French official data indicated that the proportion of energy imports from Libya is about 10% of its total fuel imports from abroad.

Statistics on French energy imports were released as strikes hit the country's refineries and oil depot's.

French refinery and fuel depot workers at five sites owned by oil giant TotalEnergies have extended their strike, union leaders said Saturday.

Four of France's seven refineries and one fuel depot were out of action after striking members of the hard-left CGT union rejected a pay offer from the hydrocarbon industry leader that other unions accepted.

Operations had resumed earlier last week at two other refineries run by Esso-ExxonMobil, after workers reached a deal with management.

The strike action has forced many filling stations to close and had a knock-on effect across all sectors of the economy.

President Emmanuel Macron's government used requisitioning powers last week to force some strikers back to open fuel depots, a move that infuriated unions but has so far been upheld in the courts.

French oil imports from abroad

On Tuesday, the website 'Ouest-France' published data confirming the statistics of French oil imports from abroad, reporting that 31% came from Africa, with Algeria topping the list at 11.6%, then Nigeria at 11.4%, and Libya at 9.9%.

Russia accounted for 22.7%, with the Middle East at 14.7% and 10.3% from the North Sea.

Libyan oil production is currently at 1.2 million barrels per day, according to the latest data for Libya's National Oil Corporation.