Sudan, South Sudan Reach An Oil Deal
October 1st, 2012
Via STATFOR (subscription required), a report on the recent Sudan – South Sudan oil deal: Sudanese President Omar al Bashir and South Sudanese President Salva Kiir signed a deal late last week allowing South Sudan to resume oil exports, which had been cut off since January due to a dispute over transit and production fees. […]
Read more »China Brokers Tentative Oil Agreement Between The Sudans
August 15th, 2012
Via Foreign Policy, an interesting look at China’s role in brokering a tentative oil agreement between the Sudans: China — a growing diplomatic powerhouse in Africa — played a vital role in securing a preliminary agreement on transit fees for hundred of thousands of barrels of oil being piped from South Sudan’s oil fields through […]
Read more »Sudan-South Sudan Oil Deal
August 8th, 2012
Courtesy of The Council On Foreign Relations, a report on US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s efforts to help arrange a Sudan-South Sudan oil agreement: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (R) meets with South Sudanese President Salva Kiir at the Presidential Office Building in Juba August 3, 2012. (POOL New/Courtesy Reuters) The agreement […]
Read more »The Sudans Miss Agreement Deadline, But An Interim Oil Deal Likely
August 3rd, 2012
Courtesy of Foreign Policy, an article on the petroleum politics between Sudan and South Sudan. As the report notes: Although today’s African Union (AU)-U.N. deadline for reconciliation between Sudan and South Sudan has come and gone without a resolution, the Security Council is unlikely to follow through on its threatened targeted sanctions for now (China […]
Read more »Oil Interests Push China Into Sudanese Mire
December 26th, 2011
Courtesy of The Washington Post, a report on how China’s growing appetite for energy has led it into the messy politics and tensions of Sudan. As the article notes: At a restaurant along the River Nile offering crocodile and ostrich meat, officials of the world’s newest — and desperately destitute — nation hosted a lunch […]
Read more »Sudan’s Divison: Impact On Oil Production
February 13th, 2011
Via The Oil Drum, a look at how the division of Sudan may affect oil production from that region: “The disruption that began in Tunisia is continuing in Egypt, with changes also starting in countries such as Jordan and Yemen. And in the midst of this turmoil, the (finally) democratically dictated separation of Sudan into […]
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