South Sudan in Talks to Bypass Conflict by Trucking Oil Exports
- Juba wants alternative routes to avoid Sudan conflict
- Crude transported from fields by pipeline to Port Sudan
The Paloch oil fields in South Sudan.
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South Sudan is in talks with Kenya and Ethiopia to truck oil to the coast for export, which would mitigate the risk of depending on pipelines running through war-plagued Sudan.
The East African nation relies on oil shipments to fund state coffers. South Sudan President Salva Kiir discussed the transport alternative with his Kenyan counterpart during an Aug. 19 meeting, Deputy Finance Minister Agok Makur said in an interview.