Libya’s NOC reunited but militias still fight over the oil crescent

The reunification of the management of Libya’s rival national oil corporations after more than a year of division is an important victory for the Tripoli-based chairman Mustafa Sanalla. His authority over Libya’s oil industry is now unquestioned even in Cyrenaica, which until recently was making repeated efforts to set up its own oil export deals and to establish an independent stream of oil revenue.