Libya's Arabian Gulf Oil Company has restarted production at up to 120,000 barrels per day (bpd) to fulfill domestic requirements, although exports remain suspended, according to engineers who spoke on Sunday. This follows a conflict between rival groups that led to the closure of most of the nation's oilfields. On Saturday, the Arabian Gulf Oil Company, which operates Libya's Sarir, Messla, and Nafoura oilfields, directed the resumption of production. The engineers, speaking to Reuters on the condition of anonymity due to lack of authorization for public statements, clarified that this partial restart is solely to support electricity and fuel plants for local needs. Production in the eastern regions of Libya, which are key to the country's oil output, was halted in August after factions from the west removed the long-serving Central Bank of Libya governor Sadiq al-Kabir and installed a competing administration.