Libya's National Oil Corporation (NOC) expects to be able to regain control of key crude export ports in Es Sider and Ras Lanuf.

The company told Reuters that it has been coordinating with the eastern-based Libyan National Army (LNA) after a battle for the terminals with the western Libya Benghazi Defence Brigades (BDB) last week.

The ports were recaptured by the LNA and there had been doubts over its willingness to let Tripoli-based NOC manage the facilities.

But