2013-03-20 12:09:00 - Fast Market Research recommends "Sudan & South Sudan Oil & Gas Report Q2 2013" from Business Monitor International, now available

BMI View: Delays to the restart of oil production from South Sudan underscore the uncertain and fragile state of the two countries' interdependent oil sectors. Our current forecasts, along with those of major agencies, assume that pending a political development production from South Sudan, volumes will flow from late 2013 onward. However, we continue to see more downside than upside risk to these assumptions. Assuming the latest disputes are resolved, we highlight that damaged fields, infrastructure and technical challenges pose downside risks to the near-term recovery of volumes. We continue to expect production to recover to pre-crisis levels, although we believe this will not take place until 2016 when output reaches 448,990 barrels per day.

The main trends and developments we

highlight for Sudan and South Sudan's oil and gas sectors are:

* Our view that border and security issues could again interrupt the flow of South Sudans oil to market has played out, with border disputes leading to an escalation in tensions and rhetoric that has now delayed the restart of oil output. While we continue to assume a slow return of South Sudanese oil to markets from 2013 onward, the risks remain clearly to the downside.
* Damage to production facilities and fields, a shortage of industry labour and the impact of the abrupt stoppage of production are among the challenges South Sudan will face in restarting output. However, we estimate Sudan and South Sudan will produce 203,000 barrels per day (b/d) in 2013, rising to 402,000b/d in 2014.
* Although Khartoum is targeting ambitious increases in production from fields under its control, we continue to expect output to fall short of stated targets to increase production to 300,000b/d by 2017. Despite the announcement of recent upstream investment pledges totalling US$1bn and the successful issuance of new licences, upstream activity and production from fields approaching maturity makes such a figure unattainable at present.
* For South Sudan, critical to unleashing its more substantial hydrocarbons potential will be more certain export routes, upon which future upstream investment will depend. Plans for a pipeline linkage with Kenya remain under consideration and pose long-term upside risk to the country's oil sector. Indeed, recent statements that South Sudan would consider using trucks to bypass the lack of pipelines fail to account for both the countrys yawning infrastructure deficit, and the fact that such an option would be unlikely to support the export of significant volumes.


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For South Sudan, the key upside risk to the reliability of exports rests with Juba's continued pursuit of export options independent of Khartoum's pipelines. A plan to link oilfields with a new oil terminal in Lamu, Kenya as part of the LAPPSET infrastructure project remains under proposal. We forecast an OPEC basket oil price for 2013 of US$104.40/bbl, which we see falling to US$101.00/bbl in 2014.

Partial Table of Contents:

BMI Industry View
SWOT
Industry Forecast
- Oil And Gas Reserves
- Table: Sudan Proven Oil and Gas Reserves and Total Petroleum Data, 2011-2016
- Table: Sudan Proven Oil and Gas Reserves and Total Petroleum Data, 2017-2022
- Oil Supply And Demand
- Table: Sudan Oil Production, Consumption And Net Exports, 2011-2016
- Table: Sudan Oil Production, Consumption And Net Exports, 2017-2022
- Gas Supply And Demand
- Refining And Oil Products Trade
- Table: Sudan Refining - Production And Consumption, 2011-2016
- Table: Sudan Refining - Production And Consumption, 2017-2022
- Revenues And Import Costs
Industry Risk Reward Ratings
- Sudan Industry Risk/Reward Rating
- Upstream Rating - Overview
- Downstream Rating - Overview
- Regional Risk Reward Ratings
- Table: Table: Asia's Oil & Gas Risk/Rewards Ratings
- Upstream Hindrance
- Crude Requirement
- Gasifying Asia
- Table: Table: Asia O&G Upstream Risk/Reward Ratings
- Table: Table: Asia O&G Downstream Risk/Reward Ratings
Market Overview
- Sudan And South Sudan Energy Market Overview
- Table: Upstream Projects
- Overview/State Role
- Licensing And Regulation
- Government Policy
- Licensing Rounds
- International Energy Relations
- Oil and Gas Infrastructure
- Oil Refineries
- Table: Downstream Projects
- Service Stations
- Oil Storage Facilities
- Oil Terminals/Ports
- Oil Pipelines
Competitive Landscape
- Table: Key Players - Sudan Energy Sector
- Table: Key Upstream Players
- Table: Key Downstream Players
Company Profile
- ONGC Sudan
- CNPC
- Petronas
- Other Summaries
Regional Overview
- Regional Energy Overview
- Sub-Salt Expectations
- Re-targeting Oil Flows
- East African Gas Boom
- Fuelling Development: The Downstream Race
- Post-Revolutionary Blues
Global Industry Overview
- Global Energy Market Overview
- Table: BMI's Oil Price Forecasts & Bloomberg Analyst Consensus, Average Price (US$/bbl)
- Table: Global Oil Demand Forecasts
Appendix
- Africa - Regional Appendix
- Table: Oil Consumption - Historical Data & Forecasts, 2010-2017 ('000b/d)
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