Sudan finds oil in strife-torn Darfur region
KHARTOUM, Sudan, Apr 18, 2005 (PANA) — Sudan has discovered an oil field expected to produce 500,000 barrels of crude oil per day by August this year in the Darfur region, a cabinet minister revealed in Khartoum Saturday.
However, the announcement made by the minister of energy and Mining Awad Ahmed Al-Jazz at a news conference did not surprise many oil experts here because previous reports had indicated the region has untapped oil, gold, iron , silver as well as natural gas.
Most of Sudan’s current oil production comes from oil fields in southern Sudan, where a peace treaty was signed recently between the government and rebels on 9 January this year.
According to the accord signed in Nairobi, Kenya, 50% of oil revenues from the south will go to the Sudan People’s Liberation Army/Movement (SPLA/M), while Khartoum takes the other half.
The UN and international relief agencies estimate that more than 180,000 people have died in the troubled Western Darfur region from hunger and disease over the past 18 months. More than two million persons have fled their homes to makeshift camps in and out of the country, particularly in Chad.
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