Analysis Of A Partial Base Transition For Petroleum Energy: From Fossil Oil To Coal Synthetics

Abstract

The petroleum energy supply situation in Zimbabwe has imposed a serious financial, political and economic burden on Zimbabwe for the bulk of the past decade. This burden is the combined result of the Southern African geopolitics which includes wars of liberation, destabilization activities of South Africa, the pressure on limited foreign exchange resources by the high petroleum energy import bill, and the economic effects of fuel supply interruptions resulting from attacks on the oil supply networks.