South Sudan: South Sudan Accuses Oil Group of Pollution, Threatens Shutdown

Feb 28, 2018 | Denis Dumo, Reuters
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South Sudanese lawmakers have accused the consortium running the country’s last working oilfields of dumping expired chemicals in the bush, and have threatened to shut down production unless it stops. Members of parliament’s energy committee told the assembly they had seen containers holding old chemicals including potassium chloride in a remote area in the northeast, saying locals feared for their health. Reuters could not immediately verify the assertion.