Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIV

No 1-2

3/10-Jan-2011

Sudan

Oil Questions Loom As South Sudan Tipped To Secede In Referendum

With South Sudan widely expected to agree to secede in the 9 January referendum, questions are being raised over how oil issues will be managed between the newly independent country and the northern government based in Khartoum. Sudans economy is heavily dependent on crude, and although 80% of the production facilities are located in the south, the north boasts the...