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Article

1 Apr 2006

Author:
Luke A. Patey, Danish Institute for International Studies

[PDF] "Understanding Multinational Corporations in War-torn Societies: Sudan in Focus"

Just as MNCs can act as sources of economic and social development, they can also factor into the reasoning of contemporary civil war. MNCs can have a negative influence on conflict by upsetting environmental and social balances in the local communities in which they operate and by financing unaccountable, often repressive host governments...Prominent International Oil Corporations in Sudan: "First movers": Chevron, date of entry early 1970s, date of exit 1992; Arakis Energy, date of entry 1994, date of exit 1998; Talisman Energy, date of entry 1998, date of exit 2002; Lundin Petroleum, date of entry 1995, still active; OMV, date of entry 1997, date of exit 2003; CNPC, date of entry 1995, still active; Petronas, date of entry 1997, still active; ONGC, date of entry 2003, still active]