TUNIS- Libya's National Oil Corporation (NOC) said on Wednesday that force majeure continued on oil exports pending any reopening of the ports by the Petroleum Facilities Guard after a six-month blockade by eastern forces in the civil war.

However it said in a statement that it has instructed operating companies to call employees into work to prepare for a resumption of maintenance work and output, and that a tanker is approaching Sidra port ready to load crude.

(Reporting By Angus McDowall; Editing by Jan Harvey) ((angus.mcdowall@thomsonreuters.com; Reuters Messaging: angus.mcdowall.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net))