Sudan/South Sudan/Abyei: Sudan Signs Oil Contract with China in Disputed Area with S/Sudan

Jan 31, 2015 | APA
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Sudan government has signed an agreement with China for oil production in the disputed area with South Sudan, the oil minister announced on Saturday.Sudan’s minister of oil Makkawi Mohammed Awad said that his ministry has signed a six-year agreement with the Chinese National Petroleum Company (CNPC) to increase oil production in fields north of Heglig and parts of the disputed border area of Abyei.

The two sides agreed in Beijing to increase oil production in West Kordofan oil fields, especially in blocks 2 and 4 until 2021. The two blocks lie north of Heglig, but block 4 includes parts of Abyei the minister stated.