Africa
Pipeline intrigues behind South Sudan fighting
South Sudan says Khartoum is fomenting rebellion in Jonglei state in a bid to block the South’s plans to build an oil pipeline through Ethiopia to a port in Djibouti.
Tag: pipeline wars
Leak at tar sands plant fouls Athabasca River
Tainted water poured for hours into Canada's Athabasca River before a broken pipe was sealed at one of the Suncor tar-sands plants that it is to supply the Keystone XL pipeline.
Southeast Asia
Burma: pipeline plans behind Rohingya cleansing?
The Burmese port of Sittwe, epicenter of violence against the Muslim Rohingya people, is to be the starting point for the new Shwe pipeline linking Burma’s west coast with China.
Iran
Iran-China pipeline route via restive regions
A new pipeline that would link Iran to China via Pakistan, bypassing the strategic Strait of Hormuz, would pass through the insurgent regions of Baluchistan, Kashmir and Xinjiang.
Planet Watch
Protesters occupy Keystone XL offices in Houston
More than 100 protesters stormed the lobby of TransCanada's Keystone office in Houston as a new tree-sit was established at the Texas town of Diboll to block pipeline construction.
The Andes
Ecuador: pipeline protests in Guayaquil
Residents and officials in Ecuador’s port Guayaquil are protesting a planned gas pipeline that would run through densely populated areas, charging inadequate safety studies.
Africa
Protests rock Sudan, South Sudan…
Security forces mixed it up with protesters both in Sudan, hit by a wave of student unrest, and in South Sudan’s West Bahr el-Ghazal state, where 10 were killed by army troops.
Planet Watch
Cornhuskers pack Keystone XL hearing
At the small town of Albion, hundreds of angry Nebraskans packed the state’s only environmental review hearing for the pending Keystone XL Pipeline.
The Caribbean
Puerto Rico: Fortuño loses âbut did statehood win?
Gov. Luis G. Fortuño conceded defeat in his bid for a second four-year term, but his allies claimed statehood supporters had won in a referendum held the same day.
Planet Watch
Keystone vs Enbridge: race or stratagem?
As work commences on TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline, it emerges that TransCanada’s supposed rival Enbridge is quietly but rapidly expanding its own US pipeline network.
Sudan and South Sudan strike oil deal âbut border disputes remain
South Sudan and Sudan announced a deal on the south’s access to Khartoum’s oil pipelinesâbut it is contingent on further talks over disputed border enclaves.
Afghanistan
China launches bid to undermine trans-Afghan pipeline project
A Chinese proposal for a pipeline route across northern Afghanistan for Caspian Basin gas could sabotage the US-backed Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) project.