South Sudan sets up emergency team to continue oil production amid crisis in Sudan

JUBA, April 20 (Xinhua) -- South Sudan said Thursday that it has set up an emergency response team (ERT) in collaboration with oil-producing firms to ensure continuous production of oil following the outbreak of conflict in Sudan last weekend.

Puot Kang Chol, minister of Petroleum, said the ERT is being guided by a well-defined and structured contingency plan that will proactively mitigate the severity of the impact of the fighting in Sudan by re-routing all the logistics and transportation of all critical materials, chemicals, and equipment as the crisis has mildly affected the logistics and transportation of the essential materials and equipment through Port Sudan to oilfields in South Sudan.