Sudan: Sudan Oil Industry’s Lingering Questions

May 15, 2014 | Alsir Sidahmed, Sudan Tribune
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May 15, 2014 - A statement attributed to Petroleum Minister Eng. Makkawi Awad that Sudan’s oil reserves stand at 4 billion barrels raises more questions than it gives answers.

For one that figure raises the country’s reserves to 80 percent of what it used to be before South Sudan separation in 2011 that took with it an estimated 75 percent of the 5 billion barrels known reserves of then one Sudan.