Trafigura scrutinised over South Sudan arms-for-cash link
Trafigura’s work in South Sudan involved connections with an Israeli middleman who went on to be sanctioned by the US for aiding the conflict, a Swiss NGO has claimed in a new report.
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South Sudan plans licence round
South Sudan plans to offer 13 blocks under a licence round to be launched in the first quarter of 2020, moving away from the previous preference for direct negotiations.
US sanctions South Sudanese businessmen
The US government has sanctioned two men with links to South Sudan’s oil industry.
South Sudan pulls Total contracts
South Sudan has pulled a number of contracts from French oil giant Total.
South Sudan government plans petroleum audit
South Sudan’s government has opened a tender for companies to perform the audit of national oil production and petroleum industry activities.
Chinese oil company moving its staff from South Sudan as fighting flares
A Chinese state oil company moved some staff from South Sudan, where fighting flared almost two weeks ago, as the African nation’s military said it’s trying to disperse an armed group that’s threatening to march on the capital.
Plane bound for oil field not cleared to take passengers
A cargo plane that crashed in South Sudan, killing at least 36 people, was not authorised to carry passengers, the head of the country’s Civil Aviation Authority has said. Stephen Warikozi said that the captain of the Antonov AN-12 informed the control tower at Juba International Airport before taking off that he had 12 passengers and six crew members.
South Sudan hires former Blackwater chief to restore war-hit oil
The former head of US security company Blackwater USA, Erik Prince, was hired by South Sudan to help repair damaged oil facilities and boost output cut by a year of civil war. Prince’s Frontier Services Group Ltd. (500), a Hong Kong-listed logistics and transportation company, is being paid 18.7 million euros ($23.3 million) by South Sudan’s Ministry of Petroleum to transport supplies to and perform maintenance on the production facilities at the oil fields, Chief Executive Officer Gregg Smith said. About 30 employees including pilots, engineers and logistics technicians have been using helicopters and airplanes to reach South Sudan’s oil fields since September, Smith said.