Libya says oil production drops to 665,000 bpd

TRIPOLI: Libyan oil production has fallen to 665,000 barrels per day (BPD) due to a month long disruption by armed security guards who shut down main export ports, the country's oil minister said on Tuesday.

"In Libya we are precisely producing 665,000 bpd as a result of the strikes and the problems arising. We used to produce 1,550,000 bpd and when we produce now 665,000 bpd we are talking about a big difference," Abdelbari al-Arusi said in an interview aired by Libyan television channel Libya al-Hurra.