North and South Sudan seek accord on oil pipelines and Abyei
February 10, 2011 (KHARTOUM) – The National Congress Party (NCP) and Sudan People Liberation Movement (SPLM) are planning a new push towards resolving key post-referendum issues namely the transport of oil produced in the landlocked South and dispute over border region of Abyei.
A new round of talks on economic issues will focus on arrangements related to the ownership of pipelines that transport oil from the South to Port Sudan and loaded to tankers.
The South Sudan VP Riek Machar said in press statements that existing contracts with oil companies will remain untouched but affirmed the right of the independent South to sign new contracts with other companies.
Most of Sudan’s proven daily output of 500,000 oil barrel is extracted from oilfields in the south whereas the pipelines infrastructure and refineries are based in the north. Both sides need to maintain cooperation on oil after secession to sustain their economies which depend greatly on oil revenues.
On Abyei, the joint political committee of the NCP-SPLM agreed to visit the oil-rich region for talks with leaders there.
Following that, president Omer Hassan Al-Bashir and South Sudan leader Salva Kiir will hold an expanded meeting with the leaders of the Arab Misseriya and Dinka Ngok who inhabit Abyei.
Abyei was due to hold a referendum last month to decide whether it will become part North Sudan or join an independent south Sudan but it was suspended after a disagreement persisted on who is eligible to take part in the plebiscite.
February 10, 2011 (KHARTOUM) – The National Congress Party (NCP) and Sudan People Liberation Movement (SPLM) are planning a new push towards resolving key post-referendum issues namely the transport of oil produced in the landlocked South and dispute over border region of Abyei.
A new round of talks on economic issues will focus on arrangements related to the ownership of pipelines that transport oil from the South to Port Sudan and loaded to tankers.
The South Sudan VP Riek Machar said in press statements that existing contracts with oil companies will remain untouched but affirmed the right of the independent South to sign new contracts with other companies.
Most of Sudan’s proven daily output of 500,000 oil barrel is extracted from oilfields in the south whereas the pipelines infrastructure and refineries are based in the north. Both sides need to maintain cooperation on oil after secession to sustain their economies which depend greatly on oil revenues.
On Abyei, the joint political committee of the NCP-SPLM agreed to visit the oil-rich region for talks with leaders there.
Following that, president Omer Hassan Al-Bashir and South Sudan leader Salva Kiir will hold an expanded meeting with the leaders of the Arab Misseriya and Dinka Ngok who inhabit Abyei.
Abyei was due to hold a referendum last month to decide whether it will become part North Sudan or join an independent south Sudan but it was suspended after a disagreement persisted on who is eligible to take part in the plebiscite.
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