Dec. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Libya’s crude output will return to pre-conflict levels in the second half of next year, the country’s oil minister said.

The nation will start loading crude from the Ras Lanuf export terminal in 1 1/2 months, Abdul-Rahman Ben Yezza said in Vienna, where the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries is meeting.

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