{"id":636,"date":"2014-03-03T12:41:47","date_gmt":"2014-03-03T12:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oilnewskenya.com\/?p=636"},"modified":"2015-09-09T11:25:45","modified_gmt":"2015-09-09T11:25:45","slug":"south-sudan-says-in-control-of-main-oil-fields-in-upper-nile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/south-sudan-says-in-control-of-main-oil-fields-in-upper-nile\/","title":{"rendered":"South Sudan says in control of main oil fields in Upper Nile"},"content":{"rendered":"

South Sudan government has said it is in full control of the main oil producing areas of Upper Nile state with production remaining at 160,000 barrels per day.<\/p>\n

This was said by petroleum minister Stephen Dau on a trip to Paloch an oil complex and processing plant near the border with Sudan which also has the export pipeline to Khartoum.<\/p>\n

‘I’m here to assure that the government is in full control of the situation in Upper Nile and in particular the oil fields,’ he told reporters.<\/p>\n

The oil production level is however below the 245,000 barrels recorded before fighting broke out by nearly a third.<\/p>\n

The minister was also quick to say that foreigners and nationals were still operating in the facility including those who had been evacuated when the war started.<\/p>\n

‘Now we have more than 400 wells running, so that means our facility is working normally, and export is normal,’ said Liang Jindong, the production facility superintendent at Paloch.<\/p>\n

Last month the government put the total output from South Sudan at 167,000 to 168,000 barrels per day.<\/p>\n

Earlier there had been concerns that the country was losing its oil buyers<\/a> after a number of companies from Japan, India and China started sourcing for similar products elsewhere namely Angola and Chad.<\/p>\n

Paloch in North South Sudan is 640 kilometers north of Juba and 140 km northeast of Malakal.<\/p>\n

Three oil firms operate in South Sudan including China national Petroleum Corp, Malasyia\u2019s Petronas and India\u2019s ONGV Videsh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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