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JUBA, April 20 (Reuters) - South Sudan's oil minister
said on Thursday that the country's crude oil production and
exports stood at approximately 170,000 barrels per day (bpd).
Puot Kang Chol did not give a comparative figure.
As of July 2021, the country's crude output stood at 154,000
barrels per day (bpd), a sharp drop from 350,000 to 400,000 bpd
before the country's 2013-2018 civil war.
Chol told a news conference that fighting in
neighbouring Sudan, which has flared up since Saturday, had
mildly affected logistics and transport links between Port
Sudan, which is located in Sudan, and South Sudan's oil fields.
South Sudan, which gained independence from Sudan in
2011, relies on a pipeline through Sudan to export its crude
oil.
"We at the Ministry of Petroleum urge all the warring
parties immediately to cease hostilities, restore calm and are
calling on all actors to return to dialogue...," Chol said.
(Reporting by Waakhe Simon Wudu; Writing by George Obulutsa;
Editing by Alexander Winning and Estelle Shirbon)
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