The authorities that control the eastern half of Libya moved Tuesday to block oil exports from areas under their control, escalating a fight over petroleum revenue that threatens a fragile peace agreement. The eastern authorities said they would block vessels from loading oil at the Marsa El-Hariga terminal in Tobruk unless they conducted all exports via an oil company controlled by the country’s east. An official at Libya’s internationally recognized National Oil Co. in Tripoli confirmed that shipments were being blocked. The Marsa El-Hariga exports represent the bulk of Libya’s exports—more than 150,000 barrels a day. The move comes after the eastern faction’s attempts to export oil on its own were thwarted last week by the United Nations, which blacklisted a vessel that carried oil sold by the east. Libya has fractured along sectarian and geographic lines since the 2011 ouster and death of dictator Moammar Gadhafi, with the […]