据彭博社8月19日报道，南苏丹信息部长Michael Makuei Lueth表示，南苏丹在阿达尔北部油田发现了新的原油，并计划在今年年底前投产。

Lueth周一在首都朱巴通过电话表示，新发现与附近的Paloch油田相连，Paloch油田由Dar Petroleum Operating Co.运营。Lueth称，石油部长Awow Daniel Chuang上周五向内阁宣布了这一发现。

Lueth补充道:“一旦连接完成，就会启动生产，预计会在今年年底开始。这是一个新的发现，因此我们将不得不做很多准备来实现生产。它需要一条管道把它和石油运输主管道连接起来。”

南苏丹正试图恢复原油生产，日产量已经从13万桶增加到了18万桶。

王佳晶 摘译自 彭博社

原文如下：

South Sudan discovers new oil, plans output by year-end

South Sudan has made a new crude find in the northern oilfields of Adar and plans production by the end of the year, Information Minister Michael Makuei Lueth said.

The oil will be linked to the nearby Paloch oilfields that are managed by Dar Petroleum Operating Co., Lueth said Monday by phone from the capital, Juba. Petroleum Minister Awow Daniel Chuang announced the discovery to the cabinet on Friday, Lueth said.

“It will start as soon as they finish connectivity and the production will likely begin towards the end of this year,” Lueth said, without giving further details. “This is a new discovery and hence people will have to do so many things in order get to production. It needs a pipeline to connect it to the main pipe.”

Ruined by war, South Sudan is trying to recover by resuming crude production. Output has increased to 180,000 bpd from 130,000 bpd during its five-year civil war.