South Sudan announces comprehensive environmental audit of its oilfields
A South Sudanese citizen inspects and takes a close look at how crude oil spills (Photo: Supplied)
January 10th, 2020 (SSNN)—South Sudan, the war-torn country, has announced a tender and invited interested bidders to submit their applications for a comprehensive environmental audit of all the country’s oil fields.
“The Ministry of Petroleum, on behalf of the Government of the Republic of South Sudan, is inviting interested bidders to collect Pre-Qualification Forms at the Ministry of Petroleum HQs in Juba, from its website http://www.mop-rss.org/env-audit for conducting a Full Environmental Audit in the Republic of South Sudan during working hours starting from Monday 13 to 20 January 2020.”
The ongoing conflict in South Sudan that erupted in 2013, has undermined the sound management of the environment as stipulated in the Petroleum Act 2012.
The Petroleum law aims to safeguard the environment and prevent environmental risks caused as a result of negligence by the Khartoum regime before the country’s independence.
Over the past few years, environmental pollution has had negative effects on the country’s oil producing states, posing health risks to both humans and animals living in those areas.
Health experts also believe that irresponsible actions of oil companies have been responsible for a number of deaths and disabilities among children in the area.
In August last year, President Salva Kiir Mayardit warned oil companies against mismanagement of the environment, and warned that his administration would not overlook activities that pose threats to the oil sector.
“I will not tolerate irresponsible activities in the oil sector.”
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