South Sudan: Country Shuts 240 Oil Wells Over Theft Claims

28 January 2012

Juba — South Sudan has closed another 242 oil wells as the government announced it had unearthed a theft syndicate involving more than 40,000 barrels per day.

The wells were closed in Palaung oil fields in Upper Nile state that accounts for more than 60 per cent of the young nation's crude output.

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