Sudan crude oil output to rise to 500,000 bpd

Sudan will add 30,000 barrels per day of crude with a new oilfield in the north, hiking its total production to 500,000 bpd, an official said on Tuesday.
Sudan's economy is heavily dependent on crude and the south -- where most of the oil is located -- is hurtling towards independence in a January 9 referendum on secession as part of a 2005 peace deal ending Africa's longest north-south civil war.
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Source: Reuters