Sudan & South Sudan

Kenya to offer electricity to South Sudan in exchange for gas

July 03, 2019 | Energy Trading & Markets, Kenya, Sudan & South Sudan

• Kenya and South Sudan are pursuing a deal that would open up the export of electricity to the latter in exchange of gas. • Kenya will offer electricity from geothermal in exchange for gas from the tens of oil fields in South Sudan Nairobi, Kenya | – Kenya and South Sudan are pursuing a deal that would open up the export of electricity to the latter in exchange for gas. Kenya will offer electricity from geothermal in exchange for gas from the tens of …

South Africa’s SFF signs oil exploration deal with South Sudan

May 10, 2019 | Licensing & Concessions, South Africa, Sudan & South Sudan

London, UK | — South Africa has signed an agreement to explore oil in South Sudan, which holds the third-largest oil reserves in sub-Saharan Africa. South Africa’s state-owned Strategic Fuel Fund (SFF) will own and operate the lucrative Block B2 in South Sudan and a six-year exploration and production sharing agreement (EPSA) was signed Monday, according to a joint statement from both governments. This is part of a $1 billion investment that South Africa has promised in the war-torn country’s oil sector. Nilepet, the national oil …

Sudan woos Russia and U.S. firms to build bigger oil refineries

December 09, 2018 | Budget & Investment, Refining & Processing, Sudan & South Sudan

London, UK | –  A year after the US removed a decade-long economic sanctions on Sudan, the country is in talks with American and Russian firms to build a bigger oil refinery at its main port on the Red Sea. Sudan government officials Tuesday revealed that TK Ural Trade of Russia had proposed to build a refinery with the capacity to process 200,000 barrels per day, while Energy Link International from the US offered to build one with 100,000 barrels per day capacity. Sudan’s Petroleum …

South Sudan says U.S oil sanctions will undermine peace

March 26, 2018 | Civil Wars & Terrorism, Government & Regulations, Sudan & South Sudan

Juba, South Sudan |  – Sanctions imposed by the United States on 15 South Sudanese oil operators will undermine efforts to restore peace and stability in war-torn nation, government had said. The U.S. Department of State, in a 21 March statement, said was taking action against 15 South Sudan oil-related entities “whose revenues have contributed to the ongoing crisis in South Sudan.” The move, it explained, now implied that US, as well as non-US companies, would need a license to export, re-export, or transfer exports …

South Sudan, Equatorial Guinea to collaborate on African oil and gas

March 21, 2017 | Equitorial Guinea, Government & Regulations, Sudan & South Sudan

Juba, South Sudan | –  South Sudan and Equatorial Guinea announced an historic partnership today in Juba, setting out the terms for a strong bilateral relationship between the African oil and gas producers. The Memorandum of Cooperation was signed by Equatorial Guinea’s Minister of Mines and Hydrocarbons H.E. Gabriel Mbaga Obiang Lima and South Sudan’s Minister of Petroleum H.E. Ezekiel Lol Gatkuoth. The two nations will use the new partnership as a basis for exchanging information on policy and regulation; promoting upstream, downstream and infrastructure …

Kenya, Sudan sign oil and mineral cooperation agreements

November 01, 2016 | East Africa, Kenya, Sudan & South Sudan

Khartoum, Sudan | – Kenya and Sudan have signed agreements to deepen the two country’s collaboration in oil and mining sector. Kenya is poised to gain from the agreements as the Sudan has made strides in petroleum and gas and mining sectors. The Sudan is an established oil exporting country and has made progress in mineral business with the government owned Sudan Gold Refinery in Khartoum producing 80 tonnes of pure gold in the last one year. President Uhuru Kenyatta and President Omar Hassan al-Bashir …

Sudanese oil minister lauds partnership with Malaysia’s Petronas

August 12, 2015 | Mergers, Acquisitions & JVs, Sudan & South Sudan

Khartoum, Sudan | –  Sudan’s Minister of Oil and Gas, Dr Mohamed Awad Zayid, has held discussions here with two senior officials from the Malaysian national oil corporation, Petronas, and reviewed with them the company’s operations in Sudan. The Minister lauded the Malaysian company’s partnership with Sudan in the oil sector during his meeting with the two officials at his office here Tuesday. The two Petronas officials are on a visit to the country to follow up on its business at its regional headquarters in …

Nigerian, Canadian firms sign oil contracts in Sudan

September 22, 2014 | Contracts, Sudan & South Sudan

Khartoum, Sudan | – Sudan’s oil ministry signed oil exploration contracts with three companies on Sunday, including the State Oil Company Canada Ltd and Nigeria’s Express Petroleum & Gas Ltd, to work in Al-Rawat. The big Blok 26 or Al-Rawat field is mainly located in White Nile state but other parties are in Sennar and North Kordofan states. The oilfield is located near the pipeline which links Adarail oilfield in South Sudan to Port Sudan. The exploration activities in this block include oil and gas. …