Differing oil figures could fuel Sudan tension: NGO
Thursday, 18 March 2010
KHARTOUM, March 17 (AFP): A large discrepancy over actual oil production figures in Sudan could fuel tensions between the North and South which share the proceeds, an international NGO said on Wednesday.
Global Witness said that accurate production figures were important because a 2005 peace agreement between the north and south was predicated on an agreement to share oil revenues.
It said that six months after it had first highlighted the gaps between official Sudanese figures and numbers given by a Chinese-led consortium in Sudan authorities had failed to address the issue.
Global Witness said that accurate production figures were important because a 2005 peace agreement between the north and south was predicated on an agreement to share oil revenues.
It said that six months after it had first highlighted the gaps between official Sudanese figures and numbers given by a Chinese-led consortium in Sudan authorities had failed to address the issue.