{UAH} S SUDAN EVACUATING FOREIGN OIL WORKERS

 

South Sudan Evacuating Foreign Oil Workers From Upper Nile State

By Mading Ngor  Feb 21, 2014 8:05 PM GMT  

South Sudan is trying to evacuate foreign oil workers from its Upper Nile region after fighting erupted between government forces and rebel fighters in the state capital three days ago, a government official said.

The state government instructed oil companies to shut down production at the Gumri and Adar oil fields “because of security precautions,” Upper Nile Mining and Petroleum Minister Francis Ayul said in a phone interview today.

“Some of the foreign engineers have been given priority to go back” to the national capital, Juba, he said. “Some of the workers will remain in the field to monitor and maintain facilities.”

Upper Nile is the only state in the world’s newest producing oil, two months after violence erupted in the country. Clashes broke out in Malakal, the state capital, on Feb. 18 in violation of a cease-fire agreement signed on Jan 23. The government army and the rebels both claim they are in control of the town.

To contact the reporter on this story: Mading Ngor in Juba via Nairobi atpmrichardson@bloomberg.net

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Antony Sguazzin at asguazzin@bloomberg.net

 

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