MEO: The Country Loses 210, 000 Oil Barrels Due to War
Al-Ahdath – Nahid Oshi
The Minister of Energy and Oil (MEO), Dr. Mohieddin Naeem Mohammad, has revealed that the country has lost 210,000 barrels of oil as a result of the war currently taking place in Sudan, while depriving the country of the ability to produce 7,000 barrels and destroying gasoline and gas warehouses that were filled with petroleum products inside the Khartoum Refinery (affiliated with the companies). This led to the loss of large quantities of petroleum products for all companies, in addition to a decline in oil production throughout the war.
During the Radio Conference, he revealed expectations for the cost of rebuilding the energy and oil sector, which exceeds $5 billion to return to its original state.
He said a committee was formed to count the losses in the oil and electricity sectors and it has come a long way.
He stressed the effects of the war on the sector, as the energy and oil sector was damaged in several aspects, including damage to the body of various facilities and power stations in Khartoum and Medani, and other damage demonstrated by the loss of the crude present in the refinery and strategic warehouses produced by the Khartoum refinery, in addition to bearing the costs of exchange for the continuation of the electricity service throughout the period of the war without collecting revenues, in addition to the looted goods, which included furniture, cars, money, and information systems, which is the biggest damage, sabotage and intentional damage in the fields, the theft of cables, warehouses, workers’ housing, and the warehouses for spare parts, power stations, and in the Khartoum refinery, the crude was fermented.
However, he pointed out the availability of petroleum derivatives despite the war, thanks to the rational policy of the state that liberalized the import of petroleum derivatives (benzene and gasoline). Thanks to the companies, we were able to provide fuel in the strategic sectors, public services and electricity without stopping. He confirmed the regularity of the flow of petroleum materials until now, as there is no scarcity and it is clear that Medani incidents has impact in terms of distribution, as it distributed to the states, and this affected the transportation of oil to the safe states, which became expensive, which increased the cost price. He said, “In the past, we used to produce from 60%, and now it is imported, and with direct instructions from the President of the Sovereign Council, to distribute cooking equipment at the cost price, and directive of the Minister of Finance to drop customs duties, port taxes, the price is now 10 thousand per cylinder. (Value of imported gas).
