By Kei Emmanuel Duku<\/p>\n
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South Sudan and the China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) have announced plans to construct a new oil pipeline from South Sudan to Djibouti, passing through Ethiopia. This initiative aims to boost South Sudan’s oil export potential.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n The agreement was reached following a meeting between South Sudan President Salva Kiir and CNPC President Dal Houliang during President Kiir\u2019s visit to China for the China-Africa Summit.<\/p>\n The two leaders discussed reforms in the South Sudan oil industry and agreed to build a new oil refinery and distribution network.<\/p>\n President Kiir emphasized his government’s commitment to unlocking South Sudan’s oil potential and improving energy security.<\/p>\n He assured CNPC of the government’s support for the safety of oil workers during the construction and operation of the pipeline.<\/p>\n CNPC, which holds a significant stake in the country’s largest oil operator, expressed its commitment to working with South Sudan and local teams on infrastructure projects and oil exploration.<\/p>\n South Sudan’s Undersecretary of Petroleum, Dr. Chol Thon, reiterated the government’s focus on green energy initiatives as part of its sustainable development plans.<\/p>\n The new pipeline project comes at a crucial time for South Sudan, which halted oil exports earlier this year due to a conflict in Sudan that disrupted the existing pipeline.<\/p>\n The conflict has significantly impacted South Sudan’s economy, which heavily relies on oil revenue.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Kei Emmanuel Duku South Sudan and the China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) have announced plans to construct a new oil pipeline from South Sudan to Djibouti, passing through Ethiopia. This initiative aims to boost South Sudan’s oil export potential. The agreement was reached following a meeting between South[Read More…]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":28412,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[80,79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/South-Sudan-President-Kiir-while-in-China-for-the-China-Africa-Summit-together-with-Dai-Houliang-the-President-of-CNPC.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28411"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28411\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28413,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28411\/revisions\/28413"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}