The state-owned Arabian Gulf Oil Company (AGOCO), Libya's largest oil producer, says it has made a new oil discovery in the Ghadames basin.

Austrian energy company says its 2013 performance was hit by problems in Libya, where protests and port blockades scaled back its production.

Libya's crude production has reportedly dropped back to 390,000 barrels per day (bpd) due to ongoing disruption from the Sharara field.

The General National Maritime Transport Company (GNMTC), which owns a fleet of oil tankers, has completed maintenance works on two of its vessels.

The brother of Ibrahim Jadhran has reportedly been arrested in Dubai after the Libyan government issued an Interpol notice for his arrest on charges of trying to smuggle oil.

Protesters have blocked a pipeline from the Waha field in south-west Libya, while output from the Sharara oil field has also reportedly been affected.

Net profits at Italy's largest energy company plunged 14% year-on-year in the final quarter of 2013, partly due to lower output in Libya and Nigeria.

The National Oil Corporation (NOC) says the Polish Oil and Gas Company (POCG) has made a new gas discovery in southwest Libya.

The National Oil Corporation told the Libya Monitor that oil output on 11 February was 560,000 barrels, of which 450,000 was exported.

The National Oil Corporation (NOC) is planning to establish a 50 hectare “oil industry zone” on the outskirts of Benghazi, which it says will help raise standards in the sector and attract foreign investment.

The Libyan Company for Gas Transmission and Distribution says it  plans to supply gas to 900,000 homes and  replace the use of bottled gas, claiming it could save the country some $2.7bn (LD3.4bn) a year.

The oil and gas ministry says Libya's crude output on 2 February was 478,329 barrels, an increase of around 60,000 barrels from the figure reported at the end of January.

Prime minister Ali Zeidan says he has ordered the national army to bring oil ports in the centre and east of the country under government control.

The oil and gas ministry says Libya's crude output on 29 January was 417,277 barrels, down from around 530,000 barrels earlier this month.

The Petroleum Facilities Guard (PFG) division in the Wahat region has been allocated a helicopter for the surveillance and monitoring of oil facilities and PFG bases in the area.