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Sudan War Leaves South Sudan Desperate For Export ‘Plan B’
...o on 9 July 2011, the conflict has serious implications for the country. South Sudan’s economy is dangerously dependent on oil, which accounts for 90% of government revenues according to the IMF. This is exported to global markets via a 1,600km, 250,000 b/d capacity pipeline to the Bashayer export te...
Volume: 66Issue: 28Published at Fri, 14 Jul 2023 -
Syria: Trauma To Last For Years Even If A ‘Deal’ Is Struck
...sewhere, the Kurds hold about 5% of the territory in the north while the government retains possession of most of the west and some parts of the south, where large parts are also held by anti-regime forces. 4.7MN REFUGEES, 7.6MN MORE DISPLACED Since March 2011, the population of Syria, estimated at 22...
Volume: 59Issue: 28Published at Fri, 15 Jul 2016 -
A New Deal For South Sudan
...SOUTH SUDAN A New Deal For South Sudan As South Sudan marks the fourth anniversary since the declaration of independence on 9 July 2011, the country remains locked in a civil war that is estimated to have claimed more than 20,000 lives. Oil earnings have collapsed, and a succession of ag...
Volume: 58Issue: 28Published at Fri, 10 Jul 2015 -
Libyan Operators Wait For Output Surge
...ened up the pipeline to the Mellitah terminal; Sharara production is exported from nearby Zawiya. Before the revolution that toppled veteran despot Mu’ammar al-Qadhafi in 2011, Libya was producing 1.6mn b/d. The hasty shut down of fields and pipelines during the fighting led to fears that it would ta...
Volume: 57Issue: 28Published at Fri, 11 Jul 2014 -
Saudi Arabia Denies Funding Isis
...ceived new support from Iran in the form of elite al-Quds brigade forces helping to fight the Sunni insurgency. Prince Muqrin bin ‘Abd al-‘Aziz, the former Saudi intelligence chief named recently as the future King of Saudi Arabia to succeed Crown Prince Salman, back in 2011 warned Washington at a me...
Volume: 57Issue: 28Published at Fri, 11 Jul 2014 -
Law Change Hands Power, Oil Revenues To Iraq’s Provinces
...oil deal in the province, around the same time. On 14 June, Tigris announced it had sold out to fellow Swedish explorer Crown Energy. While in March Geneva-based KRG explorer Oryx Petroleum announced it had done an oil deal in December 2011 with Wasit’s provincial government (MEES, 29 March). Oryx fo...
Volume: 56Issue: 28Published at Fri, 12 Jul 2013 -
Syrian Politics Shake-Up
...abia in 2011 and is said to have since developed close ties with the Saudi leadership. He is also a prominent advocate for international arms transfers to rebel groups. His Saudi ties may help to facilitate this. Nominally, the SNC is an interim Syrian government. It has garnered significant in...
Volume: 56Issue: 28Published at Fri, 12 Jul 2013