Sudan: Sudan Welcomes Russian Gas Specialists

May 20, 2014 | Vestnik Kavkaza
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A week ago, rebels in South Sudan, a republic that had broken away from Sudan, demanded oil extraction to be stopped, threatening to take over fields. The sovereign status of South Sudan was adopted on July 2011 after the signing of a declaration of independence. Three-quarters of the oil fields of the country belong to South Sudan now. However, the pipelines exporting oil are under the control of Sudan, also known as the Republic of Sudan. A Sudanese delegation visited Moscow to partake in the 14th Ministerial Meeting of the International Energy Forum attended by ministers for oil and energy from 87 countries. The topic of the discussions was “the new geography of energy and the future of global energy security.”