South Sudan plans to build three oil refineries after secession: Official
The Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) plans to build three new oil refineries should citizens of the semi-autonomous region choose to secede in the upcoming referendum scheduled for January 9, 2011.
The disclosure came at a press conference by the GoSS Energy Ministry Undersecretary David Loro said on Tuesday.
In May, the Akon Refinery Co., a joint venture between Khartoum-based Eyat Oilfield Co. and Southern Sudan’s state- owned Nile Petroleum Co., announced a tender for bids to build a 50,000 barrel per day refinery. The cost of the project is estimated at $1.8 billion, according to the company’s website.
The huge Warrap refinery project, which is expected to take about three years to complete from the date it kicks off at the construction sites. To transport the crude oil to Akon refinery site in Warrap state the Company will also construct a pipeline of some hundreds of kilometres long from the Unity state oilfield.
Currently the crude oil from Unity and Upper Nile states is being transported through the thousands of kilometres long Chinese-constructed pipeline to the international market via Port Sudan in the far North-eastern part of the country.
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