South Sudan starts pumping more crude oil from Unity fields
Wells damaged in the civil war are back onstream, raising output by 70,000 barrels a day by the end of 2019
Unity oilfields, South Sudan — South Sudan started pumping on Monday an additional 15,000 barrels a day of crude oil from its Unity oilfields, its oil minister said. Oil minister Ezekiel Lul Gatkuoth said on Sunday the country had begun to repair wells damaged in the civil war and that wells reopening on Monday would add 12,000 barrels a day to output, rising to 70,000 barrels a day by the end of 2019. Prior to the increase, production was at 160,000 barrels a day. “Today, officially, Unity oil production is opened,” Gatkuoth said during a ceremony at the field, hailing co-operation with neighbouring Sudan, which he said was “unbreakable” and would lead to the opening of new blocks. South Sudan’s oil infrastructure was badly damaged in its civil war, which broke out in 2013, two years after it had become independent from Sudan. Production plunged to less than half of pre-war levels, but wells are being repaired with the help of the Sudanese, said Gatkuoth. Malaysia’s Petronas, India...
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