New Oil Discovered in South Sudan

South Sudan has found crude oil. The discovery occurred in the Northern Upper Nile State, and  its the first since independence in 2011. Minister of Petroleum and Mining, Awow Daniel Chuang says the new field in the Adar area of the state contains 5.3 million barrels of recoverable oil. Awow Daniel Chuang Source : voanews.com He adds that it will be linked to the nearby Paloch oilfields, which are operated by Dar Petroleum Operating Company and production is likely to begin towards the end of the year. The country gets almost all its revenue from oil and has boosted output, now at 180,000 barrels per day, as it struggles to rebuild its economy after a five-year civil war. Most of the East African nation’s oil infrastructure got damaged in the conflict, during which about 400,000 people were killed and more than a third of the 12 million population uprooted.

The government is keen to reach pre-war oil production levels of 350,000 to 400,000 Barrels per day (bpd) by mid-2020.