All crude flows to Libya’s Zueitina port have stopped after protesters demanding jobs blocked a pipeline, forcing the closure of several eastern oilfields, oil officials said on Tuesday. State oil firm NOC confirmed the port closure, reported by Reuters on Monday, but did not specify the impact on production. The closure should lower oil output to as low as 400,000 barrels a day, according to estimates based on previous production figures. “The protesters closed the pipeline to the port,” Mohamed El Harari, spokesman for state oil firm NOC, said. He said that several oilfields in eastern Libya would have to close. “This will have a big impact on oil production,” he said, without giving a figure. A port official said the security situation at the terminal was normal, adding that the port would technically stay open. Libyan oil ports and oilfields regularly have to shut […]