Libya's lucrative oil sector is once again at the confluence of larger struggles over political and military unity. On Aug. 19, a tanker arrived at the Zueitina oil terminal, located in the east, and began loading oil for transfer westward to the Tripoli-based National Oil Company. The terminal is controlled by the Petroleum Facilities Guards, a powerful militant group led by Ibrahim Jadhran. The Petroleum Facilities Guards are an eastern group but have nominally aligned with the unity government in Tripoli, the Government of National Accord. (The National Oil Company based in Tripoli is under this government.) And the nearby city -- and surrounding region -- is controlled by the Libyan National Army, which is loyal to the rival Tobruk-based House of Representatives....
