Minister of Energy and Petroleum: $18 billion in losses in the sector due to the war and agreements with China to rehabilitate the Al-Jili refinery
Minister of Energy and Petroleum Dr. Mohieddin Naeem Muhammad Saeed revealed new negotiations and agreements with the Chinese state to resume joint cooperation in energy and petroleum and rehabilitate Al Refinery -Jili.
He stressed that the visit to China was part of the implementation of state policies aimed at strengthening relations with the Chinese state as a strategic partner in the oil sector, restoring relations and to negotiate old debts with a view to collaborating again.
To increase production and realize the common interest between the two countries, he said, work is being done at a good pace at all levels and in state agencies.
He revealed the signing of agreements with new and better conditions to rehabilitate the refinery, inspect and restore oil pipelines and reservoirs, and re-explore.
And agreements to end the electricity problem of Port Sudan and connect the transmission line to Aroma – Haya – Sinkat
In his speech at the podium of women journalists who came to the Red Sea, Mohieddin revealed the scale of losses in the oil sector, which amounted to more than 18 billion dollars until last August.
The total financial value of oil sector facilities in Sudan has been estimated at $55 billion.
Confirming that Sudan has oil facilities including refineries, pipelines, ports and more than 7 fields
He reduced the scale of the attack on the Khartoum refinery and its impact on oil exploitation or the national economy.
He added that despite the ongoing war, we were able to produce a ship every 29 days instead of 45 days at the start of the war.
Mohieddin decided to continue the oil works without any impact and focus on crude oil production and its filtration to meet the needs. To overcome the problem, oil was released and the matter of importation was left to the private sector and 32 companies working in the field.
. Stressing that the role of the ministry was limited to the regulatory process, completion of procedures, arranging the entry of vessels, setting prices and qualifying importers to ensure that the national currency was not not affected, in addition to examining imported petroleum products and distributing them to meet the needs of the country.
He stressed that there are warehouses in Atbara, Al-Qadarif, Madani and Rabak and that distribution is going well.
He expressed satisfaction at the end of the phenomenon of queues for fuel and the shortage of petroleum raw materials despite the war. He said the state had unbearable costs in the past in importing oil, adding that the war had taught us to think correctly. and if this stopped, it would have a positive impact on the Sudanese in terms of prices and services.
The best description of the work is that it was carried out during the war years and performance was improved.
He said that what is happening in the oil field is better than the past.
He revealed that the oil produced represents only 20% of what is present in the ground, noting the presence of natural gas and gold in the Red Sea up to Tokar in large quantities.
He pointed out that they had received offers from Russia, Saudi Arabia and Turkey to invest in oil and gas, and added that we have many alternatives to investing in oil.
He decided to work to repair the major damage caused to the electricity sector in order to avoid its collapse. Noting an abundance of electricity production of 600 megawatts
He attributed the outages to wiring problems and other problems.
He pointed out that oil production before separation was 500 thousand barrels per day, which reached 60-80 in 2018 and decreased to 13 thousand barrels due to the abandonment of technical operations of the fields at the start of exploitation . war, production reached 13,000 barrels, currently 12 to 22,000 barrels.
He admitted to facing problems and conflicts in certain areas
He said oil workers work day and night in difficult conditions and under threat from militias.
