• TERMS OF USE
  • PRIVACY POLICY
  • ETHICS COMMITTEE
  • SUBMITTING AN ARTICLE
Sunday, June 22, 2025
Sudans Post
  • HOME
  • NEWS
    • SOUTH SUDAN
    • SUDAN
    • REGION
  • EDUCATION
  • CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
  • PRESS RELEASES
  • OPINIONS & ANALYSES
  • ABOUT US
  • CONTACT US
  • عربي
No Result
View All Result
  • HOME
  • NEWS
    • SOUTH SUDAN
    • SUDAN
    • REGION
  • EDUCATION
  • CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
  • PRESS RELEASES
  • OPINIONS & ANALYSES
  • ABOUT US
  • CONTACT US
  • عربي
No Result
View All Result
Sudans Post
No Result
View All Result

South Sudan petroleum minister urges oil firms to raise output

South Sudan’s Minister of Petroleum, Puot Kang Chol, on Thursday, urged oil companies to increase oil production in the country.

by Sudans Post
June 17, 2022

South Sudan petroleum minister Puot Kang Chuol addressing journalists following a meeting of the Economic Crisis Management Committee (ECMC) in Juba on Tuesday [Photo by SSBC]
South Sudan petroleum minister Puot Kang Chuol addressing journalists following a meeting of the Economic Crisis Management Committee (ECMC) in Juba on Tuesday [Photo by SSBC]
JUBA – South Sudan’s Minister of Petroleum, Puot Kang Chol, on Thursday, urged oil companies to increase oil production in the country.

Minister Chol made this call during a consultative workshop on Unified Human Resources Policy Manual on Thursday in Juba.

“I think if there is anything that will take our time, our energy and resources in the next minute would be how to increase production in the country,” said Chol.

On 14 January 2021, South Sudan and Sudan reached a deal to increase oil production from 170,000 barrels per day (BPD) to 300,000 BPD within the next three years from 2021.

Last year, President Salva Kiir directed Finance and Petroleum Ministries to dedicate 5,000 barrels of crude oil per day for payment of civil servant salaries.

However, the situation remains the same as the government employees go for about four to six months without pay.

Chol said when oil production increase, it would enable the government to pay the salaries of civil servant.

“I don’t think any of you particularly the Nilepet, police  and South Sudanese national staff would say your money has not be increase, you money has been increase but where do we get it from?.”

“We will get it from the same oil we produced, so if we don’t produce more, we will not get anything, we will only end up paying you and the rest of us will not be paid,” Chol added.

He encouraged the oil companies to redouble efforts to increase oil output.

“If you get the little you have, please exert more efforts so that you save others with it when we produce more.”

“The next meeting that I would have, will not be about manual but shall be about how do we increase production to compensate what we are expensing when we are paying salaries, incentive and allowance to the staff.”

In June 2021, Ministry of Petroleum launched  the country’s first oil licensing round in which exploration licenses were awarded for Blocks A2, A5, B1, B4 and D2 as part of efforts to explore the almost 90% of oil and gas reserves that remain untapped.

During the first round of three, an initial five blocks were placed on offer in the Muglad Basin with the potential to add up to 100,000 barrels of oil per day (bpd).

The licensing round aims to boost the country’s oil output from between 180,000 and 200,000 bpd in late 2020 and early 2021 to 300,000 bpd by 2023, and then to between 350,000 and 400,000 bpd by 2025.

 

Share this:

  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook
  • Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X
  • Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp
  • Click to share on Telegram (Opens in new window) Telegram
  • Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn
  • Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest

Comments 1

  1. Frazer says:
    3 years ago

    But what happens no oil increases no refiner builds no anything done and we are taking if we have a refiner our money will be strong and our economy will be good who holding you from building refiner? Look our nebuor Uganda and Kenya start their oil by building refineries. And. We always start everything by just talking.

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Sudans Post

Sudans Post is an independent, young, and grass roots news media organization aimed at providing readers with an alternate depiction of events that occur on Sudan, South Sudan and East Africa, and to establish an engaging social platform for readers to discover and discuss the various issues that impact the two countries and the region.

SUDANS POST

  • ABOUT US
  • Client Portal
  • Client Portal
  • CONTACT US
  • ETHICS COMMITTEE
  • LoginPress
  • PRIVACY POLICY
  • SUBMITTING AN ARTICLE
  • TERMS OF USE

RECENT NEWS

  • Civil society wants $385,000 health summit budget diverted to essential services
  • James Wani Igga: A veteran liberator battling uncertain political future

SUBSCRIBE TO SUDANS POST

Get the news delivered right into your inbox and subscribe!

Loading
  • PRIVACY POLICY
  • TERMS OF USE
  • ETHICS COMMITTEE
  • SUBMITTING AN ARTICLE

Copyright © 2019–2025 Sudans Post - All rights reserved.

No Result
View All Result
  • HOME
  • NEWS
    • SOUTH SUDAN
    • SUDAN
    • REGION
  • EDUCATION
  • CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
  • PRESS RELEASES
  • OPINIONS & ANALYSES
  • ABOUT US
  • CONTACT US
  • عربي

Copyright © 2019–2025 Sudans Post - All rights reserved.