Vol 54 No 19 | AFRICAOIL AND GAS A gamble on secession 19th September 2013 A private company claiming to have bought oil licences from three governments in exile is looking for investors. Several prominent secessionists sit on its advisory board Kilimanjaro Capital is not the first company to try selling mineral rights in territories claimed by secessionist movements but it must be one of the most bizarre. It...
Vol 54 No 7 | SOUTH SUDANOIL AND GAS After they open the taps 29th March 2013 The 12 March deal between Juba and Khartoum now looks as if will restore South Sudan’s major source of government income – oil The Juba government ‘has given the order to resume oil production and companies are now making preparations to do so,’ a source close to the negotiations with Sudan...
Vol 54 No 7 | SOUTH SUDANOIL AND GAS What Juba gets from the oil deal 29th March 2013 Oil production from Unity State is expected to begin in ‘about three weeks’, said a source close to the deal on 12 March. Fields in Upper Nile, meanwhile,...
Vol 54 No 5 | NIGERIAOIL AND GAS Trust question 1st March 2013 Concern is growing in the Niger Delta over the fate of the charitable trust set up with US$5 million of the 2009 $15.5 mn. settlement...