers in Libya, in protest against the government’s disregard for their demands.
“We gave officials 10 days to respond to our demands to no avail,” the statement said, adding: “We call on Prime Minister Abdelhamid Dabaiba to adopt the agency administratively and financially under the National Oil Corporation, and implicitly under the Ministry of Defense.”
The statement continued: “We demand the adoption of the salary scale of the device similar to the employees of the Oil Corporation, including the increase of 67% with the payment of bonuses and differences according to the law.”
Libya’s energy industry is the country’s main resource, and halting production in oil fields could have devastating consequences for the economy, adding to the tragedy of a people suffering from cash shortages, delayed salaries, and deteriorating living conditions.