Sudan discovers new oil fields
According to an official in Sudan’s north Darfur state exploration in the region has paid off in the Adeela locality. Mastoor Abdul Magid, commissioner of the Adeela locality said that several new oil fields have been discovered in a number of localities.
While this is good news for Khartoum as it has lost a big chunk of crude revenue since the secession of the south, there is a bit of a conflict over who the oil discovered belongs to. The oil fields is disputed by Adeela locality (East Darfur state) and Gibaish locality (North Kordofan state).
Mastoor told reporters that the two localities and native administrators of the two areas reached a temporary agreement pending demarcation of the border which will be supervised by the Decentralized Government Chambers.
The official also said that many citizens have been affected by the ongoing exploration efforts and lack of compensations and recruitment of local youths in the oil companies. These issues led to youths from the area causing trouble however an agreement was reached giving them employment.
One official said that oil discovery in Abu Karinka locality in Shuq Al-Dud area is estimated to be the second largest field after the Iraqi Karkuk oil field.
According to a report in Sudan’s New Vision a huge reserve of oil could help the townships in the region and Sudan as a whole to overcome the current economic crisis caused by the loss of oil revenues from the south.
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