“The D-day we were expecting is tomorrow, January 8, 2025,” said the minister of the sector, Puot Kang Chol, who ordered the resumption to begin immediately “without any delay.”

Speaking to reporters, the official confirmed the decision to reactivate the transit of 90 thousand barrels of crude oil per day, taking into account the current security conditions in the areas through which the Petrodar oil pipeline passes.

With a length of more than 1,500 kilometers, the infrastructure was subject to several breakdowns, attributed to the war in Sudan, including the one that occurred in February of last year that led to its total interruption.

“Our economy is suffering, but we believe that with the recovery of pumping tomorrow, our situation will gradually improve,” the official told the press.

Crude oil sales represent nearly 90 percent of the exports of this landlocked African country, so the effects aggravated the internal socioeconomic crisis, which had a significant impact on the rise in inflation and the devaluation of the national currency.

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