Adok
Adok | |
|---|---|
  Adok Location in South Sudan | |
| Coordinates: 8°11′19″N 30°18′25″E / 8.188526°N 30.30688°E / 8.188526; 30.30688 | |
| Country |  South Sudan |
| State | Southern Liech State |
| • Summer (DST) | +3GMT |
| Climate | Aw |
Adok is a port on the White Nile in Southern Liech State, South Sudan. In the early 1980s Chevron Corporation found oil in Adok.[1]
Adok had strategic value during the Second Sudanese Civil War (1983-2005). Between October and December 1991 the town was the scene of fighting between the Nasir and Torit factions of the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA).[2] In the late 1990s the Austrian company OMV began explorations in the Leer-Adok area.[3] Between December 2002 and early February 2003 the government made a renewed push to clear the road south from Bentiu to the port of Adok.[4]
References
- ^ Rone 2003, pp. 183.
- ^ Johnson 2003, p. 202.
- ^ Pigott 2009, p. 120.
- ^ Sudan's Oilfields Burn Again.
Sources
- Johnson, Douglas Hamilton (2003). The root causes of Sudan's civil wars. Indiana University Press. ISBN 0-253-21584-6.
- Pigott, Peter (2009). Canada in Sudan: war without borders. Dundurn Press Ltd. p. 120. ISBN 978-1-55002-849-2.
- Rone, Jemera (2003). Sudan, oil, and human rights. Human Rights Watch. p. 183. ISBN 1-56432-291-2.
- "Sudan's Oilfields Burn Again: Brinkmanship Endangers the Peace Process" (PDF). AFRICA Briefing. International Crisis Group. 10 February 2003. Retrieved 2011-09-12.