France’s biggest oil company, said it plans to resume exploration work in South Sudan’s Block B.

The company, based in Paris, will submit a “preparatory work program” to South Sudanese authorities for their approval, spokesman Florent Segura said in an e-mailed response to questions yesterday. South Sudanese Oil Minister Stephen Dhieu Dau didn’t answer his mobile phone when called for comment today.

Total holds a 32.5 stake in Block B, which covers most of Jonglei, an eastern state bordering Ethiopia that has been wracked by ethnic violence. The United Nations says more than 1,000 people were killed in battles between the Murle and Lou Nuer tribes in 2011, including a series of attacks that began late in December.

“The group is monitoring the situation on a permanent basis in the Block B area to ensure the safety of its personnel and contractors as soon as operations resume,” Segura said.

Last month, Dau said his government would begin contract negotiations with companies holding concessions on unexploited blocks, including Total. On Jan. 31, the secretary-general of South Sudan’s ruling Sudan People’s Liberation Movement, Pagan Amum, told reporters that Total’s vice president had recently visited Juba and that other company officials were there.

Total signed an exploration and production-sharing agreement with the government of Sudan in 1980, before suspending exploration in 1985 because of “escalating insecurity in the region, related to the civil war,” according to the company’s website.

South Sudan took control of about three-quarters of Sudan’s output of 490,000 barrels of oil a day when it gained independence in July. The crude is pumped mainly by China National

jerrylewissux wrote:

France’s biggest oil company, said it plans to resume exploration work in South Sudan’s Block B.

The company, based in Paris, will submit a “preparatory work program” to South Sudanese authorities for their approval, spokesman Florent Segura said in an e-mailed response to questions yesterday. South Sudanese Oil Minister Stephen Dhieu Dau didn’t answer his mobile phone when called for comment today.

Total holds a 32.5 stake in Block B, which covers most of Jonglei, an eastern state bordering Ethiopia that has been wracked by ethnic violence. The United Nations says more than 1,000 people were killed in battles between the Murle and Lou Nuer tribes in 2011, including a series of attacks that began late in December.

“The group is monitoring the situation on a permanent basis in the Block B area to ensure the safety of its personnel and contractors as soon as operations resume,” Segura said.

Last month, Dau said his government would begin contract negotiations with companies holding concessions on unexploited blocks, including Total. On Jan. 31, the secretary-general of South Sudan’s ruling Sudan People’s Liberation Movement, Pagan Amum, told reporters that Total’s vice president had recently visited Juba and that other company officials were there.

Total signed an exploration and production-sharing agreement with the government of Sudan in 1980, before suspending exploration in 1985 because of “escalating insecurity in the region, related to the civil war,” according to the company’s website.

South Sudan took control of about three-quarters of Sudan’s output of 490,000 barrels of oil a day when it gained independence in July. The crude is pumped mainly by China National

More rapes and military intervention in another illegal war to come. They raped for cacao and they will rape for oil. Again.

Bat2 wrote:

They raped for cacao and they will rape for oil. Again.

You know Batta, rape and plunder ain't what they used to be, due to the ubiquity of 1080i video capable smartphones.

Fuck Apple and Samsung.

A thread about war for oil wouldn't be complete without Bush and Rumsfeld.

80% of South Sudan's economy depends on oil. The South Sudanese aren't capable of finding and drilling for oil. So, yes, the evil oil companies will have to extract oil so the country can stay afloat for at least a little while longer.

Haha, the french blocked sanctions so the killing could continue.

they needed those subhuman niggers off the oil fields.

Now the damned frogs are all pissed off that China and Russia blocked sanctions on Syria over a few hundred dead.

No oil for france in syria.

Millions dead in sudan, but there's oil for france. No worries.


How many people need to die each year for Simple's "free" healthcare?

Silas wrote:

80% of South Sudan's economy depends on oil. The South Sudanese aren't capable of finding and drilling for oil. So, yes, the evil oil companies will have to extract oil so the country can stay afloat for at least a little while longer.

I have seen on the news that death squads from the north are going south and killing those niggers

No blood for oil frogs.

jerrylewissux wrote:

Exxon holds a 32.5 stake in Block B, which covers most of wafa-al- Jonglei, an eastern state bordering Iran that has been wracked by sectarian violence. The United Nations says more than 1,000 people were killed in battles between the Shia and Lou Sunni tribes in 2011, including a series of attacks that began late in December.

Scandalous. The UN should chastise those oil profiteers.

Meanwhile, they carry on acting holier-than-thou over Syria. Laughable.





If only Americans would start acting with the purity of motive of the French, the world would be a better place.

jeanv wrote:



If only Americans would start acting with the purity of motive of the French, the world would be a better place.

jerrylewissux wrote:

Every country has its inept leaders

including independent S'pore Lah?