Recently added articles from APS Review Downstream Trends:
Sudan - The Background & Troubling Perspective.
Nov 02, 2009; ... Crude oil has been a growing factor in politics and governance in Sudan since it was discovered in 1979. When production first came on stream in 1999, it revived the government's ability to wage war against the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) and its army (SPLA) in the south and ...
SUDAN - The Oil Sector.
Nov 02, 2009; ... Sudan's oil production was only able to reach significant levels after completion of the first crude oil export pipeline from central Sudan to the Red Sea coast in 1999. Exploration began in the mid-1970s, and Chevron drilled several successful wells in Abyei in the early 1980s, beginning ...
Sudan - Blocks 3/7 Of Petrodar.
Nov 02, 2009; ... In June 2004 Petrodar, a consortium of CNPC (41%), Petronas (40%), Sudapet (8%), Gulf Oil Petroleum (6%), and the al-Thani Corp (5%) awarded a $239m contract to Ranhill Int'l of Malaysia and Sudan's Petroneeds Services Int'l for development of Blocks 3 and 7 in the Melut Basin. The blocks ...
Sudan - Controversy - E&P History.
Nov 02, 2009; ... Exploration and development of Sudan's oil resources has been controversial. International human rights bodies have accused Khartoum of financing human rights abuses with oil money, including the mass displacement of civilians near the oilfields. Factional fighting in the south and rebel ...
Sudan - Sudapet.
Nov 02, 2009; ... That state-owned NOC, Sudapet is seeking to become the main E&P operator in the north, where it has 100% of Block 14 and 77% in Block C which it operates. These are apart from equity it holds in all four producing ventures in the country. Sudapet President Salah Hassan Wahbi was in ...
Sudan - Nilepet.
Nov 02, 2009; ... The GoSS-owned NOC created to operate in the south, Nilepet is mobilising human resources and equipment so that it can begin taking part in E&P activities in blocks to be allocated and offered by the southern government. But Nilepet lacks experience and needs assistance from qualified ...
Sudan - Khartoum-Beijing Relations.
Nov 02, 2009; ... Chinese President Hu Jintao visited in Sudan in February 2007. It was then announced that Hu had unique influence because China was buying 60% of Sudan's crude oil output, building projects such as the $1.8bn Merowe hydro-electric complex, and refused to back UNSC sanctions over Darfur. ...
Sudan - Troubled Politics Ahead.
Nov 02, 2009; ... More than 20 Sudanese parties on Sept. 30 threatened to boycott the country's first multi-party elections in more than two decades in April 2010. The SPLM and opposition parties issued a joint statement at the end of a conference in Juba calling for the northern National Congress Party ...
The Energy Base Of Venezuela.
Nov 09, 2009; ... Energy consumption in Venezuela has risen from 39m tons of oil equivalent (t/yoe) in 1988 to a little over 80m t/yoe in 2008. In 2009, with the economy not doing as well as it did in the first half of 2008 due to a global recession and drought in Venezuela affecting its power and water ...
Venezuela - The Power Sector.
Nov 09, 2009; ... Like most South American countries, Venezuela depends on hydro-electricity for the bulk of its power needs. But the drought this year and a growing shortage of natural gas means the country is burning more crude oil and diesel to meet domestic power demand. Yet Venezuela remains acutely ...
Venezuela - The Gas Sector.
Nov 09, 2009; ... Venezuela has 147 TCF (4.15 TCM) of proven reserves of natural. The country is producing about 6,300 MCF/d, excluding gas extracted for re-injection into the oilfields. With domestic demand now averaging 7,850 MCF/d, there is a deficit of 1,550 MCF/d. Experts at PDVSA expect this deficit ...
Venezuela - The Chavez Era.
Nov 09, 2009; ... Punto Fijo began falling apart once oil rents declined in the mid-1980s. It received its death-blow when Chavez was elected president in late 1998. The conflict between Chavez and the oil industry was about who controlled PDVSA. Beyond that, the specific issues that control was being ...
