Port Sudan– The Sudanese Minister of Energy and Oil, d. Mohiuddin Naim that the energy and oil sectors are the most affected by the existing war. He revealed in a special interview with Al -Jazeera Net that the volume of losses in the oil sector amounted to 20 billion dollars, in addition to the damage of the electricity sector in all its facilities and facilities.
He pointed out that the damage included the body of the oil installations, the loss of oil crude and the petroleum products preserved in the strategic warehouses from the production of the Khartoum refinery, as well as sabotage and deliberate damage in the fields, theft of cables for wells, camps, housing workers and warehouses for spare parts and sabotage of the Ministry’s presidency buildings.
Naim explained that despite this there is no fuel crisis for citizens or the armed forces, and most of the states are safe with electricity, while work is underway to restore service to the recently cleared areas of the Rapid Support Forces such as Al -Jazeera (central Sudan).
He expressed his hope to rehabilitate the Khartoum refinery again to return its first biography, but rather better than it was, and noted that the government plans to build a new refinery in Port Sudan as a separate project.
Naim stated that the electricity companies made “tremendous” efforts in the reform process, which was in conditions described as extremely complex and dangerous, in which electricity was connected to the return of a large number of transportation and distribution lines in the state of Khartoum, Al -Jazeera and others.
He said that during his visit to China and India, he discussed the return of the first partners, and added that he had a serious desire to work with Sudan in the oil sector. He expressed optimism about Sudan’s return to its natural production location. Naim revealed a plan for the reconstruction, construction and rehabilitation of the war in the fields of oil and electricity.
The following is the text of the dialogue:
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About two years after the war in Sudan, how do you evaluate the energy and oil situation now, and is it true that this sector is the most affected by the war?
Certainly, the energy and oil sectors are the most affected because the oil industry is expensive, as the oil sector has been affected by the war in several aspects, including damage to the body of oil installations; Another damage is to lose oil crude and petroleum products preserved in strategic warehouses produced by the Khartoum Refinery, as well as sabotage and deliberate damage in the fields and theft of cables for wells and camps, and the residence of workers and warehouses for spare parts and sabotage until the Ministry’s presidency buildings.
As for the Khartoum refinery, it has completely stopped working due to the war, as the crude warehouse of the refinery was sabotaged, which led to the loss of about (210) thousand barrels of crude, and the destruction of other facilities, including the gasoline warehouse and the diesel warehouse, and all of them were full of petroleum products, in addition to a group of warehouses of distribution companies located in the jelly control center, which is inside the refinery, which led to the loss of amounts of capacity of oil products For all companies.
Despite this, our evaluation of the situation now is that, praise be to God, there is no fuel crisis for citizens or the armed forces, as well as for electricity, most of the safe states are enjoying service, and work is underway to return the areas that have been recently liberated, including the mandate of the island.
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It returned days before an inspection visit to the remaining Khartoum refinery after the big fire .. What are your estimates of the total losses in the refinery and in the oil sector?
20 billion dollars are estimates of losses in the oil sector as a whole. As for the refinery, the statistics operations for the size of damage and rehabilitation are still continuing, and in a total way, the size of the damage is large and the losses are fatal, but the arrangements necessary to return it its first course and even better, God willing.
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Is it possible to fix what has been burned, or must a new refinery be created?
Yes, certainly it is possible to rehabilitate the Khartoum refinery again and will return as it was, as we offer in our plan to build a new refinery in Port Sudan as a separate new project.
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Does the image look blurry about oil installations around Khartoum?
The picture is clear to us for all facilities in Sudan, especially the state of Khartoum.
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Are China, India and Malaysia still a desire for oil investment in Sudan?
We visited China more than once and India and discussed the return of the first partners, and they have a serious desire to work with Sudan in the oil sector.
It is said that Sudan has lost many human cadres in the energy sector due to the war, through migration and displacement, as it was subjected to bleeding in competencies. How true is this?
We are now working by 20%, just like the rest of the state institutions, and a large part of workers on vacation due to the war, but their salaries are continuing and their jobs are reserved when returning to work for all workers, they will constitute a presence, God willing.
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There was a great and repeated targeting of power sources such as dams and power stations, what is the size of the damage?
As a result of the war launched by the Rapid Rebuel Support Militia, the electricity sector in all its facilities and facilities was affected by thermal generation stations that lost at least 700 megawatts with the exit of thermal and villages of 1, 2, 4, and all the Greater Darfur states, including private generation stations.
While the water generation lost the power station of Jabal Awlia (southern Khartoum) because it was located in the areas of the clashes, while for the transportation company, the company lost at least 800 km of carrier lines with various efforts, and a number of capabilities with large capacities in addition to large transformational stations that fully lost the example of Al -Kabbashi Transforming Station and the Marjan station.
The distribution network was directly damaged by the destruction of most of the electricity distribution offices and a large number of intermediate pressure transformers.
Electricity companies have made tremendous efforts in the reform process. Praise be to God, and in the midst of highly complex and dangerous conditions, the delivery of electricity was delivered by returning a large number of transport and distribution lines in Khartoum, Al -Jazeera and others.
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Is it true that there are those who cooperate with rapid support from employees of power stations and correct the coordinates to be struck accurate?
We do not rule out.
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To what extent you are optimistic about Sudan’s return to its natural location in the pre -war energy, and do you have a plan for the reconstruction, construction and rehabilitation of what the war destroyed in the fields of oil and electricity?
Yes, very optimistic, and, God willing, Sudan returns to its natural location in production, and we are interested in preserving the previous situation, and certainly we have a plan for the reconstruction, construction and rehabilitation of what the war destroyed in the fields of oil and electricity.
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What is the extent to which foreign investment in the energy sector is affected by the current situation?
Certainly, wars have an impact on investment, but we are working for post -war and it is to the demise of Praise be to God after the great successive victories achieved by the armed forces, and we have great opportunities to invest in safe areas and negotiations with investors continuously under the war.
