SOUTH SUDAN / KIIR OIL

South Sudan's President Salva Kiir Mayardit announced today that oil operations will be halted immediately and that no crude oil belonging to his country shall flow through the pipelines on the territory of Sudan. UNMISS

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:02:08
• Production Date: 23 January 2012
• Asset Language: Original
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS MISSION IN SOUTH SUDAN – UNMISS
• Subject Topical: POLITICAL AFFAIRS; LAW; INTERNATIONAL LAW; POLITICAL CONDITIONS; POLITICAL CONDITIONS; POLITICAL MOVEMENTS; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; PEACE AND SECURITY
• Geographic Subject: SOUTH SUDAN
• MAMS Id: U120123a

Description

STORY: SOUTH SUDAN / KIIR OIL
TRT: 2:08
SOURCE: UNMISS
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / ARABIC / NATS

DATELINE: JANUARY 23, 2011, JUBA & MAY 2011, FOLUGE OIL FIELD -SOUTH SUDAN

Shotlist

JANUARY 23, 2012, JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN

1. Wide shot, National Legislature Assembly
2. Med shot, President Salva Kiir seated
3. Med shot, members of National Legislative Assembly
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Salva Kiir Mayardit, President, Republic of South Sudan:
“We unanimously decided that all oil operations in South Sudan should be halted with immediate effect and no crude oil belonging to South Sudan shall flow through the pipelines on the territory of the Republic of Sudan.”
5. Wide shot, members of the National Legislative Assembly clapping

FILE - MAY 2011, FOLUGE OIL FIELD, SOUTH SUDAN

6. Wide shot, oil pipes
7. More, petroleum tank
8. Wide shot, petroleum pipes
9. Various shots, pipes

JANUARY 23 2011, JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN

10. SOUNDBITE (English) Salva Kiir Mayardit, President, Republic of South Sudan:
“We will continue to do everything possible to resolve the impasses with Sudan and to restore the flow of South Sudanese crude oil.”
11. Wide shot, Assembly members standing for national anthem
12. Med shot, Members of National Legislative Assembly
13. Wide shot, demonstrations in support of the decision
14. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Paulino Misaka, artist:
“The oil should not be pumped out. Even if there is a need to walk, we will walk on foot. It is better to build our own pipes through another country and we can negotiate the amount and other necessary things.”

FILE - MAY 2011, FOLUGE OIL FIELD, SOUTH SUDAN

15. Wide shot, oil field
16. Wide shot, pipe line
17. Med shot, crude oil
18. Close up, crude oil
19. Various shots, crude oil

Storyline

South Sudanese President Salva Kiir Mayardit has announced that oil operations in South Sudan will be halted with immediate effect and that no crude oil belonging to his country shall flow through the pipelines on the territory of Sudan.

While addressing the National Legislative Assembly in Juba today (23 Jan) where he listed incidents in which he said Sudan had blocked ships from sailing out of Port Sudan and had separately constructed a tie-in pipeline designed to divert oil, Kiir said the diversions of his country’s crude oil had already disrupted revenues which were vital to the security and welfare of the people.

The decision and announcement to halt oil operations came during the Second Council of Ministers meeting held on Friday 20 January.

SOUNDBITE (English) Salva Kiir Mayardit, President, Republic of South Sudan:
“We unanimously decided that all oil operations in South Sudan should be halted with immediate effect and no crude oil belonging to South Sudan shall flow through the pipelines on the territory of the Republic of Sudan.”

President Kiir said that the crisis had reached an unacceptable stage and that South Sudan had no guarantee that oil flowing through Sudan would reach its intended destination.

He added that South Sudan will continue negotiations with Sudan on the oil under the auspices of the African Union until a fair agreement acceptable by both parties is reached.

SOUNDBITE (English) Salva Kiir Mayardit, President, Republic of South Sudan:
“We will continue to do everything possible to resolve the impasses with Sudan and to restore the flow of South Sudanese crude oil.”

Kiir also called on the National Legislative Assembly to support the decision reached by the Council of Ministers during the Friday January 20th meeting, on stopping the flow of oil.
Meanwhile, demonstrations in support of the decision were held in Juba town.
Paulino Misaka, an artist from Juba said that the petroleum in the South belongs to the South Sudanese and now the government has a right to build and use a different petroleum pipe line to a different country.

SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Paulino Misaka, artist:
“The oil should not be pumped out. Even if there is a need to walk, we will walk on foot. It is better to build our own pipes through another country and we can negotiate the amount and other necessary things.”