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South Sudan
Petronas plans its difficult departure

The Asian oil company Petronas no longer wants to invest in South Sudan and plans to leave. But at what price? [...]

Published on 20/10/2021 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

South Sudan
Petronas plans its difficult departure

Spotlight | South Sudan
The secret story of the fake sheikh behind a €12bn deal with Salva Kiir's government

Sudan
Petronas vs Khartoum arbitration fizzles out

Chad
Vitol quietly backs Savannah's purchase of ExxonMobil-Petronas assets

Chad, South Sudan
Petronas keen to conclude Perenco mega-deal

Chad
ExxonMobil employees sabotage visit of Savannah Energy execs over Doba takeover

South Sudan
Kiir fans flames of ethnic rivalry near Upper Nile oilfields

South Sudan
Kiir ditches spy chiefs for loyalists at Nilepet

Spotlight | South Sudan
Why talks with Total over block B have reached an impasse