Thursday, December 1, 2011

North Sudan Threatens To Seize South Sudanese Oil As Talks Collapse


Sudan Says It Will Seize South Sudanese Oil As Talks Fail -- McClatchy News

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Sudan vowed Wednesday to confiscate a portion of South Sudan's oil as it passes through a pipeline in Sudan as talks between the countries failed to produce any agreement on how to split oil revenues.

Sudanese officials defended the action as a reasonable step to bolster their country's flailing economy, which lost access to oil production facilities earlier this year when South Sudan became independent.

Several months of negotiations have failed to produce a deal on how much South Sudan should pay to move its oil north through a pipeline that runs through Sudan.

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More News On The Collapse Of Oil Talks Between North And South Sudan

Sudan says to take quarter of south's oil, as talks fail -- AFP
Sudan Threatens to Take One-Fourth of South Sudan’s Oil -- Voice of America
Sudan denies blocking S. Sudan oil as talks collapse -- Reuters
Sudan Denies Blocking South Sudanese Oil Exports -- Voice of America
Sudan Says It Hasn’t Stopped South Sudan’s Oil Exports -- Bloomberg Businessweek
China Uges Sudan, South Sudan to Resolve Oil Dispute -- Voice of America
Beijing presses Sudanese to end oil row -- Financial Times

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