BENGHAZI, Libya- Libya's Raguba oilfield, which produces 5,000 barrels a day, has resumed pumping crude to the eastern port of Brega after a protest stopped flows on Wednesday, a port official said on Thursday.

Officials managed to persuade youth protesting for better state support to end their blockade, the official said.

(Reporting by Ayman al-Warfalli; writing by Ulf Laessing; editing by Jason Neely) ((Ulf.Laessing@thomsonreuters.com; Reuters Messaging: follow me on twitter @ulflaessing))