War in Sudan Disrupts South Sudan’s Oil Exports

War in Sudan Disrupts South Sudan’s Oil Exports

Source: The International Crisis Group published on 15 May 2024 a commentary titled “South Sudan on Edge as Its Neighbor’s War Disrupts Oil Exports.”

The civil war in Sudan has severely disrupted oil transported by pipeline from South Sudan to Port Sudan, depriving southerners of petrodollars, the government’s main source of revenue.  One of these pipelines, responsible for about two thirds of South Sudan’s oil exports, broke down in February and will require months of complex repairs that must be made amid active combat.

South Sudan’s government will run out of money and the national currency’s value will plunge.  Chronic food shortages will worsen, presaging renewed instability and fighting.