Libya’s government has cancelled a decision to dismiss its acting oil minister, the official himself and the National Oil Co.’s Facebook page said Friday. The news comes amid mounting political confusion in Libya after a militia that took control of Tripoli’s airport disputed the legitimacy of an interim government now based in the Eastern city of Tobruk. Omar Shakmak, Libya’s deputy oil minister, who was acting as the country’s most senior oil official, said last week he was resigning at the request of Libya’s interim prime minister Abdullah al-Thani. Libyan oil officials said at the time he had been replaced by NOC’s head Mustafa Sanalla on a temporary basis. But Mr. Shakmak, who has headed the oil ministry as a caretaker since the departure of Libya’s former oil minister Abdelbari el-Arousi in January, said he had been asked to return to his position by Mr. al-Thani. […]