Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) has warned of worsening blackouts in eastern Libya due to a months-long blockade of oil and gas facilities. Blackouts and power cuts have been common for years in oil-rich Libya, but have often been worse in the west of the divided country. However, over the past 10 days, cuts in eastern regions have sometimes lasted up to 12 hours. Libya is split between rival factions and governments based in the west and east. The NOC, which is based in Tripoli in the west, has been appealing for eastern-based authorities to end an oil blockade that began in January amid a wider conflict and has drastically cut production. Natural gas supplies to power stations in the eastern cities of Benghazi and Zueitina, which had dropped to […]