1. Ethiopia-Egypt Dam Agreement Remains Elusive Despite Renewed Talks

    ...th water conflicts, urging the three parties to “negotiate in good faith towards a mutually beneficial agreement.” The three parties have been embroiled in the dispute since Ethiopia broke ground on the $5bn project in 2011, with several mediation attempts by the US, World Bank, and the African Un...

    Volume: 66
    Issue: 47
    Published at Fri, 24 Nov 2023
  2. ExxonMobil Finalizes West Qurna-1 Exit As PetroChina Assumes Operatorship

    ...edged to increase capacity to 800,000 b/d by 2028.     Exxon’s time in Iraq has been tumultuous, with the firm angering Baghdad when it signed up to six blocks in the Kurdistan Region in 2011. That gamble ultimately failed, with Exxon quitting its last Kurdistan asset in 2022 without producing a ba...

    Volume: 66
    Issue: 46
    Published at Fri, 17 Nov 2023
  3. No End In Sight For Sudan’s Devastating Conflict

    ...utes and vast mineral resources that finance the RSF’s commercial enterprise, and thus, guarantee its survival. OIL EXPORT UNCERTAINTY                When South Sudan voted for secession in 2011, Sudan lost nearly 75% of its oil output to its southern neighbor (MEES, 16 March 2018). Today, oil ex...

    Volume: 66
    Issue: 44
    Published at Fri, 03 Nov 2023