Sudan says that South Sudan Oil Export May after RSF attacks
According to a letter viewed by AFP, Sudan’s army-handled government has asked the energy firms to prepare from South Sudan to prevent crude oil from handling, which depends on its neighbor for export.In a letter dated Friday, the Sudani Energy and Petroleum Ministry informed its South Sudani counterpart that “the risk of stopping export operation is very high”.A fuel depot in a major pump station and Sudan’s army-controlled areas was killed this week, the letter said, as the paramilitary rapid support force (RSF) has targeted government infrastructure across the country, affecting important power and fuel facilities across the country.The war between regular army and RSF since April 2023 killed tens of thousands, uprooted 13 million and sent waves through East Africa and beyond.Landlock and poor, vital oil exports of South Sudan are usually sent from Port Sudan to global markets on the Red Sea, in which Sudan cuts as a transit fee.Exports through Sudan resumed after about a year of suspension in January, after pipeline damage in clashes between the army and RSF.The local media in South Sudan estimates the current flow of crude oil at 110,000 barrels per day.After the most recent drone attacks, Sudan’s government has again directed oil companies to prepare a plan to close the pipeline.According to a copy provided to the AFP on Saturday, these attacks, which threatens these attacks, threatening these features and disabled us from fulfilling their commitment. ,There was no immediate comment from South Sudani officials.The export exports last year dramatically detailed the economy of the young nation, which took over about three-fourths of oil reserves from Sudan when it achieved independence in 2011.South Sudan oil minister Poot Kong Chola is one of the colleagues of Vice-President Rek Machchar, who was arrested earlier this year in rivalry between President Salwa Kir and his deputy macar, threatening to highlight a delicate peace agreement between the two groups.Sudan’s army has accused Juba of siding with RSF.
