An oil company affiliated with the government running eastern Libya said it was poised to export its first load of crude oil, setting up a potential clash with authorities in the country’s west, where all previous petroleum sales were handled. If completed, the sale would give the eastern government a lucrative revenue stream and potentially imperil a fragile peace process with the government that rules the country’s western half. The eastern government has repeatedly tried to export oil this year but has had trouble finding shippers and buyers amid fears of legal action by the country’s internationally recognized National Oil Co. in Tripoli. Libya has fractured since the 2011 ouster and death of dictator Moammar Gadhafi, with militias controlling large swaths of the oil-rich North African nation. A U.N.-backed unity government, called the Government of National Accord, has been slow to assert control over the factions that control the […]