Total Asks to Revisit South Sudan Oil-Blocks, Minister Says
- French company has written to express interest, Gatkuoth says
- African nation seeks to pump 350,000 barrels a day by mid-2018
The Total SA logo is seen at a Total oil refinery in Spergau, Germany, Friday, March 31, 2006.
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Total SA approached South Sudan about developing two of its biggest oil blocks after previous talks on the fields collapsed, according to the African nation’s petroleum minister.
"They have written to me that they are still interested" in blocks B1 and B2, Ezekiel Lol Gatkuoth said Monday in an interview in Cape Town. Tullow Oil Plc has also asked to discuss the blocks, he said.