South Sudan: CNPC Evacuates Oil Personnel from South Sudan

Jul 19, 2016 | Erwin Cifuentes, OilPrice.com
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The China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) evacuated 191 of its employees in South Sudan amid worries over an escalation in the armed conflict between the government and opposition troops. A CNPC statement issued on 19 June mentioned that only 77 of their workers remain in the African country manning the company’s oilfields. The communiqué further detailed that CNPC will try maintain normal operations in South Sudan. Nevertheless, the firm warns that it may remove all its personnel should the situation worsen.