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Sudan sends first export of oil

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    Sudan exported its first shipment of oil products, sending some 20,000 tons of gasoline to Malta on a Turkish tanker that left Port Sudan on the Red Sea on Monday, reported the official newspaper Al-Anbaa. Energy and Mining Minister Awad el-Jazz was quoted saying that the government planned to expand its gasoline export to some 600,000 tonnes annually. Sudan started production last year at a rate of 150,000 tonnes a day, later increasing its output to 160,000 barrels a day, according to Associated
    Press (AP).

    A 1,610 km pipeline carries crude oil from southern oil fields to the Red Sea and is constantly threatened by rebel activity.
    Meanwhile, the governor of Khartoum State has ordered that prices of gas be slashed by 50 percent in all districts of Khartoum beginning Wednesday, reported state radio. Governor Majdhub al-Khalifah said plans were underway to allow investors to import gas cylinders at reduced prices.

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