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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Displacement Tracking Matrix programme was established in Libya in October 2015 to fill the need for accurate and timely data on displacement, return and migration dynamics in the country.
DTM Libya tracks IDPs, returnees and migrants through two complementary modules:
Mobility Tracking carries out regular baseline assessments gathering data on the numbers, locations, characteristics and needs of IDPs, returnees and migrants across Libya, providing country-wide baselines on these population groups.
Flow Monitoring gathers data on migrants mobile in Libya. Flow Monitoring consists of daily assessments quantifying the flow of migrants at key entry, transit and exit points in the country. Flow Monitoring Surveys are also conducted with a randomly selected sample of observed migrants on a daily basis to obtain more detailed information about migrants origins, characteristics, routes used, and migratory drivers. All Flow Monitoring reports are available on the DTM Libya website.
DTM Libya launched its first round of Mobility Tracking in January 2016. During 2016 DTM carried out 7 displacement tracking rounds concluding its last round in November through to December. This report will focus on Mobility Tracking data on IDPs and returnees. Mobility Tracking Round 7 data on migrants is presented in a separate report, Libya 2016 Migration Profiles and Trends (i).
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Libyas major oil ports of Es Sider and Ras Lanuf are resuming operations and preparing to export crude after a two-week halt in shipments due to military clashes in the holder of Africas largest crude reserves.
Libyas total production rose to 646,000 barrels a day from 621,000 barrels on Sunday mostly due to an increase from Waha Oil Co., Jadalla Alaokali, a National Oil Corp.board member, said Monday by phone. Waha Oil feeds into Es Sider, the countrys biggest oil port. Staff are returning to Es Sider and Ras Lanuf, its third-largest, and exports are set to restart in a week to 10 days,Alaokali said Sunday.
Both ports are ready to restart exports, Alaokali said.
Waha Oil, a joint venture between the NOC, Hess Corp., Marathon Oil Corp. and ConocoPhillips, suspended production earlier this month after clashes between armed factions in the politically divided nation forced Es Sider and Ras Lanuf to suspend shipments. Waha Oil is "soon" expected to reach75,000 to 80,000 barrels a day, the level it was at about two weeks ago before fighting broke out near the ports on March 3, according to Alaokali. It began pumping on Saturday.
Forces loyal to Libyas eastern-based military commander Khalifa Haftar regained control over the two ports on March 14.The fighting, including airstrikes, dealt a blow to international efforts to restore stability in the country. A rival grouphad seized Es Sider and Ras Lanuf earlier this month.
Libyas eastern oil region is safe now, and companies in the area can resume normal operations related to production and exports, Mustafa El-Zegheid, coordinator of the NOCs Oil Crescent emergency committee, said.
At least45 workers and engineers have returned to their jobs at Ras Lanuf and 35 others at Es Sider,El-Zegheid said.Employees at Es Sider have inspected storage tanks and valves, and the facilities are ready to receive crude from the Waha field, which will slowly increase Waha Oils production, he said.
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Libya has sought to boost crude exports after fighting among rival militias hobbled oil production following the overthrow in 2011 of dictator Moammar Al Qaddafi.The conflict showed signs of calming in recent months, with oil output reaching about 700,000 barrels a day in February from 260,000 a day in August, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Libya pumped 1.6 million barrels a day before Qaddafis ouster.
Waha Oil has an output capacity of more than 300,000 barrels a day, according to the NOCs website. Its production dropped by half to 40,000 barrels a day after the closing of Es Sider, before it came to a complete halt. Libya has been rescheduling crude loadings at Es Sider and Ras Lanuf and transferring them to other ports such as Zueitina and Brega.
Libya split into separately governed regions in 2014, leading to the establishment of competing NOC administrations. A deal meant to unite them under a single management was signed in July 2016. The future of that accord now appears uncertain as the head of the NOC in the east said earlier this month he was pulling out of the deal because the terms of the agreement, including the transfer of the companys headquarters to Benghazi, have yet to be met.
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