Sudan could soon resume pumping South Sudanese crude through a key pipeline that was damaged in the ongoing conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), according to statements from both governments.
Landlocked South Sudan relies on a pipeline linking its ‘Dar Blend’ oilfields on Blocks 3 & 7 with the Bashayer-2 Marine Terminal at Port Sudan on the Red Sea. But the SAF government was forced to declare force majeure on crude exports through the key pipeline in February, citing a “major rupture,” with the intense fighting between the rival armies hindering maintenance efforts (MEES, 22 March). South Sudanese crude flows to Port Sudan dropped from 152,000 b/d in February to just 83,000 b/d since as a result. (CONTINUED - 265 WORDS)
