A Chinese company will rehabilitate Sudan’s electricity, Says Energy Minister

Dr. Mohi El-Din Naeem Mohamed Saeed, Minister of Energy and Oil, said that there is an urgent need to develop the electricity sector in Sudan after the damage it suffered due to the war.

Dr. Naeem added that the Chinese company CMIC, which will carry out this work, is a qualified company and has many experiences in Sudan, as it will begin rehabilitating the Al-Fula station and will operate it via associated gas to cover all Darfur states. He said that the priority in the work will be in the agricultural and mining production areas. He said that the Chinese company will also work to rehabilitate the electricity transmission lines that were destroyed due to the war.

The Minister of Energy and Oil referred to the Chinese company’s extensive experience in the field of solar energy, indicating that there are efforts to operate the Umm Dabaker station in a better way, which will help in the sustainability of the electricity supply.
He added that oil production in Sudan before the war in March 2023 was about 38 thousand barrels per day and in January 2023 it was 44 thousand barrels per day.

After the war, production decreased to about 18 thousand barrels per day.

If the refinery was completely out of service due to the defeat of the militia

He said that fuel consumption after the war decreased to about 50% and consumption became about (3,200,000) three million and two hundred thousand tons per year instead of 6 million tons per year, and this is Sudan’s total consumption of fuel in the past; This was not due to displacement from Khartoum State due to war conditions, but for a long time there has been stability in fuel dating back to before the war thanks to the trend to liberalize fuel prices, lift support and sell at cost price, which led to the cessation of queues and the crisis in fuel for two reasons: rationalizing consumption due to high prices and selling at real cost, and stopping storage and smuggling of fuel outside the country, adding that all of this led to a reduction in consumption. He said that covering all the country’s needs for petroleum products at the present time is done through free imports, and he pointed out that the Khartoum refinery used to provide about 40% of Sudan’s needs, but it is currently stopped due to the war.