Chad-CameroonPetroleumDevProject

Nadingar said plans to start work on a new 60,000 bpd refinery within the next month or two were likely to be delayed because of the recent fighting. "There are contracts to finalise. That will slip a bit," he said.

"The rebels want their share." Under terms of an agreement with the World Bank, Chadian authorities are required to allocate 70 per cent of the country's oil earnings to development in exchange for Bank financial support for a 1,000-kilometre pipeline bet

I am reminded of Shell benefiting from instability in Nigeria.

Chad began its efforts to develop its oil resources in 1969. The presence of oil in commercial quantities was confirmed in 1975. Construction on the project began in late 2000, more than 30 years after exploration began. After years of study, planning, an

IDASA has conducted a study of four oil-rich African countries: Chad, Angola, Gabon, and Sao Tome é Principe (STP), to gain understanding of the relationship between the presence of oil and development, and also, importantly, to look for opportunities to change the negative aspects of this relationship.