South Sudan and Sudan Discuss Restart of Oil Exports

Senior officials from South Sudan and Sudan discussed in Sudan on Wednesday the expected resumption of oil exports from South Sudan, following months of shut-in crude flows from South Sudan due to a ruptured pipeline in war-torn Sudan. In March, Sudan declared force majeure on crude oil exports from its landlocked neighbor South Sudan, following a major rupture in the pipeline carrying crude from South Sudan to a port in Sudan in an area with active military activity. The latest conflict in Sudan erupted in April last year, when...