Khartoum asks Juba for crude oil in return for gasoline
The Head of Sudan’s Transitional Military Council (TMC) Abdel Fattah al-Burhan during his recent visit to South Sudan on May 27th, 2019(Photo credit: supplied/SSNN)
May 21, 2020 (SSNN) – The Sudanese government has asked the government of South Sudan to supply it with crude oil in return for gasoline, a senior government official in Khartoum has said.
The Undersecretary of the Ministry of Energy and Mining Hamid Suleiman said in an interview quoted by Sudan Tribune that the purpose of the proposed new deal is to avoid repeated fuel crises that Sudan has experienced recently while Juba will reduce the imported fuel.
“Khartoum asked Juba to supply it with more than 20,000 barrels per day after the global decline in oil prices and in exchange Sudan will give South Sudan gasoline from El-Obeid refinery after refining the crude,” Suleiman said.
“The government of South Sudan agreed in principle after talks between Prime Minister Hamdok and President Salva Kiir Mayardit, who promised to respond within the next two days,” he added.
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