{"id":64222,"date":"2024-08-24T17:50:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-24T17:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/chinese-firm-to-build-oil-refinery-in-south-sudan"},"modified":"2024-08-24T17:50:00","modified_gmt":"2024-08-24T17:50:00","slug":"chinese-firm-to-build-oil-refinery-in-south-sudan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/chinese-firm-to-build-oil-refinery-in-south-sudan","title":{"rendered":"Chinese firm to build oil refinery in South Sudan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Sudan. <\/strong><\/span>A Chinese firm on Friday signed a deal with South Sudan\u2019s state-owned Nile Petroleum Corporation (Nilepet) to construct modern oil refinery and storage facilities in South Sudan, according to Xinhua.<\/p>\n<p>Wu Song, President of Shengli Oilfield Keer Engineering and Construction Company (SOKEC), and Managing Director of Nilepet Muhammad Lino Benjamin signed a Memorandum of Understanding which will see the Chinese company begin investing in South Sudan.<\/p>\n<p>Benjamin hailed SOKEC for its contribution to the development of South Sudan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith this Memorandum of Understanding, we hope you will be able to translate it into agreements and projects that we will do together,\u201d he said at the signing ceremony in Juba.<\/p>\n<p>Wu said SOKEC will embark on investment without hesitation, aiming to enhance production capabilities and operational efficiency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will start our preparation work as soon as possible on the refinery and storage facilities,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The high-level delegation from the Chinese firm began a two-day visit on Monday to the oil fields in Tharjiath, Unity State, to inspect the facilities and assess the current state of the refinery operations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\">South-Sudan<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Sudan. A Chinese firm on Friday signed a deal with South Sudan\u2019s state-owned Nile Petroleum Corporation (Nilepet) to construct modern oil refinery and storage facilities in South Sudan, according to Xinhua. Wu Song, President of Shengli Oilfield Keer Engineering and Construction Company (SOKEC), and Managing Director of Nilepet Muhammad Lino Benjamin signed a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":64221,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5],"tags":[234,265,233],"class_list":["post-64222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-economy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-south-sudan","tag-south-sudan"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Chinese firm to build oil refinery in South Sudan - South Sudan<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/chinese-firm-to-build-oil-refinery-in-south-sudan\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Chinese firm to build oil refinery in South Sudan\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa-Press &#8211; South-Sudan. 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