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S. Sudan says stalled oil wells in Unity State to return to service

Xinhua, January 6, 2017 Adjust font size:

South Sudan on Thursday announced that the stalled oil wells in Unity State would return to service within two months, official SUNA news agency reported.

According to the agency, Sudan's Minister of Petroleum and Gas Mohamed Zayed Awad received Thursday a message from his South Sudanese counterpart Ezekiel Lol Gatkouth in which he said the stalled oil wells in his country's Unity State would return to service within two months.

He reiterated that security is hundred percent stable in Unity State, noting that he paid a field visit to the stalled wells in the past period.

South Sudan's oil production has dropped by nearly 30 percent due to the fighting which broke out between government forces and rebels loyal to former Vice-President Riek Machar in December 2013.

The South's oil production used to reach 245,000 barrels daily before the fighting broke out, but then that figure has been slashed to about 160,000 barrels.

The clashes have left thousands of South Sudanese dead and forced around 1.9 million people to flee their homes. Endit