VOL. XXXIX

No. 54

7-October-1996

SUDAN

Sudan's Crude Oil Production Reaches 13,000 B/D

The Sudanese Minister of Energy and Mining, Mr. 'Awad alJaz, affirmed in a statement before the National Assembly in Khartoum on 1 October that oil production from the fields in central Sudan is now averaging 13,000 b/d. The Minister went on to say that production is expected to rise to 38,000 b/d next year, of which 25,000 b/d will come in May 1997 from the Heglig and Unity fields (operated by Arakis...