South Sudan to export crude by truck
South Sudan is lining up its plan to get its oil production flowing again through pipelines to ports in Kenya and Djibouti. As a temporary measure, until the pipelines are complete, the government plans to ship crude for export by truck.
Toward that end South Sudan plans to build a temporary underwater oil pipeline along the Nile River. The pipeline would extend from oilfields to the capital Juba where the crude would be transferred to trucks and taken on to Kenya and Djibouti, South Sudan's Minister of Petroleum and Mining Stephen Dhieu Dau told Reuters.
While this measure would only ensure a small portion of the country’s production made it to market, about one-tenth, it would aid in adding some revenue to the country’s depleted budget.
30,000 bpd of crude would be delivered to ports under the project, which could be completed by the end of the year, Dau said to Reuters. Prior to shutting-in all its production South Sudan was producing around 350,000 bpd.
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