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South Sudan agrees oil exploration deal with South Africa

A worker walks at the power plant of an oil processing facility at an oilfield in Unity State. [File, Reuters]

South Sudan and South Africa will sign a production sharing agreement for an untapped exploration block in the East African country, whose production has been hampered by civil war, South Sudan’s petroleum ministry said yesterday.

The Exploration Production Sharing Agreement (EPSA) for Block B2 will be signed by Ezekiel Lol Gatkuoth, South Sudan’s Minister of Petroleum and Jeff Radebe, South Africa’s Minister of Energy, the ministry said in a statement.

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