Libya’s El Feel oilfield has halted output, say engineers, as closures spread amid a standoff over control of the central bank and the country’s oil revenue.

On Monday authorities in the east of the country where most of its oilfields lie threatened to close them all, stepping up their standoff with the country’s internationally recognised government in Tripoli.

There has still been no confirmation of any closures from Libya’s internationally recognised government in Tripoli – which is heavily dependent on the fields for its revenues – or from the National Oil Corp (NOC) which controls the country’s oil resources.

The government in Benghazi is not internationally recognised, but most oilfields are under the control of eastern Libyan military leader Khalifa Haftar.