The reopening of the Es Sider and Ras Lanuf oil ports in eastern Libya remains in limbo as the government appears to be backing away from a deal with rebels negotiated by ousted Prime Minister Ali Zidan, the US ambassador to Libya said Tuesday. “We have no way of knowing” if the ports would reopen, Ambassador Deborah Jones said in a conference call with US businesses considering investing in Libya. “I’m not terribly optimistic in large part because there was not a lot of buy-in in the General National Council, their parliament, for the terms of the deal.” Ras Lanuf and Es Sider, which have a combined capacity of 560,000 b/d, have been closed since rebels seeking more autonomy took over the ports last August. Article continues below… Oilgram News brings you fast-breaking global petroleum and gas news on and including: Industry players, upstream […]