Ministry of Energy and Mining refutes Global Witness report on produced oil quantities
The Minister of Energy and Mining has refuted a report published by Global Witness on difference in the figures on Sudan oil production which were declared by each of the Sudanese Ministry of Finance and the Chinese Oil Company.
In press conference organized on Saturday, the Minister of Energy and Mining, Al -Zubair Ahmed Al Hassan, said that the report was not a new one and intended to cast doubt on the actual produced oil quantities. He said that the report concentrated on the transport and administrative costs which included in the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, said the Minister.
The minister said that the figures announced by the Ministry of Finance are accurate and that the reports issued by Greater Nile Company had confirmed this accuracy. He said that the Government of South Sudan is represented in all the institutions that are concerned with the production and sharing of oil which are the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Energy and the Central Bank of Sudan, adding that the Government of South Sudan has set up a follow up committee and named a British auditor to check its oil accounts.
He said that the Ministry of Energy and Mining, in collaboration with the Presidency of the Republic and Petroleum Commission, will clarify facts and cooperate with concerned technical bodies toward protection of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement.
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