Representatives of the Khartoum government at the ongoing negotiatons in Addis Ababa announced Friday that Sudan had lowered its demand on oil transportation fees to US$32 from previous demand of US$36.
Sudan initially demanded $36 per barrel for both GNPOC and Petrodar pipelines saying it owns all the facilities and provides all the services.
“We made a new offer to transport South Sudan’s oil at US$21 instead of US$25 and we ask $6 for transit fees, we also cancelled the marine terminal charges and reduced the processing fees. So we reduced our demand from $36 to US$32”, Awad Abdel-Fatah, undersecretary of Sudan’ oil ministry.
Khartoum negotiators stressed that no deal can be signed without the implementation of security agreement.
For oil produced by GNPOC, South Sudan offers US$7.40 for the transportation , including the marine terminal fees, US$1.07 for the processing facilities and US$0.63 for the transit fee.
Regarding the Petrodar oil Juba proposes US$5.50 for the transportation and the marine terminal, US$1.07 for the processing and US$0.69 for the transit.
Last Sunday chief negotiator, Pagan Amum, tabled South Sudan’s “last offer” saying Juba proposes US$9.10 and US$7.26 per barrel for its oil transported through the two Sudanese pipelines.
He pointed out that they offer “a 7% increased processing fees”.
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