Libya's National Oil Corporation (NOC) said Saturday production had punched above 1 million barrels per day, nearly two weeks after it lifted the war-torn country's last remaining force majeure.

But the firm also warned financial difficulties could yet trigger a renewed slide in output.

The NOC said in a statement that it had "managed to raise production rates to 1,036,035 barrels a day," after lifting force majeure at the Al-Feel oilfield on October 26.

Force majeure refers to external unforeseen elements that prevent a party from fulfilling a contract.

It had been invoked on multiple facilities by NOC, due to a month's long-blockade of oilfields and ports by forces loyal to eastern military leader Khalifa Haftar, imposed to correct what his camp called an unfair distribution of oil revenues.

The country, which sits atop Africa's largest proven crude oil reserves, has been torn between forces loyal to Haftar and a UN-recognized Government of National Accord in Tripoli.

But the two sides signed a UN-brokered "permanent cease-fire" on October 23, and NOC announced the same day the reopening of two key export terminals, Ras Lanuf and Al-Sidra, before likewise lifting force majeure at Al-Feel three days later.

However, NOC also said it faced "very big financial difficulties and a huge shortage of its budgets."

AFP