South Sudan oil flow starts back slow
South Sudan should reach a production capacity of 160,000 to 180,000 bpd by mid-June according to Dar Petroleum president Joseph Podtung. “Within a month, we should be reaching 165,000 to 180,000 and we would expect to reach the level where we were before the shutdown by early next year,” Podtung said during a ceremony to restart production at Palouge.
South Sudan’s restart of production has been slower than expected, with the original forecast pegged at 200,000 bpd by mid-April. However, damage caused to some oil field facilities during cross-border skirmishes in Unity State delayed the start up. Nile Blend is produced in Unity State and is a highly sought after as it is a light, sweet, and waxy crude. Production in the Unity State started on the Jath Thar field in early April.
The first cargo of oil is expected to be shipped through the pipeline north, reaching Port Sudan by May 20. “This symbolic event of launching oil resumption is what the people of South Sudan were awaiting. This is also a message of peace that the agreement that was signed in Addis Ababa in September 2012 is now being implemented,” Dau told attendees at a ceremony at the oil field.
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