The death of Chad’s President Idriss Déby is likely to trigger political instability in the key oil-producing country and the wider central African region, with a potential impact on its oil sector, industry sources said April 20. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now An army spokesman confirmed April 20 that Déby had died while defending “territorial integrity on the battlefield” in clashes with the country’s northern rebels. Chad is the 10th-largest producer in Africa, pumping around 140,000 b/d, most of which is exported. Chad’s oil is pumped from landlocked Chad through a 1,050-kilometer (650-mile) pipeline across Cameroon to the Kome Kribi-1 floating storage and offloading facility. “It may be unclear yet […]