Tuesday, January 14, 2014
The government of South Sudan is calling on its neighbor to the north, Sudan, for aid in maintaining oil output. Juba has asked Khartoum to send engineers to help keep oil flowing after many foreign workers left because of fighting between government forces and rebels.
Petroleum Minister Stephen Dhieu Dau said output was still holding at about 190,000 to 200,000 bpd from fields in South Sudan. Speaking at Juba airport after meetings in Khartoum, Dau said: “I talked to them so that they can quickly provide us with the technical support in terms of engineers that can be sent into Unity state working side by side with our engineers.”