S.Sudan oil Refinery Equipment Stranded in Kenya

{{The opening of an oil refinery in South Sudan’s Unity state, has been delayed from 9 July as vital equipment is stranded at the Kenyan port of Mombassa.}}

According to Unity state’s former governor, Taban Deng Gai, the opening was due to coincide with the second anniversary of South Sudan’s independence from Sudan in 2011.

The South took with it 75% of Sudan’s oil production but none of the infrastructure needed to export or to refine its oil, for which there is a high demand in the country.

Since independence South Sudan has been forced to import fuel from neighbouring countries, often at a high cost.

Unity state’s deputy governor Michael Chiengjiek Geay told media on Thursday that the postponement was due to vital equipment still not reaching the refinery.

During South Sudan’s second anniversary celebrations in Juba on Tuesday, president Salva Kiir Mayardit said that the country’s oil infrastructure has progressed significantly since separation Sudan.

{SudanTribune}