On Sunday, the Petroleum Facilities Guard (PFG) in Tobruk announced that it had stopped exporting oil through the port of Hariga.

In a statement issued by the PFG, they said that the suspension of oil exports at the Hariga port came as a result of the parties’ failure to disburse the salaries of the PFG employees and ensure their continuity without deductions.

The statement pointed out that the process of stopping exports is considered an official act, according to the agreement signed in the document, which several parties know about, including the National Oil Corporation (NOC) in Tripoli.

The PFG in the Hariga port in Tobruk announced the suspension of oil exports as a result of the non-payment of the salaries of its employees for months.

The city’s steering council and other security bodies intervened and signed an agreement to resume exports and pay salaries within a period not exceeding two weeks, which was not implemented.

Nevertheless, a source at the Zoutina and Brega ports, Ahmed Bashir, confirmed in a special statement to Sada newspaper that the oil facilities that have been closed are Sidra Port , RasLanuf Port and Al_Harika Port.

He stated the reason for closure lies in the failure to pay the salaries of the PFG, despite the NOC’s promises to them.

The official revealed this closure will not cause losses at present, because a number of tankers were enter the ports to ship oil this morning before the closure.

In the same vein, Al-Sarraj has intervened quickly instructing his Ministry of Defence to pay the delayed salaries of the PFG.