Libya NOC chief says oil output is 1.2 million bpd

Libya's National Oil Corporation (NOC) chief Farhat Bengdara said on Tuesday that oil output had risen to 1.2 million barrels per day from 600,000 barrels per day three months ago.

Speaking at an industry conference in Abu Dhabi, Bengdara said that NOC does not expect any disruption in the production of oil and that "there is an understanding that oil should not be used as leverage for political gains".